April 2009
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The Wire being on terrestrial telly is truly odd, I think. People are saying ‘it’s rubbish’, having watched three episodes, clearly without ever hearing Wiremeister David Simon’s brutal dismissals of ‘the average viewer’, in whom he claims not even to be slightly interested. In fact, it’s not a series for watching casually on the box;…
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The helicopter went into the sea around 2.00pm, and within half an hour there were Twitter and, using automatic feeds, Facebook posts about what had happened. I was on air at the time and I found out through social media, which obviously plays a part in how the programme works. It’s important for news to…
