Category Archives: Media

The Terrible Reality of Piers Morgan…

Posted on July 12, 2018 by bsixsmith

Insulting Piers Morgan is like whipping a masochist. He welcomes it. He thrives off it. It actually makes him stronger because he gets the attention that makes him successful. The only effective way to beat Piers would be to stop … Continue reading →

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Giles Coren, Explained…

Posted on November 11, 2017 by bsixsmith

Some might think that Giles Coren is a lifestyle columnist who writes jokey articles about restaurants, cuisine and the trials of middle age. He is not. “Giles Coren” is in fact a morbid exercise in performance art: a fictitious sociopath … Continue reading →

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The Passion of the Kriss…

Posted on August 1, 2017 by bsixsmith

One thing I will give Sam Kriss is that he can write. His prose can be elegant; his phrases original and his invective perversely amusing. Take this passage from his pre-election article endorsing Jeremy Corbyn… Britain is not just sliding … Continue reading →

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The Curious World of Owen Jones…

Posted on July 8, 2017 by bsixsmith

*Cross posted from Bombs and Dollars* Owen Jones is one of the most successful writers in Britain yet he does not actually like writing. “I never wanted to be a writer,” he has written, “I don’t particularly enjoy writing, in … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Hit Piece…

Posted on May 22, 2017 by bsixsmith

Here are some assertions any leftist would have rightly deplored as irrational, dishonest smears: The Soviet Union opposes free market capitalism. Therefore, Western opponents of free market capitalism are obectively supporting the Soviet Union. Al Qaeda opposes US foreign policy. … Continue reading →

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Hitchens, Hell and Hashish…

Posted on March 9, 2017 by bsixsmith

I am a big admirer of the Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens. He helped as much as anyone to make me a conservative. I read him, as a progressive, to be outraged by his opinions on gays and immigrants, … Continue reading →

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You Can be Alternative, Controversial And Bad…

Posted on February 5, 2017 by bsixsmith

Ron Unz is an interesting man. From his public writings you would think him an idiosyncratic liberal. His most famous essays have argued that Mexican immigration does not exacerbate crime and that attempts to explain racial differences in cognitive performance … Continue reading →

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O’Neill Again…

Posted on January 16, 2017 by bsixsmith

What is one to say about this ludicrous post? If O’Neill sincerely thinks that the Nazis invading Poland, killing millions of its people and razing its cities is equivalent to strengthening its army then he is unhinged. If he is attempting … Continue reading →

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The Year of Dead Celebrities…

Posted on December 26, 2016 by bsixsmith

I would be lying if I claimed to have been affected by the celebrity deaths of 2016. I rarely listened to Bowie, Prince or George Michael. It had been years since I had watched a Gene Wilder film. I had … Continue reading →

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How to Succeed in Journalism…

Posted on November 22, 2016 by bsixsmith

It pains me to think that tens of thousands of young men and women pay tens of thousands of pounds to study journalism. Only one or two of them will ever work in media. Most journalists study PPE at Oxford. … Continue reading →

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