BBC presenter Huw Edwards suspended over paying for sexual pics.

[gosub]

if they got 35k from this one punter they're probably doing quite well aren't they, dunno why everyone imagines they're skint and helpless.

Over 3 years

 

[1927]

You'd think there is some kind of link between the Sun and the world's biggest subscription TV service they way they've been trashing a license-fee TV model broadcaster for years.

there isn't anymore.

 

[friedaweed]

You'd think there is some kind of link between the Sun and the world's biggest subscription TV service they way they've been trashing a license-fee TV model broadcaster for years.

Kelvin's a bit obsessed isn't he.

 

[bimble]

Well as much as I know you can't trust what's written in the Sun (back in the day my Mum never recognized her stories when they bought them) .

was this a joke, or did yr mum really sell stories to the sun, i can't tell . ?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Kelvin's a bit obsessed isn't he.

Odd, seeing as two people have now told me there's no link...

 

[gosub]

was this a joke i cant tell?

No my Mum was a court reporter for an agency that ended up part of Reuters

 

[friedaweed]

if they got 35k from this one punter they're probably doing quite well aren't they, probably able to google 'good lawyers' . Dunno why everyone imagines they're skint and helpless.

They wont be now.

 

[friedaweed]

Odd, seeing as two people have now told me there's no link...

More than enough links. They all grease the same pole before climbing on for their ride.

 

[Raheem]

No my Mum was a court reporter for an agency that ended up part of Reuters

Darn. I was going to ask who the celebrity was that you were linked to.

 

[Ax^]

hmm been a

Kelvin's a bit obsessed isn't he.

just pissed off no one is watching his fox news UK channel

 

[friedaweed]

I know this will sound like I'm a small guy in a white suite standing on the beach, declaring the arrival of a flying machine but wouldn't it be wonderful if the whole thing was a set up to bring down the shit rag that should of been cunted off years ago.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I know this will sound like I'm a small guy in a white suite standing on the beach, declaring the arrival of a flying machine but wouldn't it be wonderful if the whole thing was a set up to bring down the shit rag that should of been cunted off years ago.

It will just reappear, the Daily News of the World....

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I know this will sound like I'm a small guy in a white suite standing on the beach, declaring the arrival of a flying machine but wouldn't it be wonderful if the whole thing was a set up to bring down the shit rag that should of been cunted off years ago.

They’ve been careful not to libel anyone despite setting up a circus based on what someone’s mam had to say. Egg on their faces but I doubt any more than that.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Pah. Even I won't get banned for calling Bellend a cunt!

You should be, if only for failing anatomy.

 

[Larry O'Hara]

I think it’s fascinating from a media culture point of view - same as the Schofield circus. I really couldn’t give a toss who it is, the gossip side is of limited interest to me. The press in the UK is unreal - they aren’t happy until they kill someone, which depending on how it’s measured they’ve done a few times, and then after a day or a drip feed of obsequious shite they feed on the corpse.

It seems more invidious because it’s dressed up as seriousness, when most of it is celebrity gossip. In other countries where I’ve taken an interest in what’s going on and how things are reported this kind of stuff is alongside the alien conspiracies and the chewing gum. Here, we have helicopters buzzing above the BBC, just weeks after a daytime chat show host having a work affair became a matter of national concern, and of course we all remember the soap star who licked his finger on camera and saw his career crash around him for it.

and of course Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris and Jimmy Saville. Who did they work for again....

 

[MrSki]

Media lawyer on Sky News earlier was using "she" to refer to the 20 year old. After about the third time the presenter had to remind him that "Of course we don't know the sex of the 20 year old.."

 

[tim]

Could be anyone with a grade against the sun

So, Meghan and Harry.

 

[Dom Traynor]

I've got no excuse, I'm two continents away and well out of touch with anything BBC.

I'm visiting again that's my excuse.

 

[friedaweed]

It will just reappear, the Daily News of the World....

They’ve been careful not to libel anyone despite setting up a circus based on what someone’s mam had to say. Egg on their faces but I doubt any more than that.

Please don't spoil my moment...

 

[Cloo]

OK, now I'm totally confused because it sounds like young person's lawyer is saying they retracted and the story is bollocks?! But the parents are saying it happened, but they're estranged from their son?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66147560

 

[PR1Berske]

So is this The Sun thinking they'd found "the BBC's Schofield", only to land on a story involving too many moving parts and they've got stuck in the machinery?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

No my Mum was a court reporter for an agency that ended up part of Reuters

Wait, what!? Me too!!! Do I know you?

Just in case: Tidy up your bedroom. Right now. Or you're grounded.

 

[Sue]

OK, now I'm totally confused because it sounds like young person's lawyer is saying they retracted and the story is bollocks?! But the parents are saying it happened, but they're estranged from their son?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66147560

Surely the young person hasn't retracted anything because they didn't appear to have made any allegations in the first place. It was the parents who made the allegations which may or may not be true and may or may not be any of their/our business but appear not to be supported by their child.

 

[A380]

OK, now I'm totally confused because it sounds like young person's lawyer is saying they retracted and the story is bollocks?! But the parents are saying it happened, but they're estranged from their son?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66147560

Mother and Stepfather. I hope the Sun paid them in advance. Otherwise their Kerching will be disappearing like the morning mist.

Actually I don’t, this seems more likely an attempt to simply cash in on a family member…

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Media lawyer on Sky News earlier was using "she" to refer to the 20 year old. After about the third time the presenter had to remind him that "Of course we don't know the sex of the 20 year old.."

That's actually quite a faux pas. There's a thing known as 'jigsaw identification' whereby they're not supposed to disclose any information that could lead to people putting together pieces of the jigsaw and end up identifying the (alleged) victim, and that might include things like age or gender or where they live.

 

[friedaweed]

OK, now I'm totally confused because it sounds like young person's lawyer is saying they retracted and the story is bollocks?! But the parents are saying it happened, but they're estranged from their son?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66147560

The young person had nothing to retract. It was done without their consent which is what will make all this quite interesting for the daily Scum.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Or their corners

 

[friedaweed]

So is this The Sun thinking they'd found "the BBC's Schofield", only to land on a story involving too many moving parts and they've got stuck in the machinery?

I hope so.

 

[Epona]

Surely the young person hasn't retracted anything because they didn't appear to have made any allegations in the first place. It was the parents who made the allegations which may or may not be true and may or may not be any of their/our business but appear not to be supported by their child.

Aye that seems to be a decent summary of what appears to be going on (although who knows )

Makes some of my ridiculous and damaging family blowups look positively tame (at least no-one tried to sell the story to The Scum).