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Parafox

Parafox

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1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

Because unfortunately people pay more to be told what they want to hear than what really is.

 

Agree. Sadly the state of the mainstream news media relies so much on sensationalism that barely speaks the truth, in pursuit of sales, ergo money/profit for shareholders. 

 

Will there ever be a news media that REALLY gives us the ACTUAL unfiltered, unadulterated truth?

 

I'm not even sure BBC Verify is totally neutral.

leicsmac

leicsmac

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2 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

Agree. Sadly the state of the mainstream news media relies so much on sensationalism that barely speaks the truth, in pursuit of sales, ergo money/profit for shareholders. 

 

Will there ever be a news media that REALLY gives us the ACTUAL unfiltered, unadulterated truth?

 

I'm not even sure BBC Verify is totally neutral.

I think it's as close as one is going to get.

 

Reuters and Associated Press are good for bare bones factual reports, though.

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leicsmac

leicsmac

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Case in point re yesterday's discussion: the front page of the Telegraph features on the Chagos Islands and on energy policy - tacitly backing what the incoming Trump administration would do (wrong on both counts) over what the UK are doing at the present time (correct on both counts).

 

Not lies, but encouraging the wrong side of the discussion rather than merely reporting it.

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Daggers

Daggers

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37 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Case in point re yesterday's discussion: the front page of the Telegraph features on the Chagos Islands and on energy policy - tacitly backing what the incoming Trump administration would do (wrong on both counts) over what the UK are doing at the present time (correct on both counts).

 

Not lies, but encouraging the wrong side of the discussion rather than merely reporting it.

Telegraph has become a comic for idiots who mistakenly think they’re too clever to look at pictures in the S*n. The Financial Times is the last paper operating to a reasonable journalistic standard.

 

 

so1

so1

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On 26/11/2024 at 13:27, Suzie the Fox said:

We shall see as the talks from what i can gather are happening soon. 

Looks like it might happen but supposedly the IDF is firing on innocent  Lebanese civilians trying to return to their homes. Of course for the IDF every human is a enemy combatant.

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so1

so1

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On 26/11/2024 at 17:28, HighPeakFox said:

People do mental gymnastics to justify what is going on to themselves because the reality is very difficult to live with. 

Feels more like the 5 stages of grief than mental gymnastics. When people are seeing their future go up in smoke it's a very difficult process. Takes time to be able to see the answers.

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Izzy

Izzy

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19 hours ago, Innovindil said:

Broadcaster Kirsty Wark, who was a Celebrity MasterChef contestant in 2011, said he told "sexualised" jokes during filming.

 

Made the grave mistake of telling jokes by the looks of it. Off with his head! 

Other claims made to BBC News include:

 

A male worker on MasterChef in 2005-06, who said Wallace regularly said sexually explicit things on set. He said Wallace once said a dish tasted like his aunt's vagina, and on another occasion, asked a female runner if she put her finger up her boyfriend's bottom

 

:revenge:

Dunge

Dunge

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14 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Other claims made to BBC News include:

 

A male worker on MasterChef in 2005-06, who said Wallace regularly said sexually explicit things on set. He said Wallace once said a dish tasted like his aunt's vagina, and on another occasion, asked a female runner if she put her finger up her boyfriend's bottom

 

:revenge:

Was that an insult or a compliment?

Was it a fish dish, for instance?

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davieG

davieG

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxy1kp73y9o

 

Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago.

She has admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had not been taken.

She was given a conditional discharge by magistrates, following the incident which happened before she became an MP.

Haigh's is the first resignation from Sir Keir Starmer's government and the 37-year-old said her appointment as the “youngest ever” female cabinet member “remains one of the proudest achievements of my life”.

However, it raises questions over the prime minister's judgement in appointing someone with a spent conviction to his cabinet, having previously attacked the Conservatives during Partygate, saying "lawbreakers can't be lawmakers".

At the time of the offence, Haigh was working as a public policy manager for insurance company Aviva.

Following reports by Sky and The Times on Thursday, Haigh issued a statement, saying she reported a "terrifying" mugging in London to police.

She said she reported the phone as one of a number of items she believed had been stolen, and was issued with a new work phone.

Some time later, she added, she had discovered the handset was still in her house and she switched it on, which "triggered police attention" leading to her being called in for questioning.

Bellend Sebastian

Bellend Sebastian

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7 minutes ago, davieG said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxy1kp73y9o

 

Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago.

She has admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had not been taken.

She was given a conditional discharge by magistrates, following the incident which happened before she became an MP.

Haigh's is the first resignation from Sir Keir Starmer's government and the 37-year-old said her appointment as the “youngest ever” female cabinet member “remains one of the proudest achievements of my life”.

However, it raises questions over the prime minister's judgement in appointing someone with a spent conviction to his cabinet, having previously attacked the Conservatives during Partygate, saying "lawbreakers can't be lawmakers".

At the time of the offence, Haigh was working as a public policy manager for insurance company Aviva.

Following reports by Sky and The Times on Thursday, Haigh issued a statement, saying she reported a "terrifying" mugging in London to police.

She said she reported the phone as one of a number of items she believed had been stolen, and was issued with a new work phone.

Some time later, she added, she had discovered the handset was still in her house and she switched it on, which "triggered police attention" leading to her being called in for questioning.

She's messed up and actually resigned. It's like the old days! 

 

I was getting used to ministers hanging on for dear life until everyone gets bored of the issue (which in fairness usually seems to be after a few minutes these days)

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Greg2607

Greg2607

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9 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

She's messed up and actually resigned. It's like the old days! 

 

I was getting used to ministers hanging on for dear life until everyone gets bored of the issue (which in fairness usually seems to be after a few minutes these days)

i'm torn on this though........... she messed up 10 years ago..... it's a spent conviction which was declared to Starmer....  i'm assuming there is no room for "rehabilitation" in this sense? it's a fairly minor infraction in the grand scheme of things...  especially compared to the last lot.  Bridgen was found to have lied in a court of law and didn't resign. 

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Tommy G

Tommy G

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35 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

i'm torn on this though........... she messed up 10 years ago..... it's a spent conviction which was declared to Starmer....  i'm assuming there is no room for "rehabilitation" in this sense? it's a fairly minor infraction in the grand scheme of things...  especially compared to the last lot.  Bridgen was found to have lied in a court of law and didn't resign. 

I agree it's a proper weird one - to resign now after something so minor 13 years ago, who cares? 

 

I think she was out her depth and this was something agreed to force it through, I think just replacing her would of been bad press so she's mutually resigned based on something that happened 13 years ago. It's how these things work. If she was that bothered she would of resigned completely as an MP - which kind of backs up this theory. 

 

If it was such a big ''issue'' she shouldn't of been appointed to a ministerial role anyway. 

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