You are not a f*cking DJ. You’re an overpaid, untalented, cake-throwing c*nt.

jtsuited

Clanket wrote: »

He's been named already:-

http://www.sundayworld.com/columnists/index.php

to be fair...........the only people to have explicitly named him have been tabloids (And the worst kind of tabloids at that), so officially he hasn't really been named.

Clanket

Not oficially named until a "proper" newspaper names him?

jtsuited

Clanket wrote: »

Not oficially named until a "proper" newspaper names him?

pretty much tbh. although it's fairly clear it's him (and has been since the story broke), I wouldn't call one of the tabloids who regularly just print out and out lies naming him as officially 'named'.

In fact he's not officially named until the Gardai name him. In which case you'll see 'proper' papers name him.

Android 666

Clanket wrote: »

Not oficially named until a "proper" newspaper names him?

Well, everybody knows who it is but boards probably can't risk having him name here until he has been charged and named by every other news outlet.

Clanket

Not a big fan of tabloids myself, but they rarely print stories like this without some evidence. They'd be cleaned out in court if they made up something like that.

Android 666

Clanket wrote: »

Not a big fan of tabloids myself, but they rarely print stories like this without some evidence. They'd be cleaned out in court if they made up something like that.

In fairness they do. I was watching a programme following people who were suing the tabloids for stories published about them (Uri Geller was one of them) and the amount of lies the tabloids were telling was outrageous. Usually these cases are settled out of court with a retraction written as small as possible somewhere buried in the paper.

jtsuited

Clanket wrote: »

Not a big fan of tabloids myself, but they rarely print stories like this without some evidence. They'd be cleaned out in court if they made up something like that.

and they're regularly in court over stuff like this.
My point was he hasn't been officially named. A tabloid acting as if he has is no proof to the contrary. I know it's pedantic but with the press (all of the press, not just the tabloids) and the out and out bullsh1t they come out with on a regular basis, the devil is in the detail.

Clanket

I know they tend to make stuff up, but they rarely do with stories this big. They've accused someone of being a paedophile. If they are wrong they will be sued for an absolutely huge amount.

Terrible story anyway. There must be something in the water in Ireland with the amount of paedos we've produced in the last 100 years.

jtsuited

Clanket wrote: »

Terrible story anyway. There must be something in the water in Ireland with the amount of paedos we've produced in the last 100 years.

Yup there is......although I don't think it's in the water exactly.

It's called Catholic sexual repression. By teaching that all sexuality is the tool of the devil.

joker77

Android 666 wrote: »

Read the first report from the Indo a week or two ago - was very obvious who it was back then. One of the tabloids named him at the weekend - not only a journalist but a mentor and coach to a underage camoige team - the ramifications from this are going to be fücking huge…

Didn't see it in the Indo. Haven't been really keeping abreast of current affairs recently...

g5fd6ow0hseima

jtsuited wrote: »

Yup there is......although I don't think it's in the water exactly.

It's called Catholic sexual repression. By teaching that all sexuality is the tool of the devil.

Nah, I blame the fluoride

ianuss

It's got nothing to do with the water or the church - it's due to all the sexy children out there.

jtsuited

an oldie but a goodie.

2011 post of the year contender already.

Android 666

Those paedophiles… they're nearly as bad as the gays.

Is mise le key

For anyone who has never taken acid, this is what the world looks like when you have,:)

SteoL

Is mise le key wrote: »

For anyone who has never taken acid, this is what the world looks like when you have,:)

Ha, how true it is :P

g5fd6ow0hseima

Android 666 wrote: »

Those paedophiles… they're nearly as bad as the gays.

Iris Robinson actually said that!

SteoL

Jamie Future Needle wrote: »

Iris Robinson actually said that!

I thought to myself when I read your post no way did she actually say that. Just found the direct quotation and she actually DID say:

"There can be no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually abusing innocent children".

Wow, just wow.

