PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[Nine Bob Note]

 

[Rivendelboy]

Putting aside your wildly aggressive gendered language, the dad wasn't exactly being shy on twitter about the events of the day. OK, he had - at the time - only a couple of thousand followers, and people who have as many as Laura K does really do need to consider the impact they can have when amplifying, but she did link to his honest, angry and publicly-stated tweets. I don't really see there's a problem there.

You really can't see a problem given her massive following and history of bias publicly linking to that guy's perfectly reasonable tweet? It's not as if he's posted some racist screed for example? Why does she feel the need to do this if not to cause trouble? She's meant to be objective as a journalist and this is her public twitter account. It's bullying, plain and simple

 

[Rivendelboy]

Poison that well!

EDIT: waitaminute..... he's referring to Boris!

 

[teuchter]

You really can't see a problem given her massive following and history of bias publicly linking to that guy's perfectly reasonable tweet? It's not as if he's posted some racist screed for example? Why does she feel the need to do this if not to cause trouble? She's meant to be objective as a journalist and this is her public twitter account. It's bullying, plain and simple

Surely most people would realise that if you choose to heckle the Prime Minister on camera, and then post about it on Twitter, it's rather likely that you are going to get some attention and response - indeed isn't that exactly what his intention was? Does LK pointing out his twitter account make much difference?

 

[existentialist]

Surely most people would realise that if you choose to heckle the Prime Minister on camera, and then post about it on Twitter, it's rather likely that you are going to get some attention and response - indeed isn't that exactly what his intention was? Does LK pointing out his twitter account make much difference?

It probably doesn't make much actual difference, but I find myself wondering what was the intent?

 

[philosophical]

Did the bloke post the film?
Boris Johnson said no press were filming him.
He is such a brazen liar, he has the traits of a spoiled megalomaniac.
The story ought to be about his lies, not the bloke calling him out.
The bigger story is about cuts to public services.

 

[Rivendelboy]

Surely most people would realise that if you choose to heckle the Prime Minister on camera, and then post about it on Twitter, it's rather likely that you are going to get some attention and response - indeed isn't that exactly what his intention was? Does LK pointing out his twitter account make much difference?

I don't see how that justifies her behaviour.

I've no idea what the guy himself thinks about it, indeed he may be entirely fine with her conduct. But IMO that doesn't mean her actions weren't negative.

Indeed for all I know he could a political actor who doesn't have a sick kid, and everything he says in that clip is still true. That is what should be discussed. LK isn't interested in that, she's interested in promoting a twitter wide ad hominem.

 

[ignatious]

Does LK pointing out his twitter account make much difference?

Saying "Turns out the man who challenged the PM is also a Labour activist" implies that he was politically motivated and lessens the impact of what he said.

It’s not her job to deflect attention away from the PM when he is under fire, and the direction of the story unquestionably changed once the Twitter mob had been unleashed. She must have considered the inevitable effect her tweet would have on the situation, and went ahead anyway.

 

[brogdale]

Fourth estate meant to hold to account those who presume to govern their fellow citizens...not the governed.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

 

[skyscraper101]

 

[Crispy]

You didn't have time to photoshop an H on?

 

[rekil]

General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith - Coiled for another crack at the mick.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith - Coiled for another crack at the mick.

And an Etonian cunt to boot!

 

[Wilf]

Let slip the duds of war!

 

[Wilf]

General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith - Coiled for another crack at the mick.

If they want a technology and regulatory solution to the border I'll damn well give them one that they won't forget!

 

[Wilf]

Anyway, give it two months and those cunts will be bartering that gold braid for my hoard of codeine.

 

[Poi E]

So yeah, he's got the forces onside.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

So yeah, he's got the forces onside.

To stop the next Lib Dem pro eu coup?

 

[Poi E]

Operation Latte

 

[editor]

 

[BCBlues]

Is this the next line up for Operation White Cliff, the other watch must be a bit cold by now

 

[Whagwan]

One on the left is coming up.

 

[Proper Tidy]

BBC Radio 6 Music - Mercury Prize, slowthai - Doorman (Hyundai Mercury Prize 2019)

 

[Proper Tidy]

They cut away at the end but he waved around a decapitated boris johnson head

 

[Yossarian]

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"No, Mr. Bond, we expect you to die."

 

[MrSki]

 

[teuchter]

It probably doesn't make much actual difference, but I find myself wondering what was the intent?

I don't see how that justifies her behaviour.

I've no idea what the guy himself thinks about it, indeed he may be entirely fine with her conduct. But IMO that doesn't mean her actions weren't negative.

Indeed for all I know he could a political actor who doesn't have a sick kid, and everything he says in that clip is still true. That is what should be discussed. LK isn't interested in that, she's interested in promoting a twitter wide ad hominem.

Saying "Turns out the man who challenged the PM is also a Labour activist" implies that he was politically motivated and lessens the impact of what he said.

It’s not her job to deflect attention away from the PM when he is under fire, and the direction of the story unquestionably changed once the Twitter mob had been unleashed. She must have considered the inevitable effect her tweet would have on the situation, and went ahead anyway.

Has she deleted a tweet? When I look at her twitter feed this is what I find.



First she tweets the story, with the focus on awkwardness of the encounter for Boris Johnson. Then she tweets a link to the dad's tweet, saying 'this is him here'.

Doesn't really look like she's instigating a witch-hunt.

The guy has since said he's not got a problem with LK highlighting his tweet.

 

[Rivendelboy]

She didn't need to trawl through twitter to find out who the guy is and then link to his piece. She should instead, if she's any kind of journalist, focus on the content of his message and the substance of the exchange.

But instead it's all an ad hominem.

 

[teuchter]

She didn't need to trawl through twitter to find out who the guy is and then link to his piece. She should instead, if she's any kind of journalist, focus on the content of his message and the substance of the exchange.

But instead it's all an ad hominem.

Surely quoting his message is focussing on its content.

What's the ad hominem?