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1 April, 2008 @ 11:06 am 6 Comments

…is currently running this advert, via a talent agency…

A national newspaper wants your story and will pay hundreds of pounds to the right person.

Write a few lines about how computer games turned you to crime and if it’s something we like, we’ll call you straight back.

Payment details: paid role

Created: 27 March 2008
Applications accepted until: 1 May 2008
Application criteria: Males & Females aged 0 to 60 from UK

Unless anyone fancies replying to the ad with a convincing line of bullshit, I guess we’ll have to wait until May to see which one runs the ‘computer games turned me into a criminal’ puff piece, so we can drag this one out for another airing.
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Hacktitioner Alert #1

1 April, 2008 @ 10:14 am No Comments

Sarah-Kate Templeton, late of the Sunday Herald and current the Health Editor at the Times is, so I understand, an award-winning health journalist…

…not that that seems to mean very much on the evidence of her coverage of the revised guidance issued by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in regards to abortion and mental health:

Women may be at risk of mental health breakdowns

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