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JRW2 Dulwich 28 Nov 20 11.51am
Looking for balanced presentation of news? Then don't read today's Guardian. Front page headline: Sunak faces questions over family's fortune Sub-headline: Revealed: Huge number of shares not declared in ministerial register of interests Start to read and we find that the "story" actually relates to Sunak's wife, who holds a big stake in her family's business; and it continues on an inside page with details of her other investments, complete with a chart to illustrate it all. Tucked away in the bottom right-hand corner of the inside page, we can read that the government's former head of propriety and ethics discussed Sunak's entry with him and has twice declared herself satisfied with it. And Sir Alex Allan, former independent adviser on ministers' interests (he who recently resigned over the Patel affair) had also approved the disclosures.
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JRW2

Dulwich 28 Nov 20 11.51am

Looking for balanced presentation of news? Then don't read today's Guardian.

Front page headline: Sunak faces questions over family's fortune

Sub-headline: Revealed: Huge number of shares not declared in ministerial register of interests

Start to read and we find that the "story" actually relates to Sunak's wife, who holds a big stake in her family's business; and it continues on an inside page with details of her other investments, complete with a chart to illustrate it all.

Tucked away in the bottom right-hand corner of the inside page, we can read that the government's former head of propriety and ethics discussed Sunak's entry with him and has twice declared herself satisfied with it. And Sir Alex Allan, former independent adviser on ministers' interests (he who recently resigned over the Patel affair) had also approved the disclosures.

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Badger11 Beckenham 28 Nov 20 12.32pm
If I was asked to disclose my financial holding because a family member was in politics I would tell them to get lost, why should I have to abide by a set of rules which have nothing to do with me. Her family is not in politics and neither is she that is a decision that he has taken. If there are allegations of wrong doing that need investigating e.g. she buys shares in company just before Sunak awards it a big contract that is an entirely different matter and should be investigated by the police as a potentially criminal offence. Getting your wife and her family to reveal all reeks of jealousy and political shaming. One more point
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Badger11

Beckenham 28 Nov 20 12.32pm

If I was asked to disclose my financial holding because a family member was in politics I would tell them to get lost, why should I have to abide by a set of rules which have nothing to do with me.

Her family is not in politics and neither is she that is a decision that he has taken.

If there are allegations of wrong doing that need investigating e.g. she buys shares in company just before Sunak awards it a big contract that is an entirely different matter and should be investigated by the police as a potentially criminal offence.

Getting your wife and her family to reveal all reeks of jealousy and political shaming.

One more point

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Badger11 Beckenham 28 Nov 20 12.46pm
For balance the Daily Express is simply awful. Headlines which do not match the content e.g. "BBC ordered to drop Licence Fee" That suggests that the government, OFCOM or some type of official body has made that decision. Instead it actually refers to a survey of Express readers who guess what don't like the licence fee. Practically every headline is like that, the ones on Brexit are terrible implying official positions of governments when in fact it's an opinion of an MEP or some nobody with no power, so what. One more point
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Beckenham 28 Nov 20 12.46pm

For balance the Daily Express is simply awful.

Headlines which do not match the content e.g.

"BBC ordered to drop Licence Fee"

That suggests that the government, OFCOM or some type of official body has made that decision. Instead it actually refers to a survey of Express readers who guess what don't like the licence fee.

Practically every headline is like that, the ones on Brexit are terrible implying official positions of governments when in fact it's an opinion of an MEP or some nobody with no power, so what.

One more point

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Eaglecoops CR3 28 Nov 20 2.12pm
Originally posted by Badger11 For balance the Daily Express is simply awful. Headlines which do not match the content e.g. "BBC ordered to drop Licence Fee" That suggests that the government, OFCOM or some type of official body has made that decision. Instead it actually refers to a survey of Express readers who guess what don't like the licence fee. Practically every headline is like that, the ones on Brexit are terrible implying official positions of governments when in fact it's an opinion of an MEP or some nobody with no power, so what. In a post newspaper world, it is nothing more than click bait to help advertising sales.
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CR3 28 Nov 20 2.12pm

Originally posted by Badger11

For balance the Daily Express is simply awful.

Headlines which do not match the content e.g.

"BBC ordered to drop Licence Fee"

That suggests that the government, OFCOM or some type of official body has made that decision. Instead it actually refers to a survey of Express readers who guess what don't like the licence fee.

Practically every headline is like that, the ones on Brexit are terrible implying official positions of governments when in fact it's an opinion of an MEP or some nobody with no power, so what.

In a post newspaper world, it is nothing more than click bait to help advertising sales.

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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 28 Nov 20 11.11pm
Originally posted by Badger11 For balance the Daily Express is simply awful. Headlines which do not match the content e.g. "BBC ordered to drop Licence Fee" That suggests that the government, OFCOM or some type of official body has made that decision. Instead it actually refers to a survey of Express readers who guess what don't like the licence fee. Practically every headline is like that, the ones on Brexit are terrible implying official positions of governments when in fact it's an opinion of an MEP or some nobody with no power, so what. When I was a kid the Express ran a headline about another kid who lived opposite me. It read:- "Boy falls down 200 ft cliff and survives". What it failed to say anywhere in it's piece about him being found and taken to hospital, with pictures of plastered arms etc, was that he was climbing up from the bottom and only fell about 15 feet. Bad enough but not 200! For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.
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Wisbech Eagle

Truro Cornwall 28 Nov 20 11.11pm

Originally posted by Badger11

For balance the Daily Express is simply awful.

