yeah, the slow drip-feed of names and pictures and biographical details is manna from heaven for 24-hour news
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 10:55 (seven years ago) link
i mean i'm not a journalist but let me take a swing at the national mood:
'fuck this is tragic, i feel terrible for the families'
now if only i could stretch that sentiment out over say 96 hours i could make it as a rolling news reporter
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 10:56 (seven years ago) link
for his sick-making contribution to 'reflect the national mood' that's another one for the charge-sheet on Blair, when he gets arrested.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 11:00 (seven years ago) link
i mean i'm not sure that's actually on the statute books per se but i'm broadly supportive nonetheless
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 11:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Blair/Diana, the perfect storm of "I think speak for all of us when..." and "There can be no-one who has not been deeply affected by..." blah blah blafuckoff, bad enough telling us what to think without telling us what to feel.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:01 (seven years ago) link
Remember, it's rareDon't forget - terrible things are on the news because they are rare and do not happen very often.Although people are spending a lot of time talking about it, it is still very unlikely that events like this will affect you or your family.The most important thing is that if you are feeling upset, don't keep what's troubling you about the news to yourself.Talking to an adult about what in the news is worrying you can help you to understand what is upsetting you, and help those feelings of sadness, anger or confusion to go away.
Don't forget - terrible things are on the news because they are rare and do not happen very often.
Although people are spending a lot of time talking about it, it is still very unlikely that events like this will affect you or your family.
The most important thing is that if you are feeling upset, don't keep what's troubling you about the news to yourself.
Talking to an adult about what in the news is worrying you can help you to understand what is upsetting you, and help those feelings of sadness, anger or confusion to go away.
CBBC: Advice if you're upset by the news
I genuinely think the above is a great piece, aimed at children who worry now.
But this text really should be read aloud and shoved into the faces of the many columnists and journalists tumbling over each other with grotesque, hardmanning, hate-filled pieces imho.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:21 (seven years ago) link
The US still appears to be leaking intel to the press. NBC is reporting WH officials have told them the bomber's family had reported him to the police as potentially dangerous.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:34 (seven years ago) link
The US is a leaky old vessel these days.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
http://www.politico.eu/article/french-interior-minister-salman-abedi-had-proven-links-with-islamic-state/
xp France weighing in as well.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
Radio 1 has been pretty good on this as well - knowing that this strikes right at the heart of their audience there have been a lot of reassuring sounds being made.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:40 (seven years ago) link
Remember when the government blatantly indicated they would use their intel prowess as leverage in Brexit negotiations with the EU?
― nashwan, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:40 (seven years ago) link
Critical alert = Radio 1 digging out the Sabres Of Paradise iirc
― nashwan, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
Glad we've swung round to talking about the media coverage again, because I've been thinking about this overnight
http://i.imgur.com/66cjSfd.jpg
And clicking on the comments there's loads of stuff like this
http://i.imgur.com/OjHhbsY.jpg
Making me even more glad that I never tried to go into journalism if this is the state of things. Who harasses the recently bereaved? Who makes the effort to hector the bereaved people when they complain about the harassment, in the name of "public interest" as if that was some great over-riding moral imperative?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
doorstepping is a time-honoured journalistic tradition tbh, albeit an unpleasant one - the only difference in the modern era is that those in a position of being doorstepped can broadcast the details for themselves on social media
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:48 (seven years ago) link
obv hectoring the bereaved in response is a modern invention too, hurrah for progress
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
Gather and report news. One of the ways that was done was by hacking dead kids voicemail.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:56 (seven years ago) link
And if anything were going to change, it would have changed when we found out. But it didn't, and it won't.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
I can't imagine how angry I'd be if this happened to me, the sense of entitlement is so odious, the personal details are none of our business
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:04 (seven years ago) link
Death knocks have been a thing forever (and often end up with the journalist being invited in and talked to for ages). This feels like a new level of intrusiveness though - largely driven by social media and the Insatiable Content Machine.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:08 (seven years ago) link
that is a very tasteful calling card tbf
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
'lots of women take it as a compliment' / 'that's crass of course, but as long as it's done respectfully...'
