No surprise here: New guidelines for Irish media to cover the Lisbon Treaty referendum [took] effect at noon Friday (7 August). Announced by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI), the new guidelines clarify that there is no requirement to allocate an absolute equality of airtime to opposing sides of the […]

Fresh from flipping polar bear burgers at the 1st Annual All Seeing Eye Global Warming BBQ, your hosts find fresh reason to worry about the sanity of some people. Just when you think that nothing new can fall prey to the horrific effect of Global Warming / Climate Change / […]

“Muslim Demographics” is a fascinating YouTube upload. With over 10 million views the 7:31 min clip makes some startling claims about the direction that the population in Europe is headed. The BBC, which, how can one put it politely, is not known for its critical reporting of the Religion of […]

…is about “Tess The Traveller”. You’ve guessed it. Jack and Jill, Janet and John etc are toast in todays politically correct world. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (which used to be the Department for Education and Science before it gave up on those ideas and thought that lefty […]

Some said it would never happen, some said it was inevitable, but most said whoever tried it first would be toast before others followed. NewsCorp, which has been losing money like a drunk man at a poker table (£2bn last financial year if you believe their figures) has announced that […]

What do you get for the Eco-Nut who has everything except a way to measure their neurotic guilt? How about “Industrial Designer” Nick Hunter’s idea for a wrist-worn device which gives you a monthly carbon allowance and monitors how you use them… Introducing the Wearable Carbon Credit Meter. [T]he carbon […]

Ever wanted to be somebody else? TheEye has always fancied being James Bond, as he always gets the great gadgets, saves the world and sleeps with thousands of women. And rather like Dr. Who he seems able to change his face every other series without anybody noticing. Rather like you […]

Okay, sorry, it’s a bad pun on a line from a so-so song, but now it has a scary ring of reality imitating art. Reality TV has hit a new worrying level.A new Turkish reality television show on the minor ‘Channel T’ called “Tövbekarlar yarisiyor” or “Penitents Compete” has rabbis, […]

Two IRA terrorists who shot their way out of Brixton prison in London in 1991 while awaiting trial on conspiracy charges have evaded justice one final time. The BBC jovially describes the loveable rogues as “two men” who were “jail escapers”. The word “terrorist”, a bête noire of the BBC, […]