StefanAVFC Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Quote Emily Maitlis has been replaced as presenter of Newsnight on Wednesday evening after bosses reprimanded the host for monologue about Dominic Cummings breaking lockdown rules because it “did not meet our standards of due impartiality”. https://t.co/3e3ycgAweH?amp=1 Oh dear oh dear oh dear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 27, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted May 27, 2020 So she just adlibbed the whole thing.... roighto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Yet their political editor regularly just repeats whatever her unnamed Tory sources say with no qualification or scrutiny. Funny old world. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Yet their political editor regularly just repeats whatever her unnamed Tory sources say with no qualification or scrutiny. Funny old world. Yep, quoting ‘anonymous’ sources with the government hot take lies is perfectly acceptable. Listing a series of facts, not acceptable We really are at the start of a long hot summer with lots n lots of people being made unemployed. Buckle up and enjoy the ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The_Rev Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Chindie said: More Tory suits incoming no doubt, to keep things in line. Thing is they don't give a shit either way. If the BBC becomes a government mouthpiece, they win. If it becomes an institution which is so unpopular that it can be shut down with little fuss, they win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 28, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted May 28, 2020 I mean I know Hoey crossed the line some time ago but...Jayzuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted May 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2020 Apologies for the Twitter thread, but I think this is quite a nice summary of why Kuenssberg's coverage of this story last week was so toxic: There's actually more on the thread, but I think you get the picture. It's really indefensible IMO. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2020 Ah, the days when criticising the obscene standard of journalism and impartiality from Kuenssberg and the wider BBC could be handwaved as sour grapes because nobody liked the other side. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 14 hours ago, bickster said: I mean I know Hoey crossed the line some time ago but...Jayzuz How the **** was she ever Labour!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said: How the **** was she ever Labour!? She wasn’t. If Corbyn did anything, at least he flushed out the fake Socialists in the Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 29, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted May 29, 2020 1 hour ago, meregreen said: She wasn’t. If Corbyn did anything, at least he flushed out the fake Socialists in the Party. Corbyn actually stuck up for her, seemed to quite like her, which was odd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, bickster said: Corbyn actually stuck up for her, seemed to quite like her, which was odd Imagine that for a leaked sex tape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Imagine that for a leaked sex tape Let me know if you find it. Will pay handsomely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 1 minute ago, avfcDJ said: Let me know if you find it. Will pay handsomely. Modest much? How do you know you’re handsome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Just now, bannedfromHandV said: Modest much? How do you know you’re handsome? Sorry, it was a photo of Limpid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 7 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Apologies for the Twitter thread, but I think this is quite a nice summary of why Kuenssberg's coverage of this story last week was so toxic: There's actually more on the thread, but I think you get the picture. It's really indefensible IMO. The criticism in that thread is predicted on her source being Cummings. That’s just an assumption though. She explains she is quoting government sources for their side of the story and presents it as such, it’s not like she claims it is a fact. The confusion is more likely because it is accounts coming from different people rather than one person changing their story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, LondonLax said: The criticism in that thread is predicted on her source being Cummings. That’s just an assumption though. She explains she is quoting government sources for their side of the story and presents it as such, it’s not like she claims it is a fact. The confusion is more likely because it is accounts coming from different people rather than one person changing their story. I think it's an exceedingly safe assumption to be honest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 29, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted May 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, LondonLax said: The criticism in that thread is predicted on her source being Cummings. That’s just an assumption though. It's pretty much a known fact Quote She explains she is quoting government sources for their side of the story and presents it as such, it’s not like she claims it is a fact. The confusion is more likely because it is accounts coming from different people rather than one person changing their story. She is literally chasing round every jouralists story and trying to change the narrative. She isn't doing her own tweets, she's replying to others tweets to attampt to change the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Who else can you possibly talk to about what somebody did on a family trip to a private property, other than a member of the family or someone who is passing on a message for one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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