Stephen Tall

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…

• Why the US media ignored Murdoch’s brazen bid to hijack the presidency | Carl Bernstein | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Carl Bernstein asks why the US media is ignoring evidence of Murdoch’s attempts to sew-up the Presidency for Petraeus http://bit.ly/UhtYhn
• High threshold set for social media prosecutions – Index on Censorship
  Keir Starmer + the CPS came close to being (belated) @CentreForum Liberal Heroes this wk http://bit.ly/UhsGTz < common sense on social media
• Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) / EEF News
  What diff does digital tech make in children’s learning? EEF and Nominet Trust are going to try and find out http://bit.ly/VU5uXD
• Cameron is targeting the wrong jobsworths – Comment – Voices – The Independent
  “The reward-for-failure culture is deeply embedded in British society” says John Kampfner http://ind.pn/VU3Tky
• Police Politics | History Today
  The police have *always* been politicised, says Clive Emsley in History Today http://bit.ly/UhmUkH (Tho he disagrees with PCCs; I don’t.)
• The BBC and bad public sector management – FT.com
  With interesting NHS parallels > The BBC and bad public sector management | Andrew Hill | http://on.ft.com/VU3FtR
• False Memory Syndrome | History Today
  The TRUTH behind Downton Abbey > False Memory Syndrome by @timothy_stanley | History Today http://bit.ly/VU1wy0
• Vince Cable challenges Brussels with refusal to impose £15 ‘iPod tax’ – Politics – News – London Evening Standard
  Hurrah for Uncle Vince! > Vince Cable challenges Brussels with refusal to impose £15 ‘iPod tax’ http://bit.ly/VU1lCZ
• Powell at the Polls | History Today
  A picture that’s worth a thousand words > Powell at the Polls | History Today http://bit.ly/VTawDC