On the internet as a source of news:

"People will not assume that what they read on the internet is trustworthy or that it carries any particular assurance or accuracy; it need be no more than one person's view. There is none of the notional imprimatur or kitemark which comes from being the publisher of a respected broadsheet or, in its different style, an equally respected mass circulation tabloid."

 - Lord Leveson, 2012 (p.737)

Rupert Murdoch has a civilised debate on twitter about social decay - http://goo.gl/k298C

@rupertmurdoch I find that in life one reaps what one sows...

— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) May 5, 2012

"Does a narrow social elite run the country?", Andrew Neil (960 words):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12282505
Summary: It looks that way, and it's a shame the 11-plus gave selection a bad name.

For Nudge fans: a government team whose job it is to come up with smarter ways of influencing our behaviour than tax and regulation: the Behavioural Insights Team, based in the Cabinet Office. Encouraging localised experimentation and with nods to behavioural economics, social psychology and even A/B testing, this is public policy happily wearing a beta label. Paper on health released yesterday.

For all its cynicism, the "Iraq Media Strategy" (4th Sep 2002) outlining how to sell the invasion to the UK media, is not without poetry: "Our target is not the argumentative interviewer or opinionated columnist, but the kind of people to whom ministerial interviews are a background hum on the car or kitchen radio. We must think Radio 5."

Is the jury still out on what Labour did for public services in the UK? I "get" returns weren't proportional to the investment. We're now working through necessary cuts and a mishmash manifesto, but without a vague consensus. From Thursday's Independent, here's Steve Richards adding to the biographical revisionism.

In the lead up to the election, the BBC played "Intro" by The xx over scenes of fog dispersing around the UK with the promise of "clarity on Election issues". But on the night it was difficult to answer even basic questions like "Who won?". At around 7.30am, Gove implies the studio is looking for closure. David Dimbleby, by now into his tenth consecutive hour of presenting, retorts: "On the contrary - I thrive on chaos and confusion, Michael". I want to see this as a mash up.