BaZmO*

Clanket wrote: »

He's been named already:-

http://www.sundayworld.com/columnists/index.php

I fvcking hate tabloids. The way they twist a story to meet their agenda is so annoying. "is accused of having a sordid sex affair with a 14-year-old schoolgirl"

He's obviously totally out of order (if the allegations prove to be true) but emotive language like that is just unnecessarily salacious. And implied nature of the pictures used are just in bad taste. Blanking out the faces of young boys. :rolleyes:

jimi_t2

Clanket wrote: »

I know they tend to make stuff up, but they rarely do with stories this big.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster#The_Sun_newspaper

Clanket

Do you know I was thinking of that exact story when I posted about the other one. They'll never be forgiven in Liverpoool for it. I'd say their sales there were practically wiped out overnight. And they were made apologise for it very fast.

That was probably the single worst incident of a paper making up a story. It's a bit unfair to compare it to the Sunday World.

jtsuited

BaZmO* wrote: »

I fvcking hate tabloids. The way they twist a story to meet their agenda is so annoying. "is accused of having a sordid sex affair with a 14-year-old schoolgirl"

He's obviously totally out of order (if the allegations prove to be true) but emotive language like that is just unnecessarily salacious. And implied nature of the pictures used are just in bad taste. Blanking out the faces of young boys. :rolleyes:

The ONLY time I'm ever exposed to tabloids is when I'm getting a chinese take away and there's one on the counter and I've got five minutes to kill.

I genuinely cannot see a reason why anybody with an IQ of 80 or above would actually buy one.

One of the reasons I quickly dropped any leftist idealism years ago was seeing the sales figures of all the papers in Ireland and seeing The Star as number one by a long shot.

jtsuited

Clanket wrote: »

That was probably the single worst incident of a paper making up a story.

MMR Vaccine causes autism? Antioxidants in Red Wine prevent cancer? Saying a few fans were acting the maggot is nothing compared to the out and out misinformation printed by papers on a daily basis.

A few years ago, an Irish tabloid was writing about a friend (of a friend) of mine and quoted her dad as saying something about recent events......Her father had died 15 years previously.

Went to a solicitor who said 'just ring them and explain the situation and your cheque will be in the post by Monday'.

ianuss

jtsuited wrote: »

The ONLY time I'm ever exposed to tabloids is when I'm getting a chinese take away and there's one on the counter and I've got five minutes to kill.

I genuinely cannot see a reason why anybody with an IQ of 80 or above would actually buy one.

One of the reasons I quickly dropped any leftist idealism years ago was seeing the sales figures of all the papers in Ireland and seeing The Star as number one by a long shot.

I'll give you three - big colourful pictures, sport and the fact that most stories are covered in bite-size fashion.

jimi_t2

jtsuited wrote: »

I genuinely cannot see a reason why anybody with an IQ of 80 or above would actually buy one.

Ah but, shure dere de best for de sport.

Clanket wrote:

And they were made apologise for it very fast.

jtsuited

ianuss wrote: »

I'll give you three - big colourful pictures, sport and the fact that most stories are covered in bite-size fashion.

really?
big colourful pictures?
surely it's only small children that demand big pictures to go with words they're reading.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

One of the reasons I quickly dropped any leftist idealism years ago was seeing the sales figures of all the papers in Ireland and seeing The Star as number one by a long shot.

SHÍT!!

I didnt realise the star was the number one read paper in ireland, better find that Fine gael registration form that came through the letterbox a while back & get it in quick:P

jtsuited

Is mise le key wrote: »

SHÍT!!

I didnt realise the star was the number one read paper in ireland, better find that Fine gael registration form that came through the letterbox a while back & get it in quick:P

haha, all joking aside, would you really have much faith (or any) in a populist movement when you consider the fact that the 'man on the street' is a grossly misinformed idiot.

jimi_t2

jtsuited wrote: »

haha, all joking aside, would you really have much faith (or any) in a populist movement when you consider the fact that the 'man on the street' is a grossly misinformed idiot.

Or that the ''man on the street'' is usually a female civil servant in her mid 40s.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

haha, all joking aside, would you really have much faith (or any) in a populist movement when you consider the fact that the 'man on the street' is deliberatley misinformed and subsequently an idiot by no fault of his own.

Fixed your post chief.

Now i understand it wont apply to everyone but a lot of the population is simply kept in the dark about the majority of stuff in order to maintain the ruling system, True?