Author Topic: Criminals face an easier ride (Read 9550 times)

dave_mc · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2006, 10:43:09 PM »

Quote from: Cattivo Ragazzo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=381799&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true#StartComments

:?: Can you believe this?

probably not if it was posted by the daily mail... :p:

seriously, though, if it's true, it sucks. Although I probably disagree with how the daily mail would rectify the situation (shoot all criminals and have more patriotic parades)

dave_mc · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2006, 10:44:45 PM »

Quote from: sambo

it says stuff like arson as well!!!!!!??!?!?!?!??!?!

there's far too much arson about...

:lol:

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2006, 12:00:43 PM »

Daily Mail = Culture Of Fear

Don't believe the lies!!!

Kilby · « **Reply #18 on:** April 09, 2006, 02:54:34 PM »

Having the misfortune of working for a national newspaper I can assure you guys that at best 90% of reporters suffer from ritual self abuse.

If theyre not in the pub getting into a bad enough state to justify soiling their undergarments, they are carrying out acts of creative accounting on their expenses claims.

It's too expensive to employ proper journalists hence, the majority of newspaper stories are supplied by the Press Association, Reuters, Associated Press or the BBC. Why do you think all the papers carry the same stories. The job consists mostly of cutting & pasting from a browser to the Quark Xpress text box these days

BTW watch the Mail and Express drop a stories when it may affect one of their advertisers.

Me Bitter never !

Just think yourselves lucky there are still some papers left that actually have journalists these days (The Guardian for example).

Rob...

The amazing Phil · « **Reply #19 on:** April 09, 2006, 05:17:35 PM »

Well I take anything printed with a pinch of salt. I gotta admit, I trust the BBC more becuase it's publicly accountable, and there's that TV show where we can write in and tell it off etc. Although how much that actually tackles would be intresting to see.

And the Guardian seems good, although I'm suprised nobody's thought of printing broadsheets sideways on Tabloid paper yet...

I often flit through whatever paper's are on the table on my breaks at work, and I must say that the majority of what's printed is sensationalist cr@pola.

38thBeatle · « **Reply #20 on:** April 09, 2006, 06:13:39 PM »

OK, I will now comment very briefly: Like all papers, the Guardian has an agenda which is fine if their agenda coincides with yours but always remember it will always slant it's stories to reinforce it's editorial stance. To my mind, people can read whatever they want and believe whatever they want-me, I am way too cynical to read any of them.As has been said, the news broadcasts are the best but even these can be carefully manipulated.We live in a era of smoke and mirrors, deceipt and corruption.

Dakine · « **Reply #21 on:** April 09, 2006, 06:23:27 PM »

J.F.K, ahem LOL etc. etc.

dave_mc · « **Reply #22 on:** April 09, 2006, 07:40:46 PM »

Quote from: 38thBeatle

OK, I will now comment very briefly: Like all papers, the Guardian has an agenda which is fine if their agenda coincides with yours but always remember it will always slant it's stories to reinforce it's editorial stance. To my mind, people can read whatever they want and believe whatever they want-me, I am way too cynical to read any of them.As has been said, the news broadcasts are the best but even these can be carefully manipulated.We live in a era of smoke and mirrors, deceipt and corruption.

+1.

The guardian is closest to my political ideals, but i know it's biased as hell, like any paper.

The whole stuff about them being very quiet on the tessa jowell matter is a distinct example of it, since she was friendly with the editor or something.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #23 on:** April 09, 2006, 09:50:36 PM »

+1 on the Guardian but like anything, it ain't perfect. I would rather people read/digested The Guardian on a daily basis rather than the fear-mongering-rot churned out by the Sun, NOTW, Mail etc...

:twisted:

jt · « **Reply #24 on:** April 10, 2006, 12:47:52 AM »

:D I like the majority get my news from the BBC [ TV ] I only read the cr@ploids for there football coverage, & most of that is rubbish as well !! :roll:

:D 8)

nuntius · « **Reply #25 on:** April 11, 2006, 12:23:18 PM »

I don't always have time to read newspapers, but if I do I usually buy the Independent... though in reality, I'd read almost anything bar tabloids, and especially not the Daily Mail.

However, I read (many of, not all of) the online articles on BBC news and the Independent pretty much every day, and sometimes also read the Times online and even the Guardian online articles.

I think having only one source for news is a bad thing, but, so long as you're able to stay open minded and recognise all of the choice verbs+phrases designed to sway you a particular way, reading the news from several sources is definitely a good thing.

38thBeatle · « **Reply #26 on:** April 11, 2006, 01:11:02 PM »

I found this story on the BBC website-they specifically mentioned the increase in cautions given to rapists rather than custodial sentences -so perhaps the point is that the original story is real enough but gets adjusted and exagerated to suit the agenda of the Daily Mail (or whatever paper you happen to be reading). I happened to pick up a colleague's Daily Mirror today-this thread having made me interested and like you guys have said, all nonsense and, to me, badly presented. As I did not read papers anyway it does not affect me thus vindicating the reason why I gave up on them years ago. It is not only the "rightist" papers that do it though. I do not put too much trust in the BBC either -The Government of the day tends to appoint the people that run it and however much the BBC claim impartiality, I have, shall we say, an open mind when I hear their reports-As I said before, I am very cynical due to the bitter experience of a good friend many years ago at the hands of the national newspapers.

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #27 on:** April 11, 2006, 06:05:29 PM »

The BBC seem like a mouth piece for our government to me. Way too biased and the PC nonsense is beyond belief according to one of their ex radio presenters.

As for the Guardian, like Mr 38th has already pointed out, it's edited to fit. Take a look at the jobs page in it and the Inde'. All these non jobs that you hear about seem to be advertised here. It conviniently fits in with New Labours ideas of employment for employments sake, which hike up taxes, which come in the form of stealth taxes mostly and council tax to pay for it all. Just so they can take us all for fools and say unemployment is down under new labour. Get a civil service job and they get a X on polling day. You should hear some of the jobs they read out from these adverts on Talk Sport! Nappy coordinator, 30k per annum etc. I rather read guitar mags!