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:18 (seven years ago) link
Also, the entitled anger at the guy who's fearing for his brother's life daring to block some cunt lecturing him on the role of the press. Whatever your opinions on that just be fucking human and accept he doesn't have to debate you in a time of grief.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:20 (seven years ago) link
on my lunch we walked past police, fire dept & army guys as they were finishing raiding a place. some of our brave servicemen with scarves over their faces then blazed through a red light in a black van and flicked us a V, which can surely only be taken as a gesture of solidarity and defiance
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link
For the absence of doubt I think that death knocks are reprehensible regardless of the situation but technology has magnified the whole thing and turned it into a feeding frenzy.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
How did I miss this story? These girls are heroes. Fuck the S*n pic.twitter.com/ZDQPHIHVW4— Harry Stopes (@HarryStopes) May 24, 2017
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
i think there's a case for reporters local papers offering to help grieving families get their story out -- and there's really no other way to be certain this happens than doorstepping -- but there's something p repulsive abt hacks from the tabs helping themselves to this argument
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
^^ there definitely is. Dealt with that myself covering the death of a soldier in Afghanistan, who was from my local area. But all on the family's terms. The national media is a circus that travels around doing this, preying on today's story, never to be seen again in said community after. There's no accountability, which is *very* different for local media, who are part of the community.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
it's so easy to get in touch with the media now if and when people are ready, there is no good reason for hurrying them
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:00 (seven years ago) link
lbi and mark s v much otm
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
ogmor otm
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
it is weird that the BBC pop music stations - 1, 2, 6, 1X, Asian - are the ones covering this with class. Both in DJ links and in the news reporting.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:25 (seven years ago) link
Manchester - A Fat Old Fool's Viewpoint....
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/23/morrissey-attacks-politicians-and-the-queen-over-manchester-terrorism-response
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
Have people heard the performance poet on Radio 4? They were making a big deal out of him on Today. Afraid I found it a bit trite.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
Troops on Downing Street is nonsensical cringeworthy shit and think it counts as 'campaigning' tbh
― nashwan, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
fuck me, morrissey's gone full trump
Morrissey cited government immigration policy among his complaints saying the prime minister would never change her immigration policy in the light of the attacks. It is believed that the bomber named by police, Salman Abedi, was British-born and from Manchester.Morrissey also appeared to suggest that politicians were afraid to refer to Abedi as an Islamist extremist.The claim that politically correct leaders routinely refuse to mention Islam when referring to terror attacks carried out by people holding a violent interpretation of the religion is common on the far-right. In recent years, many politicians have acknowledged the role of such an ideology once it has been confirmed, while also stressing that it is alien to the vast majority of the religionβs adherents.
Morrissey also appeared to suggest that politicians were afraid to refer to Abedi as an Islamist extremist.
The claim that politically correct leaders routinely refuse to mention Islam when referring to terror attacks carried out by people holding a violent interpretation of the religion is common on the far-right. In recent years, many politicians have acknowledged the role of such an ideology once it has been confirmed, while also stressing that it is alien to the vast majority of the religionβs adherents.
― π΅ it's grey pubic now, stoner blue π΅ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
^^^absolutely, that is pure fucking campaigning and TM should be lambasted for it.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link
this will probably be the thing that makes them tighten up the airbnb rules
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:49 (seven years ago) link
Dan Hett's brother, I am sorry to say, has been confirmed dead.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Solid work the Guardian in underlining with every paragraph that Morrissey's talking complete shite.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile, at the Terrograph, Why Oh Why meets Will This Do is the order of the day. Every day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/left-has-lost-plot-thinks-manchester-attack-tory-conspiracy/
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
Was about to say that Tom Harris has fought off a lot of stiff competition to be indisputably the vilest Telegraph columnist when I found out, until the last election, he was a Labour MP.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
when people say Blairite is a weak description and lacks nuance, just call all cunts like TH tory scum then, to keep it simple.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
He replaced Dan Hodges as a commentator for The Daily Telegraph.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
He is a Christian,[25] and enjoys astronomy and badminton. He is a prominent fan[26] of Doctor Who and friend[27] of the show's showrunner Steven Moffat. He contributed to the collection of celebrity fan memories, Behind The Sofa[28] published by Gollancz in 2013. He also claims to have owned every issue[29] of Doctor Who Magazine.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
says he's pals with moff yet very thoughtlessly uses the phrase losing the plot
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
Probably not the thread for it but I briefly knew that Harry Stopes person that Mark quoted earlier - a proud Mancunian, I actually thought of him independently earlier, wonder if he's OK
― imago, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
Friend saw the Weekend here last night, said security was like nothing she'd ever seen. Dogs, military guns, armored cars ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
hahahahahaha actual everyone else gets tae use her video except themfuck the sun pic.twitter.com/nZ4i12TQ2g— Butt Sea (@Butsay_) May 23, 2017
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
^they'll get hold of it anyway - she agreed Sky could have it and the Sun will screenshot 'courtesy Sky'. Bastards!
― syzygy stardust (suzy), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
hey NV:
http://bbc.in/2rhE7CC
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link