Detournement Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 The punch is a blatant lie but how could they possibly confirm the guy is a Labour member and was taxied in by the party via Tory sources? They just report anything Dominic Cummings tells them to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Gaz said: They don't fucking care. Johnston could literally walk into a children's ward and disconnect the life support machines and he'll still win a comfortable majority. I've never hoped to be wrong about something so much. Followed by the Kuenssberg tweet "Boris Johnson supports euthanasia". Then echoed across every media platform across the country, ensuring we understand how progressive he is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Followed by the Kuenssberg tweet "Boris Johnson supports euthanasia". Then echoed across every media platform across the country, ensuring we understand how progressive he is.Absolute guarantee the Sun and/or Daily Express would lead with ‘BRAVE BORIS PUTS AN END TO TRAGIC TOTS SUFFERING’ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Boris off-handedly threatening to stop enforcing the payment of the licence fee as well. They've served as the propaganda wing for the Conservative Party for the election and that's the BBC's reward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Even by the extremely low standards set throughout this election, journalists furiously repeating the punch lie as soon as they were told to by Tory ‘sources’ without even thinking about investigating it themselves is appalling. If there hadn’t been a video to immediately debunk the lie it would have been widely accepted as the truth, and still will be by some people, because the political editors of national TV channels and major newspapers repeat exactly what they’re told by their contacts within one party without even thinking of checking the veracity. Fact checking not being a significant part of journalism, of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 This will come as a surprise I'm sure: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said: Even by the extremely low standards set throughout this election, journalists furiously repeating the punch lie as soon as they were told to by Tory ‘sources’ without even thinking about investigating it themselves is appalling. If there hadn’t been a video to immediately debunk the lie it would have been widely accepted as the truth, and still will be by some people, because the political editors of national TV channels and major newspapers repeat exactly what they’re told by their contacts within one party without even thinking of checking the veracity. Fact checking not being a significant part of journalism, of course. Their priority is to be first with the news for bragging rights about being ITK, whoever they work for. They should have insisted that the Spad making the allegations go on record before tweeting, which would have proven him to be lying when the video came out. Edited December 10, 2019 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Their priority is to be first with the news for bragging rights about being ITK, whoever they work for. They should have insisted that the Spad making the allegations go on record before tweeting, which would have proven him to be lying when the video came out. Absolutely. More insidious but not at all surprising considering the nutters who are guilty of it are the likes of Tom Newton Dunn still not retracting/apologising for describing it as a punch, and Allison Pearson & Julia Hartley-Brewer buying into transparently bullshit theories that the photo of the four year old in the hospital was staged. Only an allusion in Hartley-Brewer’s case but fully committed libellous tinfoil hattery from the Telegraph nutjob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Tom Newton-Dunn still hasn’t apologised for publishing literal fascist propaganda that targeted specific Labour campaigners. He’s not going to give a shit about reporting rubbish about a phantom punch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 The punch is a blatant lie but how could they possibly confirm the guy is a Labour member and was taxied in by the party via Tory sources? They just report anything Dominic Cummings tells them to. Kuennesberg has been an absolute disgrace during this election. She is nothing more than Cummings mouthpiece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 This is quite good, from the Editor of the Yorkshire Post to someone complaining about the "fake" picture of the boy lying on the floor in hospital. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Kuennesberg has been absolute disgrace during this election. She is nothing more than Cummings mouthpiece. She's been nothing but an absolute disgrace ever since Johnson announced his candidacy for Tory party leader 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 19:44, Melanius Mullarkey said: Just put a pair of specs on. Works for me. Lehs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 8 hours ago, johnnydun said: Lehs. Harsh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 And in other news....https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/10/scotland-newspaper-cuts-the-herald-the-scotsman?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 decent versus frenzy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: And in other news.... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/10/scotland-newspaper-cuts-the-herald-the-scotsman?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other It comes as absolutely no surprise. As a lifelong Herald reader I've literally watched it's decline into a poor excuse for a newspaper right across all facets. I've also recently become very alarmed at the increasing right-wing tone it has adopted, evidenced by writers such as Andy McIver (former Scottish Tory spin-doctor), Mark Smith, Andrew McKie and the contemptible Guy Stenhouse, a financial services dogmatist who formerly hid under the 'Pinstripe' pseudonym. Not to mention the libertarian Staurt Waiton who is standing tomorrow for the Brexit Party. There are still some decent journos there like David Pratt, Kevin McKenna and Iain McWhirter but for how much longer who knows ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 decent versus frenzy! I’m tempted to pass most of the criticism of Oor Laura off as Alt Nat “everyone’s biased except the ones I agree with” twaddle, but she’s having a completely awful couple of weeks. Word choice matters, Laura. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Not even trying to fucking hide it now. https://twitter.com/Carolin31152898/status/1204748359963234304?s=20 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 31 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: I’m tempted to pass most of the criticism of Oor Laura off as Alt Nat “everyone’s biased except the ones I agree with” twaddle, but she’s having a completely awful couple of weeks. Indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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