We watched two drama series this week, one on bbc one on itv, noted they were both written by men.
What a refreshing change to have male and females working together on the cases, no cattiness, no bitterness or trying to degrade men like you get with women writers. They seem to think it makes good viewing if they can portray the men as stupid.
We've decided not to watch anything written by women for a while.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Oh yeah. That made my eyes pop out. The police are not legally required to tell the truth in a court of enquiry because it has no prosecutorial power. What?
Hillsborough? The battle is as close to being won with the last inquest verdict. It was never going to get better than that.
The other matter is, just how much longer do you think there is left for the protagonists! They must be knocking on a bit and there's always the public interest aspect. Will a successful prosecution mean we know they're lying scumbags any more clearly than the legal defence of we falsified evidence to the inquiry but it has no legal position so its not an illegal act?
Seriously, they've owned up to being lying scumbags in a court to avoid the risk of prosecution and conviction! They've all retired, there's no sanction other than for as long as people remember Hillsborough they'll remember the police falsified evidence perhaps wikipedia will give people the names and former titles of those three men as carrying out this doctoring of evidence.
Of course watching the news last night I was fuming. Those scumbags got off on a "we did it but you can't do anything about it, nahnahnananah!" defence. Add in the fact another scumbags has come out of irrelevance to put the boot in to his former boss for vain reasons such as revenge. Whether they messed up or not (highly likely they did seeing as our per 100,000 rates are even higher than italy) I think he's a cnut of the highest order. Nothing he has said isn't something that's already out there to find out if journos did their job properly. But no it takes a revenge jockey to spell things out to them. Lazy journalism in the UK.
Jeez! I'm on a roll with my curmudgeonly opinions today. Hillsborough prosecution collapse, Hillsborough police /solicitor scumbags, ex SPAD scumbags and lazy journalism. I think I need a lie down to recover! Back later!
Hasn't the argument been that the alleged perpetrators are named to encourage other victims to come forward? Seems a bit wrong as it (the argument) assumes that the person is guilty.
and that the accuser is honest?
Once someone is found guilty, sure, name them and other victims can come forward. I think half the male cast of Coronation St have been suspended at some time yet none of them have been convicted
I'm not arguing the case, just saying why. There is an issue though here eh? If you stop reporting before a guilty verdict, then what about all those reports in the press that lead to investigation and conviction? Isn't investigative journalism in one way good?
How you draw a line between the good and bad that journalism does, I don't know. You could say Cummings recent rants are character assassination as no committee yet has published their findings on the Gov's (and Boris') performance - but should they not be reported? If they should be reported where again is the line? I heard on Radio 4 an article about Bashir and his involvement with reporting on a child murder case in Brighton - he hasn't been found 'guilty' of anything in that specific regard, but should it be reported? If you have a free press it seems that you have to put up with the good and the bad.
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The other matter is, just how much longer do you think there is left for the protagonists! They must be knocking on a bit and there's always the public interest aspect. Will a successful prosecution mean we know they're lying scumbags any more clearly than the legal defence of we falsified evidence to the inquiry but it has no legal position so its not an illegal act?
Seriously, they've owned up to being lying scumbags in a court to avoid the risk of prosecution and conviction! They've all retired, there's no sanction other than for as long as people remember Hillsborough they'll remember the police falsified evidence perhaps wikipedia will give people the names and former titles of those three men as carrying out this doctoring of evidence.
Jeez! I'm on a roll with my curmudgeonly opinions today. Hillsborough prosecution collapse, Hillsborough police /solicitor scumbags, ex SPAD scumbags and lazy journalism. I think I need a lie down to recover! Back later!
It's both. Still being broadcast here in the UK, chopped in the USA.