SM001 LT42 What a bunch of fucking pricks. I don’t know which is the worse pandemic, Covid19 or Tik-Tok. Anyone who uses the word ‘Squad’ should be kicked right in the cunt.
Along_the_Wire LT42 The government aren’t paying newspapers to lie. They’re paying for branded content just like thousands of other clients do. It’s clearly marked and is separated from editorial content. Even the thickest in society can see the difference.
LT42 Along_the_Wire The government aren’t paying newspapers to lie. To run positive stories, as opposed to, doom and gloom daily. Controlling the output. Nobody said they were being paid to lie, mate.
Along_the_Wire LT42 Sorry, not the point anyway - they aren’t editorial, they aren’t stories, they’re paid-for content by the government and they’re labelled as such.
bosstrabs LT42 Because there’s so fucking useless that any objective reporting would inevitably reflect poorly on them.
LT42 bosstrabs Yeah I think that’s the point of the initial post. Paying to have a favourable message rather than subjective reporting on their car crash handling of the whole affair.
Jules72 So Sturgeon has made masks compulsory In shops in Scotland…why the Fckng hell hasn’t the government in England done the same? What exactly is the downside in doing so? Just bizarre and completely irresponsible
Along_the_Wire LT42 It’s advertising, the editorial content in most newspapers is pretty damning of the government.
Along_the_Wire LT42 Yup. They aren’t buying editorial comment and to be fair to the British media, all of them are giving the government a pasting.
bosstrabs Along_the_Wire Except the Telegraph, which nowadays seems to be Tory Pravda (unlike the old days when they were small ‘c’ conservative and often deeply critical of the Tory party).
Along_the_Wire bosstrabs they’re critical, have you read it recently? They certainly wouldn’t write the branded content that the government are buying in their paper
