No, really: "Aliens were responsible for a series of unexplained fires in fridges, TV’s and mobile phones in an Italian village, according to an Italian government report."

"PaidContent reports that CBS has bought a relatively unknown celebrity blog called Dotspotter for about $10 million. That’s right. $10 million! For Dotspotter!"

The Daily Mail has a Victorian flashback: "Although she was wearing a relatively demure navy skirt-suit, Miss Maitlis’s flash of shapely calf caused a stir among more conservative viewers who saw the 9pm trailer on Monday."

"This one is as regular as clockwork on the currybet.net site - the A-Level results come out, and I start moaning about the depressing and sexist coverage of it"

"It’s the silly season and the media are more interested in the threat of Great White sharks off Cornwall than they are geopolitics and Russian missiles."

Bobbie Johnson: "Let’s be clear, the birth of blogging is hardly even an argument, let alone one worth that’s worth having. And reading Techcrunch is increasingly Just Not Worth It."

"is the biggest news story in the UK really ‘media bloke shows ineptly edited footage to other media blokes and blokettes, and sometimes you can’t believe everything you see in adverts on the idiot lantern’?"

Sean Hamilton: "It’s one of those brilliant days when Sky News is compelling viewing because so little is happening. I’m loving the way they are reporting the arrival of the Beckhams at Heathrow Airport so seriously."