81 year old FAKE NEWS story.

Jinglejangle69 · 10-01-2020 11:03PM #1

I'm sure we all have heard about the fictitious 81 year old homeless woman discgharged from hospital and now homeless.

Anyway RTÉ clarified the story to be BS yet the journal.ie still has it up as fact.

Why do people lap this nonsense up every day and believe every stupid nonsensical story they read?

Ubbquittious · 10-01-2020 11:04PM

I didn't believe it when I read it tbh.

I was hoping this thread would be about a fake news story, published 81 years ago

Trigger Happy · 10-01-2020 11:07PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I didn't believe it when I read it tbh.

I was hoping this thread would be about a fake news story, published 81 years ago

Enjoy.
https://news.gallup.com/vault/226658/gallup-vault-propaganda-fake-news-1939.aspx

humberklog · 10-01-2020 11:14PM

Orson Welles' radio version War of the Worlds was broadcast in October 1938.

Jinglejangle69 · 10-01-2020 11:16PM

Yessssssssssss!!

Gatling · 10-01-2020 11:37PM

Any link ?

Stheno · 10-01-2020 11:39PM

Gatling wrote: »

Any link ?

Must be this one

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/homeless-81-year-old-woman-found-outside-gpo-to-be-prioritised-for-housing-38851373.html

Melania Frump · 10-01-2020 11:42PM

Knew this was fake the minute I heard it. There is no hospital on earth that would release an 81 year old woman with no forwarding address.

Jinglejangle69 · 10-01-2020 11:44PM

Melania Frump wrote: »

Knew this was fake the minute I heard it. There is no hospital on earth that would release an 81 year old woman with no forwarding address.

https://www.thejournal.ie/81-year-old-dublin-homeless-4961643-Jan2020/

Journal still have it up as gospel.

Absolute rag.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 10-01-2020 11:47PM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/81-year-old-dublin-homeless-4961643-Jan2020/

Journal still have it up as gospel.

Absolute rag.

Don’t forget who owns the site or you may forget your login details shortly

Ten of Swords · 10-01-2020 11:48PM

This is the RTE link which says she was aged in her 60s, not 80s, and had accommodation arranged for 2 nights after her discharge from hospital

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0110/1105529-homeless-woman-dublin/

LaFuton · 10-01-2020 11:50PM

Jane Muscular Strikeout wrote: »

Don’t forget who owns the site or you may forget your login details shortly

who owns it?

genuine question

10-01-2020 11:50PM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/81-year-old-dublin-homeless-4961643-Jan2020/

Journal still have it up as gospel.

Absolute rag.

Have you a link to the story on RTE?

markodaly · 10-01-2020 11:53PM

Expect a lot more of this during the upcoming election.

It depresses me that with each passing day, Ireland is following in the footsteps of Brexit Britain and Trump's America swallowing Fake and dishonest news wholesale.

The Satanist · 10-01-2020 11:55PM

Pfft only in her 60s. She should get a job and be happy to pay €2k a month for an apartment.

Raconteuse · 10-01-2020 11:58PM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Why do people lap this nonsense up every day and believe every stupid nonsensical story they read?

Because they want to believe it. Love of drama and scandal and being enraged and witch hunting.

Abba987 · 11-01-2020 12:01AM

The Satanist wrote: »

Pfft only in her 60s. She should get a job and be happy to pay €2k a month for an apartment.

Spot on

q85dw7osi4lebg · 11-01-2020 12:08AM

LaFuton wrote: »

who owns it?

genuine question

Majority stake is by owners of this very site

Assetbacked · 11-01-2020 12:30AM

markodaly wrote: »

Expect a lot more of this during the upcoming election.

It depresses me that with each passing day, Ireland is following in the footsteps of Brexit Britain and Trump's America swallowing Fake and dishonest news wholesale.

