xxlshirts_fit_all
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Another great tweet from the moral compass of a sun editor
It appears The Sun’s claims
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NoloBoro
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But who would devote column inches to such an article?
NoloBoro
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My two bits worth,
I’m not going to comment on legal issues for a variety of reasons.
But, to cast judgment on others then you must be without ‘sin’ yourself.
To stand in ‘moral’ outrage at the actions of others you should be on a very firm footing.
It should be mandatory for those who write or publish articles about the lives of others to have their private lives, warts n all scrutinised by the general public, let’s see their personal emails, private correspondence, social media accounts examined.
On the subject of the mainstream media, there are still plenty of people who buy newspapers, plenty who accept without question the things that they read within them.
I have a log burner, my neighbour provides newspapers donated by a lady up the road who reads the Daily Mail, the only reason I have it in the house is that I get the opportunity to burn scores of them, something that I take great pleasure doing.
The timing of this ‘story’ and the surrounding television news articles is quite deliberate. There are plenty of pious individuals outraged because they’ve been told to be.
It’s a shame they are not as passionate when it comes to criticising the robber barons that are running the country.
I try to avoid the news, I try hard not to get drawn into thinking about the way that the feeble minded public are so easily manipulated by the media. The way they accept as gospel what their ‘betters’ and the ‘elite’ tell them and what they tell them is good for them.
The whole thing fills me with an impotent rage, an anger so strong that has no outlet.
As someone once said ‘you should be allowed to vote on the Xfactor OR the general election, but not both’
I’m not going to comment on legal issues for a variety of reasons.
But, to cast judgment on others then you must be without ‘sin’ yourself.
To stand in ‘moral’ outrage at the actions of others you should be on a very firm footing.
It should be mandatory for those who write or publish articles about the lives of others to have their private lives, warts n all scrutinised by the general public, let’s see their personal emails, private correspondence, social media accounts examined.
On the subject of the mainstream media, there are still plenty of people who buy newspapers, plenty who accept without question the things that they read within them.
I have a log burner, my neighbour provides newspapers donated by a lady up the road who reads the Daily Mail, the only reason I have it in the house is that I get the opportunity to burn scores of them, something that I take great pleasure doing.
The timing of this ‘story’ and the surrounding television news articles is quite deliberate. There are plenty of pious individuals outraged because they’ve been told to be.
It’s a shame they are not as passionate when it comes to criticising the robber barons that are running the country.
I try to avoid the news, I try hard not to get drawn into thinking about the way that the feeble minded public are so easily manipulated by the media. The way they accept as gospel what their ‘betters’ and the ‘elite’ tell them and what they tell them is good for them.
The whole thing fills me with an impotent rage, an anger so strong that has no outlet.
As someone once said ‘you should be allowed to vote on the Xfactor OR the general election, but not both’
Piccadilly Day Tripper
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Let those with a sin free internet history cast the first stone.
Can't wait for Murdoch to pop his clogs. It will feel like a whole country has been given the all-clear from cancer and is on a path to recovery.
Can't wait for Murdoch to pop his clogs. It will feel like a whole country has been given the all-clear from cancer and is on a path to recovery.
1finny
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The Murdock dynasty will linger like a malignant growth for years to come, I’m afraid
Piccadilly Day Tripper
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I don't disagree with that. It's a long road back to take away the power and influence of the grifters, the nefarious, and morally bankrupt hypocrits in UK journalism.
dooderooni
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NSFW obviously.
Zoophonic
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Excellent and I hope those who have had a major pop at Edwards on this and the now removed thread watch this and reflect.
Cardiffdaffs
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Its not about the money oh no.
www.theguardian.com
Parents in Huw Edwards case ‘offered tens of thousands for TalkTV interview’
Interview with couple understood to have been recorded for broadcast on sister TV station of the Sun
www.theguardian.com
FabioPorkpie
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He has a bit of a history of that sort of thing apparently.
How the **** do these vile characters keep getting slots of mainstream tv?
goalscrounger
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What the actual ****???? 
Hap
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What the actual…!?
Hap
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Sorry my response was just what you’d said…What the actual ****????
clay
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That Guardian article was a response to Pete Townshend getting caught with child abuse images and claiming he only downloaded them for "research".
There are plenty of legitimate reasons to despise Rod Liddle, but that article really isn't what those screenshots portray it to be.
There are plenty of legitimate reasons to despise Rod Liddle, but that article really isn't what those screenshots portray it to be.
goalscrounger
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goalscrounger
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I would be more prepared to accept this as a detached opinion piece if he hadn't made the statement about why he couldn't ever be a teacher.
FabioPorkpie
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I don’t think there is any missing context that would make those words that he wrote ok.
The man is an utter disgrace.
Hap
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It’s actually 20 years old.
I had to look it up, because I couldn’t believe it wasn’t a spoof. But, no. Real enough…
Rod Liddle: Should it really be a crime to look at child pornography?
Rod Liddle: The one laudable and necessary aim - to protect children from abuse - has become warped by our consuming, obsessive hatred for those who find children sexually attractive.
www.theguardian.com
I‘m still shocked. Even with the added context the rest of the article provides.
