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    Colin Jones

    Colin Jones

  • ‘Natural oddities have transferred weather into news’

    For the past two months the 'most read' page on Yahoo! News has been heavily dominated by stories about weather. <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2011/02/03/%e2%80%98natural-oddities-have-transferred-weather-into-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • The rise of ‘infotainment’ and its nemesis, ‘this isn’t news’

    "This isn't news". Those three words haunt me. I have seen them at least twenty times a day for the past three-and-a-half years. <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2011/01/08/the-rise-of-%e2%80%98infotainment-and-its-nemesis-%e2%80%98this-isnt-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Behold, the Word of the Year is unveiled

    If you were going to choose a word to represent 2010 what would it be? Debt? Coalition? Wedding? Miners? Gamugate? Snow? There are lots to choose from. <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/11/26/behold-the-word-of-the-year-is-unveiled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Am I the only person who has learnt nothing from the Pope’s visit?

    Well it's all over - the first papal visit to Britain since 1982 when John Paul II graced us with his presence has now come to an end. It didn't come cheap though; the four-day trip reportedly cost the taxpayer somewhere between £10 million and £12 millio <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/09/20/comment-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-learnt-nothing-from-the-popes-visit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Why I’ll never use Facebook Places

    How old are you? What are your hobbies and interests? Are you single? Would you mind telling me your political views? These are all questions that the majority of Facebook's 26 million UK users freely offer the answers to. <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/08/25/comment-why-ill-never-use-facebook-places/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Is it worth angering the Scots over a double summertime?

    It's back, the debate that has been quietly raging on the backburner since the 1960s. And while the debate is back, perhaps the clocks might not be. <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/08/17/is-it-worth-angering-the-scots-over-a-double-summertime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Billion pound oil company seeks tall, dark, funnelling system with GSOH

    By Richard Evans Five years ago when I was a 'newbie' to the London 'scene', and when people used words like 'newbie' and 'scene', my flatmate and I decided it would be a good idea to enter into the world of online dating to meet new people <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/07/24/billion-pound-oil-company-seeks-tall-dark-funnelling-system-with-gsoh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Do not make a martyr out of Raoul Moat

    By Richard EvansThe fact that 38,000 people joined the Raoul Moat Facebook tribute page this week tells me one thing: There are at least 37,900 imbeciles using Facebook.I exclude 100 people on the basis that some of those who joined the page may have <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/07/17/do-not-make-a-martyr-out-of-raoul-moat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Over a barrel…

    ...That's exactly where Nick Clegg has had the Labour and Conservative parties for the last five days. And he sure has made the most of it. Nick Clegg has played his card as kingmaker in a brilliantly manipulative manner. Clegg stated two weeks ago that h <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/05/11/over-a-barrel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Comment: The government knows best… most of the time

    Sometimes I hate democracy. I hate the patronising attitude of "we know what's best for you" that governments have. It's like having a mother who still makes you packed lunches when you're 40 years old. (Happy Mother's Day for Sunday, by the way <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/03/12/comment-the-government-knows-best-most-of-the-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Whose purpose does it serve to find Jon Venables?

    This week the tabloids have been obsessing over one of James Bulger's killers, Jon Venables. It appears that The Sun and the Daily Mirror see it as a national service to uncover his new identity - a feat The Sun claimed to have already accomplished ye <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/03/06/whose-purpose-does-it-serve-to-find-jon-venables/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • The muddied waters between public figures and celebrities

    The line between 'public figure' and 'celebrity' has become severely blurred of late. Just because someone is in the public eye, it doesn't necessarily mean they're a celebrity and nor should many of them want to be treated as such. Polit <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/02/20/the-muddied-waters-between-public-figures-and-celebrities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Scare-mongered into xenophobia

    Last weekend I looked on in horror, but not surprise, as I perused a few news sites. No, I wasn't reading the comments on my last blog post, I was reading an article on The Sun's website about Dover's trademark White Cliffs.The story's headline read: <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/02/13/scare-mongered-into-xenophobia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • When did musicians turn into chuggers?

    There was a time, not so long ago, when I had a perfect relationship with musicians. They would make a song - if it was good, I would buy it. If it wasn't, I wouldn't. They would then go away until they had another song to offer me. Those were simpler tim <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/02/06/when-did-musicians-turn-into-chuggers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Should the UK reintroduce national service?

    This week's pitiful sentencing of the 'deer killer boys' got me thinking; if young boys are so bored that they are stomping a young deer to death "for a laugh" what can be done to occupy them?The two 17-year-old boys were found guilty <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2010/01/17/should-the-uk-reintroduce-national-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Are Facebook bosses trying to trick us?

    If you've logged into Facebook in the last 24 hours you will have noticed that the social networking site has changed its privacy settings. The move, which could dramatically increase the amount of personal information people display online, has outraged … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2009/12/10/are-facebook-bosses-trying-to-trick-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Comment: If you’ve offended Daily Mail readers you know you’ve gone too far

    Daily Mail readers are more exposed than most of us to the bizarre ramblings of old timer hacks whose social attitudes haven't progressed with the rest of the British population. I mean, where else would news of David Beckham's shaved … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2009/10/20/comment-if-you%e2%80%99ve-offended-daily-mail-readers-you-know-you%e2%80%99ve-gone-too-far/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Giving teachers a bad rep

    Most teachers must have been cringing as they watched the news this week. On Monday we saw 26-year-old music teacher, Helen Goddard, jailed for 15 months for having sexual relations with one of her underage female pupils. Then on Wednesday … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2009/09/27/giving-teachers-a-bad-rep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • The dirty word: Creationism

    'People who reject the theory of evolution should be placed on a level with Holocaust deniers.' That is the opinion of the author Richard Dawkins who freely labels creationists as history deniers. It's an extreme view but it typifies the … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2009/08/29/the-dirty-word-creationism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Goodbye boobs, hello pecs? I don’t think so

    Britain's magazine industry witnessed the end of an era this week after FHM magazine finally lost its chokehold on the male market. For the past thirteen years FHM has been the nation's bestselling men's magazine but latest figures show that … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/editorscorner/2009/08/15/goodbye-boobs-hello-pecs-i-dont-think-so/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>