The Dominic Cummings file

[DexterTCN]

 

[ska invita]

Tbf she prefaced her bullshit with A Source Says, whereas Emily did sound like it was her own partial opinion, presented as fact. It is a fact of course, but there you go.

Anyway, the idea that the BBC is usually impartial other than this moment is a joke. The fact the response to being told by the Tories to jump was How High is the issue. When called on a long list of election bias against Labour it was always met with a shrug.

 

[editor]

Hearing some defenders of Cummings say that the only reason he’s been targeted for this media outrage is because he’s ‘the architect of Brexit’.

Something about Stephen Kinnock delivering a birthday cake to his dad not getting a peep out of Emily Maitlis.

Off this thread you go.

 

[ska invita]

It's a very English Tory version of Trump's attacks on the media. I'm sure this kind of thing is orchestrated from the top

 

[ska invita]

Off this thread you go.

Just permaban him Ed. Soon he'll be only left to bore people on the Great British Bake Off thread to pretend he's not trying to drop altright talking points on

 

[two sheds]

He must have made a hell of a contribution to the server fund

 

[little_legs]

It's a very Tory English version of Trump's attacks on the media. I'm sure this kind of thing is orchestrated from the top

Straight outta the fascist play book. The end goal is to delegitimize any source of knowledge and make facts and expertise things that can't be trusted.

 

[Humberto]

It's a very English Tory version of Trump's attacks on the media. I'm sure this kind of thing is orchestrated from the top

It could be a lot better and has been better in the past. Our local news is decent. At the end of the day the funding is controlled by the Tory government and then there is the whole 'the BBC is left-wing biased' received wisdom among the Tory faithful.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Ah, now you were after some misogyny earlier. Here it is. Paxman used to be lauded for having exactly all of those qualities.

He makes himself sound ridiculous, though. 'confrontational to the point of intimidation'? Nobhead.

 

[agricola]

It's a very English Tory version of Trump's attacks on the media. I'm sure this kind of thing is orchestrated from the top

Most of it is, though of course he has a strong defence against that charge in that he's been making a complete fool of himself for years without any direction from No.10.

 

[killer b]

Politicians have always complained about aggressive journalists, its hardly a new thing. Didnt Blair call them 'feral' or something?

 

[DaveCinzano]

He seems like a classy, not pimpy, truth-oriented kinda guy

 

[killer b]

Ah yes, Tonty Blair talking about, er... the independent:

it is like a feral beast just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.

 

[editor]

He must have made a hell of a contribution to the server fund

That's below you mate.

 

[two sheds]

Apologies, not intended seriously

 

[two sheds]

grrr dp

 

[Puddy_Tat]

most of the comments seem to be angry non tories who haven't read it properly...

 

[frogwoman]

I wrote a poem lol, its probably no good as ice not written one in years but it was quite cathartic to write this evening. Not sure where to post it, here's as good a place as any


The Scum Parade
Ah whose got the short straw today lads?
Which one of the scum parade have we got today?
The one who ran a pyramid scheme?
The one who made laws that would kick out her own dad?
Another day, another lie.
It’s like another 747 falling out the sky.
The scum parade get up and say science has changed.
They say ‘we’re passing the peak'.
Like everything in life they fake it till they make it.
Funerals without hugs? Shut up and take it.
Let’s move on they say.
Let’s all use common sense.
I thought my eyesight was going so drove down the road.
Common sense mate.
100,000 tests doesn’t mean actually tested. Common sense.
It’s the media that’s the problem. Common sense.
The scum parade can’t hide their contempt.
Families ripped apart. Jobs lost. Businesses ruined.
Science has changed. More like science is trashed.
And still the deaths go up.
‘The deaths' but each one was a person.
We’ve almost stopped caring about that. Isolated, desensitized.
But look, they say, Nando's will be open.
‘The cases'. AKA sick people, scared and struggling to breathe.
‘The deaths today'. AKA hundreds of people died alone.
But enough of that. Next slide please.
Next lie please. Next scandal please, next horror, next disgrace.
Right, that’s all for today, thanks very much they say.
Well, that’s it guys, the scum parade have finished for the day. Bye!
No, we won’t be answering your questions.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ah yes, Tonty Blair talking about, er... the independent:

it is like a feral beast just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.

 

[DaveCinzano]

This could be interesting: a lawyer dissects Cummings' carefully lawyered statement. I've not listened all through yet, but the word 'damning' is being used on legal twitter...

Handily now on YouTube:

 

[krtek a houby]

Hearing some defenders of Cummings say that the only reason he’s been targeted for this media outrage is because he’s ‘the architect of Brexit’.

Something about Stephen Kinnock delivering a birthday cake to his dad not getting a peep out of Emily Maitlis.

Your hearing is remarkably tuned to alt-right chatter.

 

[phillm]

I don't know if it's the angle or lighting or something, but Meghan Markle and Gary Shandling look a bit kinda weird in that pic.

Not surprisingly Alison Steadman has a cob on as well....

 

[phillm]

What's he got on at the moment then?! Nothing as far as I can tell. Unless he's planning to spend a weekend up at the castle too.

Baby Wilfred, Carrie's having a go at asserting some authority before the we(e)ding having failed on the wine spill front.

 

[phillm]

Hearing some defenders of Cummings say that the only reason he’s been targeted for this media outrage is because he’s ‘the architect of Brexit’.

Something about Stephen Kinnock delivering a birthday cake to his dad not getting a peep out of Emily Maitlis.

Next time you want to borrow a tenner I'll give you 10p, because they're both money and have "10" in their name. But I will fully expect my tenner back on pay-up time.

 

[Badgers]

 

[cupid_stunt]

Not strictly speaking a front page, just a mock-up of what next week's issue could look like, but still funny.

 

[two sheds]

Clear message to BBC - don't dare criticize the government.

 

[Ted Striker]

Tbf she prefaced her bullshit with A Source Says, whereas Emily did sound like it was her own partial opinion, presented as fact. It is a fact of course, but there you go.

Anyway, the idea that the BBC is usually impartial other than this moment is a joke. The fact the response to being told by the Tories to jump was How High is the issue. When called on a long list of election bias against Labour it was always met with a shrug.

Absolutely this. LK has been way more consistent, if more subtle, in sympathetic coverage towards Boris and Conservatives.

 

[weltweit]

Off this thread you go.

I don't see anything wrong with the post referenced. It is on topic.
If anything it is more mild than many more established posters have made on this very thread.
What is the justification for this thread ban?

 

[bimble]

Ah, now you were after some misogyny earlier. Here it is. Paxman used to be lauded for having exactly all of those qualities.

He makes himself sound ridiculous, though. 'confrontational to the point of intimidation'? Nobhead.

Yep. In his followup, wherein he of course calls for abolition of license fee, he just happens to use the word ‘brazen’. The twat. All very silly anyway, her being given a day off became the front page news so not much of a result for whoever ordered it as a reprimand.