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Police try, fail to muzzle Guardian

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Bourgeois political power is not as unassailable as they would like us to think. Our rulers can be relied upon, periodically, to split. James Turley looks at the botched attempt of the Metropolitan Police to use the Official Secrets Act Once again, The Guardian has found itself targeted because of its phone-hacking investigation. Waving around the ...

The pros and cons of internet power

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James Turley looks at the role of new media in politics One of the more curious features of the western media coverage of the recent events in Iran has been the prominence given to social networking websites. In particular, Twitter - which allows users to easily distribute short and typically frivolous messages to those who sign up ...