Where we delve into one of the legal issues surrounding Plategate. Lawyers and the law were never meant to be interesting but make no mistake – the upholding and application of the same set of rules to everybody is an important foundation of our society. La legge é uguale per tutti....

Why a rally organised by Environmental NGO’s could hide a deeper message for those who care to dig. I am posting a plug for a rally that will take place on Saturday morning (J’accuse note: next Saturday 13th March @ 10 am) in Republic Street Valletta. The rally, that is being...

Where J’accuse laments the need for a Maltese Cicero. A word from the wise of old. The issue of the behaviour of public persons is not exactly one that started to be discussed today. The internet might deceive us into believing that this kind of questioning kicked off shortly after Tim...

In which we look at the making of a new Bondiplus programme tonight… and answer a few of last week’s questions. And we’re back again. Just in case we needed to make a point about the anomalous lowering of standards on the by now infamous Bondiplus a week ago we have a little...

The J’accuse column on the Independent today – a summary of this week’s analysis of an episode of Bondiplus – Winner of the Best Current Affairs Programme at the Malta Television Awards. Last Monday, journalism in Malta descended to an unprecedented depth. For a long...

Part II of the J’accuse analysis  of the programme that signalled the death of investigative journalism in Malta on the 22nd February 2010 – Bondiplus “Thinking Allowed”. The Research Gap Last Monday’s Bondiplus brought to evidence some gaping holes in the preparatory...

Part I of a J’accuse analysis  of the programme that signalled the death of investigative journalism in Malta on the 22nd February 2010 – Bondiplus “Gurnalizmu fuq kollox“. Last Monday, journalism in Malta descended to an unprecedented depth. For a long time now,...

A trip through historical footage – reminding us who we really are and why we think the way we think. Watch with an open mind. We don’t mean anything other than what the video(s) say(s). Ghax kif jghid Sant Ermonju “past is a history” – were the words of the much...

An obituary and crime report. Obituaries With deep regret we announce the death of INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. Death was pronounced at around eleven p.m. last night, live on the main channel of XANDIR MALTA. FR BORG was present to deliver the extreme unction. TRUTH, IMPARTIALITY and PUBLIC...

This week’s quotes that make you go ooh-  from the rest of the world to Plategate. The Rest “If you’re going to be a controversial writer, you have to expect people to have an opinion about you and you have to take the rough with the smooth”. – Anna Ford (former...

“Wheels within wheels” is another revived catchphrase in the Plategate saga. Here J’accuse opens the doors to questions being asked about a possible new set of wheels within the media industry. Often accused of being PN or PL driven it could be that the demarcation lines are...

Prompted by Pots we look at two recent US opinions on the judiciary and facebook.*** J’accuser “Pots” has kindly drawn our attention to two cases (or rather Opinions) in the US last year where judicial advisory committees were asked about the participation of judges in social...