Pet Peeves

[Carnage]

I didn't see it, but my brother was telling me that some senior Sky sports reporter essentially read out a list of BBC presenters who have all tweeted, written or spoken on politics in the past without any repercussions, and pointed out that the director general has close finacial ties with the Tories (something about an £800,000 loan). Whatever you think about Lineker (and I think he's a tool), it's hard to deny that he's been treated unfairly here.

[Eoin McLove]

What happened?

[Caomhaoin]

Lineker is a gimp, an absolute chump, but pulling him off the telly over what he said? Not for me, Jeff. Voltaire comes to mind.

It's total hypocrisy at any rate. The BBC has long since abandoned any pretence of impartiality so it's difficult to take their position on this seriously.

[Bürggermeister]

What happened?

In response to the UK's new restrictive, and possibly illegal, proposed immigration policy, he tweeted...

"Good heavens, this is beyond awful, we take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.

This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I'm out of order?"

The British Home Secretary said something along the lines of The European Court of Human Rights being at odds with British values.

Clearly, he's a monster.

[Caomhaoin]

How would it be 'possibly illegal'?

[Bürggermeister]

Ask the lady herself

https://twitter.com/SophiaSleigh/status/1633112409341583360

[Eoin McLove]

Wait, he's getting cancelled for being a lefty? What's going on??

[Bürggermeister]

Yeah, it's almost as if the easily triggered have been whipped into a deliberate frenzy of faux-outrage and are whining about Lineker to distract everyone from examining the contents of the policy itself. Who could have seen that coming... again? 

[Caomhaoin]

Lad you said you couldn't think of a single instance of egregious lying from left leaning media outlets so mind the gap there big felly.

[Bürggermeister]

There are never gaps, dear boy, as you kindly forge the path from truth to fiction at every turn. Those who pull your strings played you like Luke Kelly's banjo, yet again. Twang!

[Caomhaoin]

Good man.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

You misread in the other thread: we couldn't think of an example as egregious. And indeed you provided examples that precisely weren't as egregious. Which doesn't amount to saying they were not dishonest, just that they weren't as dishonest.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's not impossible that, in private, Anderson Cooper or Trevor Noah or Jon Stewart or John Oliver, etc., explicitly think the opposite of the messages they push, and feel free to get back to us if and when such a situation is revealed. Since none of us stan them, I think you'll find we'll happily call them shits for doing so. As I said, not impossible, but get back to us if and when it ever comes out. Until then, face the facts; Carlson, Ingraham, Hannity, Murdoch... they wilfully encouraged their audiences to think badly, to be stupid. In fact, they were literally banking on that stupidity. The condescension involved on their part goes so far beyond anything I've ever come out with here.

[Caomhaoin]

You misread in the other thread: we couldn't think of an example as egregious. And indeed you provided examples that precisely weren't as egregious. Which doesn't amount to saying they were not dishonest, just that they weren't as dishonest.

They said 5 police officers were killed during the 'insurrection'. That's patently false.

[Caomhaoin]

That's not to say I swallow everything TC says, he's just entertaining to me. The others you mentioned, I haven't listened too.