Comments on: And journalists wonder why everybody hates them

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:15:16 +0000

In a word: toothless. I think the PCC ruling is correct, but I don’t think it really matters.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:26:31 +0000

Gary, what’s your take on the PCC ruling?

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:15:22 +0000

> That’s not an apology

I thought that too.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:15:04 +0000

Maybe it’s coincidence. Then again, maybe it’s because ordinary people are cheaper to investigate, don’t go running to the PCC and don’t hire law firms such as Schillings to prevent anybody printing anything. There was a good piece in the Sunday Times magazine yesterday about that latter issue: essentially we’ve got a system where many papers simply can’t afford to contest legal claims, even when the papers are in the right.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:29:35 +0000

Has anybody really asked questions about the larger issue at hand, which is why journalists have turned away from basic reportage and are now declaring war on innocent civilians? The Dunblane thing last week, the ET’s litter campaign last year. These are not celebrities, they are not footballers, they are not politicians, they are grannies who dropped their bus tickets and kids who got shot.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:45:20 +0000

That’s not an apology. The first six paragraphs are self-promotion.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:13:04 +0000

The Express has printed a grudging apology:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90417

> the hypocrisy of the author’s binge drinking photo collection pales in comparison to this:

He wouldn’t be that stupid. Would he?

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:45:15 +0000

Back to the Dunblane story, the hypocrisy of the author’s binge drinking photo collection pales in comparison to this:

http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2009/03/derek_lambie_the_gates.asp

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:53:27 +0000

>>> Frankly I’m surprised OK didn’t send a covert nurse in with a special syringe. I watch too much 24.

Did they ever find out who was behind the mad woman who went after her with a hammer in hospital? Hmm…

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:07:17 +0000

Bloody hell.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:35:07 +0000

Oh, you were right: Max Clifford's not happy with OK. Which means Jade isn't. Looks like they might have just screwed up their timing:

The issue went on sale on Tuesday after reports at the weekend claimed Jade had just hours to live.

They thought she'd be dead by the time anyone bought a copy. Didn't want to get stung by that whole Princess-Diana dying-at-the-wrong-time-of-day-for-newspapers thing. Fuckwits.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:01:34 +0000

And now it turns out that Elisabeth Fritzl has been driven out of her home by British journalists. Makes me feel all patriotic, that.

> It sells papers. That’s enough.

Does it, though? I mean, how much smaller would The Express‘s circulation have been that day without that article?