tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post7347193358060695283..comments2023-06-08T10:33:07.787+01:00Comments on The Sun - Tabloid Lies: Trevor Kavanagh cries 'police state' (with backing of the Culture Secretary)Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-3089480816793603172012-03-15T16:00:09.563+00:002012-03-15T16:00:09.563+00:00"Why should questions about police procedures..."Why should questions about police procedures be handled solely by the so-called Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is notoriously reluctant to rule against police?"<br /><br />This from the industry that's enjoyed decades of self-regulation through the Press Complaints Commission?<br /><br />"Before it is too late, should we not be asking where all this is likely to lead? Will we have a better Press?"<br /><br />These people make their living through deliberate misrepresentation, exaggeration and downright lies; they generate hatred and exploit fear; they seed the public mind with suspicion and mistrust, and celebrate misfortune and suffering. And then they have the sheer <i>gall</i> to imply that they're fulfilling a valuable journalistic function?<br /><br />Only when the Press can be persuaded to move away from the sensationalist, unscrupulous and toxic activities of rags like the Sun, the Express and the Mail will we start to see a better Press. But without some form of external compulsion, that clearly isn't going to happen while the potential rewards are so high. A mature, free, responsible news media serves a crucial purpose in a healthy democracy. But as much as they might talk the self-important talk when it suits them - as in this case - the truth is that these companies, and others like them, abandoned this responsibility a long time ago.Silencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356295714954460940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-48191282907362247232012-02-16T13:47:47.408+00:002012-02-16T13:47:47.408+00:00I thought it would be interesting to compare Mr Ka...I thought it would be interesting to compare Mr Kavenagh's rant about witch hunts with his opinions on MPs expenses from 2009.<br /><br />They demonstrate that Mr Kavenagh has no problem with hypocracy, one law for you and another for me, or contradicting himself completely.<br /><br />The witch hunt for journalists<br />"Their alleged crimes? To act as journalists have acted on all newspapers through the ages, unearthing stories that shape our lives, ... Sometimes money changes hands. This has been standard procedure as long as newspapers have existed, here and abroad."<br /><br />Greedy MPs are a disgrace<br />"...they smile the trademark smirk of defiance and insist: “We’ve done nothing wrong.”...When pushed, they hide behind collective irresponsibility — “everyone does it”"<br /><br />The witch hunt for journalists<br />"...a sensitive domestic issue within the News International "family”... some of the greatest legends in Fleet Street have been held, at least on the basis of evidence so far revealed, for simply doing their jobs as journalists on behalf of the company"<br /><br />Greedy MPs are a disgrace<br />"MPs see the Palace of Westminster as a state within a state — a law unto itself, like the Vatican City."<br /><br />The witch hunt for journalists<br />"some of the greatest legends in Fleet Street .... simply doing their jobs as journalists on behalf of the company...<br />their lives disrupted and their careers on hold and potentially ruined"<br />Greedy MPs are a disgrace<br />"SHABBY. Seedy. Squalid. Greedy. Pick and mix to describe our discredited political class. <br />Add a few of your own. Like crooked, conniving, corrupt"<br /><br />However, I do agree with his sum up from the MPs piece: "Well, chaps, it’s all over now"mark greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440282387355067502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-72633459021833915162012-02-13T13:49:41.731+00:002012-02-13T13:49:41.731+00:00"In one raid, two officers revealed they had ..."In one raid, two officers revealed they had been pulled off an elite 11-man anti-terror squad trying to protect the Olympics from a mass suicide attack"<br /><br />Errrr which officers have been sharing information, and were they paid? I THINK WE SHOULD BE TOLD!!!<br /><br />Anyway, if they have nothing to hide at the Sun they have nothing to be scared of.Da Vagabondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160978617256728612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-61545401732419729782012-02-13T11:16:47.866+00:002012-02-13T11:16:47.866+00:00They keep citing the expenses scandal bay miss out...They keep citing the expenses scandal bay miss out on mentioning that journalists had nought to do with it apart from paying a whistleblower, the only investigation carried out was to read what was given themJohn Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352423279420473488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-53616995294692189522012-02-13T09:35:07.314+00:002012-02-13T09:35:07.314+00:00The sooner this nasty, vindictive paper follows th...The sooner this nasty, vindictive paper follows the NOW the better. It has no proper place in real journalism anyway.Steerpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963119697362073876noreply@blogger.com