Headlines which do not match the content e.g.

"BBC ordered to drop Licence Fee"

That suggests that the government, OFCOM or some type of official body has made that decision. Instead it actually refers to a survey of Express readers who guess what don't like the licence fee.

Practically every headline is like that, the ones on Brexit are terrible implying official positions of governments when in fact it's an opinion of an MEP or some nobody with no power, so what.

When I was a kid the Express ran a headline about another kid who lived opposite me. It read:-

"Boy falls down 200 ft cliff and survives".

What it failed to say anywhere in it's piece about him being found and taken to hospital, with pictures of plastered arms etc, was that he was climbing up from the bottom and only fell about 15 feet. Bad enough but not 200!

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 29 Nov 20 2.14pm
The Express and the Mail, or any newspaper other than the Guardian don't need to be totally unbiased, nor are they publicly funded. What they do is irrelevant, they can spout sh1t all they want. The Guardian pretends to be unbiased but every piece contains a political diatribe somewhere. As for the BBC, I guess it has figured that unbiased eqyals ultra PC. They are getting told, over and over again, that being ultra Liberal is not unbiased, yet ignoring it. Eventually, their ridiculous funding will run out. In the meantime, they may have to sack a couple of 'sustainability' managers, or dare I say, a few 'equality' executives to balance the books. I've stopped paying my licence here, as throughout Covid our national broadcaster has simply been a government mouthpiece, whilst their staff party away, oblivious to the fate of average normal people. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 29 Nov 20 2.14pm

The Express and the Mail, or any newspaper other than the Guardian don't need to be totally unbiased, nor are they publicly funded. What they do is irrelevant, they can spout sh1t all they want. The Guardian pretends to be unbiased but every piece contains a political diatribe somewhere.
As for the BBC, I guess it has figured that unbiased eqyals ultra PC. They are getting told, over and over again, that being ultra Liberal is not unbiased, yet ignoring it. Eventually, their ridiculous funding will run out. In the meantime, they may have to sack a couple of 'sustainability' managers, or dare I say, a few 'equality' executives to balance the books.
I've stopped paying my licence here, as throughout Covid our national broadcaster has simply been a government mouthpiece, whilst their staff party away, oblivious to the fate of average normal people.

Red and Blue Army!

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HKOwen Hong Kong 02 Dec 20 12.40am
Non taxpayer funded media can put out whatever s**e they choose, the BBC "news" is funded by us, the taxpayer and we have no control over the use of our money. #defundthebbc Most of the BBC " news " camera facing people are active in politics off screen. Opining on social media if you are taxpayer funded " news " person has to be a clear sacking offence. If you want to be a virtue signalling woke mouth piece then feck off from the BBC and try your luck in the private sector. I posted this before reading previous post which basically same thoughts Edited by HKOwen (02 Dec 2020 12.41am) Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.
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HKOwen

Hong Kong 02 Dec 20 12.40am

Non taxpayer funded media can put out whatever s***e they choose, the BBC "news" is funded by us, the taxpayer and we have no control over the use of our money.

#defundthebbc

Most of the BBC " news " camera facing people are active in politics off screen.

Opining on social media if you are taxpayer funded " news " person has to be a clear sacking offence.

If you want to be a virtue signalling woke mouth piece then feck off from the BBC and try your luck in the private sector.

* I posted this before reading previous post which basically same thoughts

Edited by HKOwen (02 Dec 2020 12.41am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

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HKOwen Hong Kong 02 Dec 20 12.46am
I don't understand how the Guardian generates enough ad revenue to keep going, I suspect it has support from a wealthy virtue signaller or two, same as LBC which apart from Nick Ferrari these days is just anti Govt mouthpiece led by bellend in Chief, O'Brien Originally posted by JRW2 Looking for balanced presentation of news? Then don't read today's Guardian. Front page headline: Sunak faces questions over family's fortune Sub-headline: Revealed: Huge number of shares not declared in ministerial register of interests Start to read and we find that the "story" actually relates to Sunak's wife, who holds a big stake in her family's business; and it continues on an inside page with details of her other investments, complete with a chart to illustrate it all. Tucked away in the bottom right-hand corner of the inside page, we can read that the government's former head of propriety and ethics discussed Sunak's entry with him and has twice declared herself satisfied with it. And Sir Alex Allan, former independent adviser on ministers' interests (he who recently resigned over the Patel affair) had also approved the disclosures. Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.
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HKOwen

Hong Kong 02 Dec 20 12.46am

I don't understand how the Guardian generates enough ad revenue to keep going, I suspect it has support from a wealthy virtue signaller or two, same as LBC which apart from Nick Ferrari these days is just anti Govt mouthpiece led by bellend in Chief, O'Brien

Originally posted by JRW2

Looking for balanced presentation of news? Then don't read today's Guardian.

Front page headline: Sunak faces questions over family's fortune

Sub-headline: Revealed: Huge number of shares not declared in ministerial register of interests

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