Posted by g33kThug on August 20, 2009, 14:58:54

Today John Hilley blogged a love letter to the Davids badly disguised as a book review. It includes this chestnut: "In stark contrast, they [Jon Snow & Gavin Esler] and their peers have paid dutiful attention to IBC, an organisation headed by John Slobodo, a music psychology professor. In essence, reporters have given consistent reference and deference to people with no essential training in epidemiological analysis. Noting IBC's continued self-portrayals to the contrary, the authors see journalists' use of such power-friendly sources as part of the media's default position: safe servility. Examining IBC's database, Edwards and Cromwell also reveal some of the glaring anomalies of unreported deaths, backed by testimonies of soldiers who tell how they deliberately covered-up evidence of executed Iraqis. http://johnhilley.blogspot.com/2009/08/newspeak-in-21st-century-review.html Any of the ML acolytes care to offer or paste an example or two of the (inferred many) glaring anomalies that the Davids have found in the IBC database? Hilley gets my vote for Arse Licker of 2009. Don't think I can recall having read so many words about one book where any form of criticism, constructive or otherwise, is completely absent.

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