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The key issue with the media right now is it's not about finding facts, it's about claiming scalps.
George Eaton celebrated getting Roger Scruton sacked on lies. Has the Mirror and @PippaCrerar apologised yet for misrepresenting Cummings?
#DominicCummnings
The key issue with the media right now is it's not about finding facts, it's about claiming scalps.
George Eaton celebrated getting Roger Scruton sacked on lies. Has the Mirror and @PippaCrerar apologised yet for misrepresenting Cummings?
#DominicCummnings
The idea Cummings made multiple trips up north? A lie. Lived with his parents? A lie. He didn't even attend a family members funeral because he was still isolating.
The result of the coverage though? That's horrific.
The result of the coverage though? That's horrific.
You have Labour MPs celebrating him being harassed on the street.
You have journalists harassing his parents https://twitter.com/NSP55/status/1265043854283210758?s=19
You have political pressure groups blasting the street with a video outside his house, disturbing his wife and a vulnerable child.
Led by Donkeys? They're absolute donkeys. https://twitter.com/samholdertv/status/1264529136741240834?s=19
Led by Donkeys? They're absolute donkeys. https://twitter.com/samholdertv/status/1264529136741240834?s=19
All this because he made a trip to an estate to protect his kid. He wasn't living with family, they were just on the same estate in case his kid needed help.
His kid who was hospitalised a few days later.
His kid who was hospitalised a few days later.
All the way down to the coverage, this isn't about if someone did wrong or not. It's about trying to hound someone out of public life.
"The media don't pick fights they can't win" has been a phrased used often. Why is it a fight to begin with? Why is it not just reporting facts?
"The media don't pick fights they can't win" has been a phrased used often. Why is it a fight to begin with? Why is it not just reporting facts?
I don't know if Cummings did wrong or if he didn't. But we live in a free society, one where guilt is proven, not assumed.
Yet the media seems to be flipping that on its head because harassment sells.
Yet the media seems to be flipping that on its head because harassment sells.
We know it sells. It's sold for decades. We see it with celebrities all the time.
Who cares about the individual? Or if the evidence isn't enough to prove what's being claimed? Or the lives that might be ruined from the campaigns.
Who cares about the individual? Or if the evidence isn't enough to prove what's being claimed? Or the lives that might be ruined from the campaigns.
This culture is toxic. It's been toxic for celebrities for decades and caused suicides. It's been toxic for sports stars for decades. It's now sipping into politics.
The issue is with politics people seem justified because their are "sides". Others suffer? You're just winning.
The issue is with politics people seem justified because their are "sides". Others suffer? You're just winning.
