BBC: "radical website Urban75"

[bluestreak]

 

[Dan U]

shiny!

 

[editor]

Here's a list of some of the press descriptions for urban75:


"www.urban75.com - the naughty corner of British politics" - The Register
"anti-globalisation site" (New Statesman)
"a website mainly subscribed to by people who live in Brixton because they value the bohemian liberality of the area" (Independent)
"anarchist site" (Daily Mail)
"anarchist site" (Sun)
"extremist anarchist site" (Sunday People)
"website about anarchy and drugs" (BBC)
"one of the leading political discussion and campaigning sites in Britain" (Jeremy Paxman, BBC Newsnight)
"The premier uk direct action e-zine" The Guardian
"Vogue Loves... logging onto urban75.com" Vogue magazine (!)
"Brixton-edited street-culture magazine website" (Independent)
"alternative website" (BBC2)
"site well known for discussions of direct action and anarchism" (Independent)
"agitprop website" (Sun)
"subversive website" (Big Issue)
"website devoted to discussing direct action protests, anarchy and drug issues" (Mirror)
"radical alternative website" (Evening Standard)
"renowned for its coverage of direct-action protests, drugs and anarchism" (Evening Standard)
"underground site" (BBC Radio 5)
"community action website" (BBC)
"protest website" (Telegraph)
" a radical online website" (Guardian)
"a website some regard to be subversive and anarchic" (BBC Radio 4)
"a website run by anarchists" (The Sun)
"a Wolfie Smith website" (Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail)

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Vulture Central wins.

 

[bluestreak]

shiny!

I actually find the picture deeply unpleasant. There's something horrid about his skin, all waxy and shiny and ugh... I imagine touching it would be touching a frog, but worse.

 

[bluestreak]

Here's a list of some of the press descriptions for urban75:


"www.urban75.com - the naughty corner of British politics" - The Register
"anti-globalisation site" (New Statesman)
"a website mainly subscribed to by people who live in Brixton because they value the bohemian liberality of the area" (Independent)
"anarchist site" (Daily Mail)
"anarchist site" (Sun)
"extremist anarchist site" (Sunday People)
"website about anarchy and drugs" (BBC)
"one of the leading political discussion and campaigning sites in Britain" (Jeremy Paxman, BBC Newsnight)
"The premier uk direct action e-zine" The Guardian
"Vogue Loves... logging onto urban75.com" Vogue magazine (!)
"Brixton-edited street-culture magazine website" (Independent)
"alternative website" (BBC2)
"site well known for discussions of direct action and anarchism" (Independent)
"agitprop website" (Sun)
"subversive website" (Big Issue)
"website devoted to discussing direct action protests, anarchy and drug issues" (Mirror)
"radical alternative website" (Evening Standard)
"renowned for its coverage of direct-action protests, drugs and anarchism" (Evening Standard)
"underground site" (BBC Radio 5)
"community action website" (BBC)
"protest website" (Telegraph)
" a radical online website" (Guardian)
"a website some regard to be subversive and anarchic" (BBC Radio 4)
"a website run by anarchists" (The Sun)
"a Wolfie Smith website" (Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail)

That gives a warm glow of pride and a slight smug feeling. thanks for letting me be a part of it editor.

 

[Fruitloop]

we is the subversive-est.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

That gives a warm glow of pride and a slight smug feeling. .

I feel absolutely the opposite.

Either I should start enough threads about home security and tax mitigation to reverse public perception of Urban, or I should leave and sign up at saga.co.uk/forums.

 

[London_Calling]

The closest this places get to "anarchy" is when snorbury and firky have posting fests.

But some of those aren't that far from accuracy - the Independent and parts of the BBC seem to have a handle on Urban.

 

[innit]

I feel absolutely the opposite.

Either I should start enough threads about home security and tax mitigation to reverse public perception of Urban, or I should leave and sign up at saga.co.uk/forums.

Leave, leave!

 

[editor]

I feel absolutely the opposite.

Either I should start enough threads about home security and tax mitigation to reverse public perception of Urban, or I should leave and sign up at saga.co.uk/forums.

What's this "public perception of Urban" then? I've only posted up press quotes.

Mind you, Time Out's recent accolades describing urban as being a "Top 50 London site" and "#1 London community website" sure filled me with pride.

 

[yardbird]

No mention of the U75 hardcore hippy element

 

[Bakunin]

"a Wolfie Smith website" (Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail)

Nice to see Richard 'I'm not gay, just starngely and suspiciously curious' Littlejohn completely missing the point as usual.

First against the wall for that whore's afterbirth, methinks.

 

[gorski]

What if he prefers to pull his own teeth out with a rusty pair of pliers?

Uuuuuuuu, that's radical even by my standards...

 

[gorski]

Here's a list of some of the press descriptions for urban75:
"one of the leading political discussion and campaigning sites in Britain" (Jeremy Paxman, BBC Newsnight)

OK, out with it, which nick are you under, Jeremy?!? Let's see how piercing, radical and critically minded you really are...

 

[frogwoman]

OK, out with it, which nick are you under, Jeremy?!? Let's see how piercing, radical and critically minded you really are...

Ernestolynch.

 

[ddraig]

it's Will Self init

 

[fractionMan]

I'm Jeremy Paxman

 

[DotCommunist]

I'm Jeremy Paxman

sorted out your gusset anxiety yet jezza?

 

[Bakunin]

I'm Jeremy Paxman

'NO! I'M JEREMY PAXMAN!'

 

[fractionMan]

No, I'm Jeremy Paxman and I've got a tatoo on the end of my knob that proves it.

 

[Bakunin]

No, I'm Jeremy Paxman and I've got a tatoo on the end of my knob that proves it.

'THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE PAXMAN!'

'AND IT IS I, THE PAXMEISTER!'

 

[gorski]

Boy, will you all be surprised...



















































or what...

 

[frogwoman]

so it's you?

 

[kyser_soze]

Would Sun readers know what agitprop means? And every single one of those Indie qoutes reminds me why I loathe and despise that newspaper as much as The Daily Hate...

 

[gorski]

Nah, I'm not such a lady puller, Froggy...




































[I mean "arrogant and ugly" ]

 

[frogwoman]

haha yep!! Im relieved ...

... but not that surprised ... i cant imagine paxman would have a some sort of james bond type double identity as a croatian guy who posts about ten smilies in all his posts and likes discussing philosophy ...

 

[kyser_soze]

Paxman

gosrki?

 

[gorski]

Disrespectful... Learn to spell, m8...

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Would Sun readers know what agitprop means?...

I have often wondered about some of the headlines and strap lines on the Sun cover. They reveal that the journalist who write it are well educated. This may seem surprising to some considering the majority of emotional crap that is put out by the paper.

My guess is that the journalists are not addressing their readers when they do this. I think it is one set of journalists talking over the head of their readers to other journalists in other papers. I would imagine that all journalists read their competitors papers. They are just having a private joke with each other.

A similar thing happens in the world of advertising. Many of the references in billboards resonate with people who have had an art education while the main audience may just see them as strange but intriguing. It doesn't matter, the advertisement works in any case.

It is sad that the world of journalism has downgraded Urban75 from being 'anarchist' to 'radical'. The next step is to be castigated for being 'liberal'. I never for minute considered it to be anarchist, but it was good to see people in the media making themselves look daft by trying to raise fears of this dreaded website.