Telegraph: Aliens caused Sicily fires, say officials

Posted on 26 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

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."

Bloggers Blog: CBS Pays $10 Million for Dotspotter

Posted on 11 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

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

Daily Mail: Newscaster Emily Maitlis offends BBC viewers with flash of leg

Posted on 22 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

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."

currybetdotnet: Is Britain’s brightest A-Level student a boy or an anonymous photogenic teenage girl?

Posted on 16 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"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"

Martin Moore Blog: Menwith Hill – thank goodness someone noticed

Posted on 1 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"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."

bojo: Good grief – I think Techcrunch may have officially disappeared up its own backside

Posted on 17 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

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."

currybetdotnet: Off with their heads!

Posted on 15 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"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'?"

Mirror Blogs: Sean Hamilton: Posh off

Posted on 12 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

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."

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