'Old Media' and that gagging order...
Last night a British newspaper (The Guardian) was prevented from reporting upon a question asked in Parliament. Yup, you're not allowed to read about what the question is, or who asked it or to which minister it was addressed. The BBC, Times, Telegraph, Independent won't even report that they're not allowed to report on the story. It's all gone a bit Kafka.
It's a sad indictment of our free press that you need to look to new media (twitter, digg, wikileaks etc) if you want to find out about what your MPs are doing. Ironically, the question you're not allowed to read about is a one implying that there might be certain judges who will rubber-stamp 'gagging orders' for high-profile clients. Here's a link to the questions (61,62,63).
So, if you want to read about dead pop stars, fat/thin models, 'The Best 50 watches', the latest X-factor/strictly news or the '10 worst car parking spaces', then head over to the homepage of your favourite serious broadsheet. 'Old Media' has never been so irrelevant - no wonder it's dying.
