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How journalism works part 64c

Posted on August 28, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

I couldn’t help but smile the other day when I spotted a column-filler article in the Walsall Express and Star of Wednesday, 24th August 2011. On the editorial page, under an tawdry why-oh-why whine about Sally Bercow and Big Brother … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bad Science, Events, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web | Tagged Barbara Mikkelson, Cheap tat, David Mikkelson, Elizabeth Joyce, etymologist, etymology, Express & Star, Express and Star, journalism, local blogs, Mark Andrews, on the wagon, one for the road, Peter Rhodes, Silly, Snopes, snopes.com, standards, urban folklore, Urban myth | 1 Comment
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