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Getcha election news here! Getcha election news here!

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Naomi

Harper’s Weekly Review has a bang-up summary of elections around the world: “surprise” and “befuddlement” are the apt words: French media expressed surprise at the success of a left alliance forged in the country’s snap election, after weeks of polling … Continue reading →

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John Rebus contemplates the accuracy of news in the virtual world

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Naomi

I could modify this excerpt from Ian Rankin’s In A House of Lies (2018) for my book, How I Learned The Facts of Life. It’s more cynical than I am but then, unlike Rebus, I’m not a retired Edinburgh cop. … Continue reading →

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