The same people that peddle these sob stories would then laugh at the idea that we should consider leaving the EU. The link I am making is that we will be told FG are failing and Irish society is falling apart but we have lost a lot of sovereignty from being in the EU and arguably do not have sufficient control over our affairs to address housing in a more meaningful way. Irexit = recession = less people and therefore more houses. Accordingly, any type of sob story in the media such as this one must be treated with extreme scepticism and the outrage brigade have agendas.

markodaly · 11-01-2020 12:37AM

Assetbacked wrote: »

The same people that peddle these sob stories would then laugh at the idea that we should consider leaving the EU. The link I am making is that we will be told FG are failing and Irish society is falling apart but we have lost a lot of sovereignty from being in the EU and arguably do not have sufficient control over our affairs to address housing in a more meaningful way. Irexit = recession = less people and therefore more houses. Accordingly, any type of sob story in the media such as this one must be treated with extreme scepticism and the outrage brigade have agendas.

Well leaving the EU is an extreme notion. Maybe SF may advocate it, as they have always been anti-EU but that is their business.

However, crashing the economy will fix the housing issue, in part. :pac:

You are correct though that the Dail only has so much sovereignty these days.
With all the stuff about the RIC, independence not many realise that we are not really all that sovereign anymore. Hence 1950's style of social housing is impossible for various reasons outside our control.

JustAThought · 11-01-2020 12:41AM

not to mention the little promoted face that all itinerants irrespective of whether they have a halting site, mobile home paid for by the state and 50k in benefits are automatically classed as ‘ himeless’ as are all their many children. And pensioners in state nursing himes who have and are sleeping in a permanent bed and have a til death do up part place and criminals of course -all lumped together and classed as homeless.

Sciprio · 11-01-2020 01:01AM

Whatever about this story but it seems like Jinglejangle69 is one of those blueshirts accounts telling us how well we have it. Have a look through it's profile.

jim salter · 11-01-2020 01:05AM

Jane Muscular Strikeout wrote: »

Majority stake is by owners of this very site

cúnts (and not just because of this)

pinkyeye · 11-01-2020 02:38AM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

I'm sure we all have heard about the fictitious 81 year old homeless woman discgharged from hospital and now homeless.

Anyway RTÉ clarified the story to be BS yet the journal.ie still has it up as fact.

Why do people lap this nonsense up every day and believe every stupid nonsensical story they read?

Where is your proof that this story is fake??

fritzelly · 11-01-2020 02:53AM

Am I reading this right - some woman lying about her age refused hostel accommodation (even tho people were working with her to home her) that was available after leaving hospital, some wannabe good samaritan got a councilor involved, secured nice hotel accommodation.
And this makes news, the fake kind - well I guess it does since it satisfies a certain section of societies agenda

pinkyeye wrote: »

Where is your proof that this story is fake??

She wasn't 81 and had accommodation available but refused it

greencap · 11-01-2020 03:38AM

Melania Frump wrote: »

Knew this was fake the minute I heard it. There is no hospital on earth that would release an 81 year old woman with no forwarding address.

Box 7.
Parcel motel.
Drumcondra maxol.

danger mouse · 11-01-2020 04:19AM

markodaly wrote: »

Expect a lot more of this during the upcoming election.

It depresses me that with each passing day, Ireland is following in the footsteps of Brexit Britain and Trump's America swallowing Fake and dishonest news wholesale.

Fake news has been around a very long time. Way before the events you mentioned. Didn't a scummy British rag for a paper print a story that Liverpool fans where pissing on dead bodies and stealing wallets during the Hillsborough Disaster. The ultimate fake news?. Its just a new outlet for the same oul same oul. We've swapped ****ty Red tops for ****ty internet media.

Edgware · 11-01-2020 10:04AM

Probably a sign of how social media will be use in the General election.
As L.B.J. said about an allegation that an election opponent was riding pigs.
" I know its not true but I just want see him deny it"

Fireball81 · 11-01-2020 10:07AM

Scary thing is when people believe what they read online by these 'jounalists' (remember the brexit vote?)

TheChizler · 11-01-2020 10:26AM

How do we know the lying about her age and having accommodation part isn't false? Why vigorously choose to believe one story over the other? Don't have a clue what to believe here tbh.

ChikiChiki · 11-01-2020 10:28AM

markodaly wrote: »

Expect a lot more of this during the upcoming election.

It depresses me that with each passing day, Ireland is following in the footsteps of Brexit Britain and Trump's America swallowing Fake and dishonest news wholesale.

Nothwithstanding the fake news, there's still a homeless crisis and still hundreds of people on trolleys each year since FG took over on 2011 and they have had move than enough time to alleviate these issues.

They are just facts.

81 year old FAKE NEWS story.

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