tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post6460362309478989603..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: 'Dumbfounded'MacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-83151508550271512842011-10-05T22:39:03.715+01:002011-10-05T22:39:03.715+01:00Looks like the Catholic church swallowed the Mail&...Looks like the Catholic church swallowed the Mail's bullshit if the latest 'story' is to be believed. The lie has been repeated so often it has now become fact:<br /><br />"The new guidance from the BBC asserts that the abbreviations for Before Christ and Anno Domini (the Year of the Lord) infringed its protocols on impartiality.<br />It instructs employees to instead replace them with the non-religious phrases BCE and BC – Before Common Era and Common Era."blablabla500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-57302749237963667062011-10-04T16:54:40.555+01:002011-10-04T16:54:40.555+01:00And to think this is the same newspaper that felt ...And to think this is the same newspaper that felt we had to move on from phone hacking because there were more important issues to address. Oh, the hypocrisy.Robbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-5825696898213657322011-10-04T11:27:30.921+01:002011-10-04T11:27:30.921+01:00Re the Amanda Knox thing - it must be quite common...Re the Amanda Knox thing - it must be quite common for newspapers to try to get breaking news in their papers or website before dawn by pre-writing two alternative stories. What really beggars belief though is the extent to which they described the court scenes: 'sobbing uncontrollably while her family and friends hugged each other in tears'. No doubt had the two been found guilty that story would have been published even if Knox had not cried at all. Unbelievable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-62670800901377370382011-10-04T11:24:11.024+01:002011-10-04T11:24:11.024+01:00It's not just to sell newspapers though. It...It's not just to sell newspapers though. It's because it's the Beeb innit? <br /><br />Try to build up a case for Auntie being PC-gone-mad or anti-British or Commie Pinko gay-loving subversives and there you have it; little public support for the institution making it easier for the government to get rid of it. They're doing the same with the NHS, state education, et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-772739581520920172011-10-04T02:10:15.776+01:002011-10-04T02:10:15.776+01:00They perpetuate the myth because they want self-ri...They perpetuate the myth because they want self-righteous religious pricks to get pissed off and start making a fuss, so they can sell papers on the back of the arguments. It is absolutely the right thing to do to point out these liars for what they are every time they come up in conversation.Mr. Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221373482084394884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-36265964795688600662011-10-03T23:42:28.013+01:002011-10-03T23:42:28.013+01:00What is astonishing is that the Daily Heil stole m...What is astonishing is that the Daily Heil stole my comment about Dionysius Exiguus and his coining of BC and AD, but managed to drop the fact that he also coined Common Era meaning that the ear since Christ was now the Christian common eraBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537881437644365670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-72131176087042958492011-10-03T21:58:54.683+01:002011-10-03T21:58:54.683+01:00Talking of "Mail" bullshit, this breatht...Talking of "Mail" bullshit, this breathtaking piece of dishonest reporting was put up online from 8.50 to 9.30 on Monday night, when some sub editor at "Mail Online" thought Amanda Knox and Rafaele Sollecito had lost their appeals and published the wrong article. I've posted it elsewhere, but it should be as widely circulated as possible -<br /><br /><br />"As Knox realized the enormity of what judge Hellman was saying she sank into her chair sobbing uncontrollably while her family and friends hugged each other in tears. <br /><br />A few feet away Meredith's mother Arline, her sister Stephanie and brother Lyle, who had flown in especially for the verdict remained expressionless, staring straight ahead, glancing over just once at the distraught Knox family. <br /><br />Prosecutors were delighted with the verdict and said that 'justice has been done' although they said on a 'human factor it was sad two young people would be spending years in jail'. <br /><br />Both Knox and Sollecito – who have always denied any involvement in the brutal murder - said they would take the case to the third and final level of appeal at the Supreme Court in Rome where it will probably be heard late next year."the_voice_of_reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10179007944478552588noreply@blogger.com