Is the media baised? Is there an agenda? Of course. Which is why we at Anorak look at a variety of news sources. So. Following a triple murder in Chapel Hill, USA, which claimed the lives of three innocent people, all young Muslims, what did the media report?... More »
11th, February 2015
Strange But True
To Saudi Arabia, where a local man has said something remarkably stupid... More »
11th, February 2015
Reviews
More on how university is all about being compliant and comfortable. Marquette University are censoring the speakers: Professor John McAdams is being stripped of tenure by Marquette University for writing a blog post that administrators characterize as inaccurate and irresponsible.... More »
How football journalism works... More »
Emma Gray clears up the debte over rape in "How To Tell If Your Experience Of Sexual Assault Is Valid In One Chart". This is it. The title asks: "Is Your Expeience Of Sexual Assault Valid?"... More »
11th, February 2015
Reviews
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, of Chapel Hill campus, USA, has been charged with the murders of dentistry student Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21 and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19... More »
It turns out that Afton Elaine Burton, aka Star, only wanted killer Charles Manson for his body... More »
11th, February 2015
Books
The Daily Star has a story that "300,000 set to get pregnant" as the 50 Shades of Grey film hits the national libido... More »
11th, February 2015
manchester united
When Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal produces his dossier to prove his own legend, the assembled journalists are open-mouthed... More »
Just six months into his time as Manchester United manager, and Louis van Gaal is "under fire". Reacting to claims that his United are an unattractive long ball team he produced evidence to the contrary. How well did it go down in the Press? In a word: very. They've lapped it up.... More »
The Hong Kong Medical Journal reports that in November 2010 a newborn girl was born. Insider her were two 8 to 10-week-old fetuses... More »
Liverpool manger Brendan Rodgers is complaining about Londoner Jordon Ibe, the 19-year-old with two Reds' games under his belt.... More »
10th, February 2015
Reviews
1 The Daily Express has news that "FAT IS KEY TO LIVING LONGER"... More »
Transfer Balls: The last transfer window has only just closed but already the Sun is linking Arsenal to a new man: Lyon's Nabil Fakir... More »
10th, February 2015
Reviews
1 In "German Court Rules Synagogue Firebombing an ‘Act of Protest’", the Daily Beast takes up the story of three 'protesters' who ‘brought attention to the Gaza conflict" by setting fire to a synagogue... More »
10th, February 2015
Key Posts
Few of us in the UK had heard of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine, before so many of its staff were murdered by Islamists. David Cameron announced on Twitter that he was joining that 'unity' rally in Paris "to celebrate the values of Charlie Hebdo"... More »
10th, February 2015
Celebrities
Donald Trump says his hair tsunami is real. Barbara Walters and Joan Rivers have both touched the hair on the telly. And still the rumours persists that Donald' Trump's hair is real - but real what?... More »
News on the death of PC Hassan Ali reached the attention of UKIP's branch office in Plymouth, Devon... More »
9th, February 2015
Sports
To accompany the crack of your knees, the thump of your heart and the panting, you joggers can get ringing. Or a-ringin'. Because Runbell is a the pedestrian early-warning system that alerts walkers, dawdlers and people enjoying the peace and quiet of a park or beach to your presence... More »
9th, February 2015
Books
MEASLES are back. And that's cool. Measles is the hipster disease.... More »
Shouting at the telly might be a good thing. Samsung says its smart televisions with a 'voice" function are listening. ... More »
In the US of A, universities are clamping down on uncensorsed chatter... More »
9th, February 2015
Reviews
To New York's East Village, where you can buy edible chocolate Jesus, Moses, Buddha, Lord Ganesh and the Virgin of Guadalupe... More »
Harry Redknapp's career as QPR manager was cut short by his bad knees. It's a stroke of fortune that Rangers were not gunning for the Premier League title or one of the European places. Redknapp's selfless act could have placed a season of promise in jeopardy. As it is, Redknapp left QPR in a mess. Did anyone see it coming? Did Robbie Savage?... More »
In "Yaya Gaga" (?), the Sun says Manchester City "have not won a Prem game without Toure...but they still won't rush him back"... More »
