BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

He took his own life. The phrase "committed suicide" isn't how this should be described today.

This is something I've only recently become aware of myself, so please don't think I'm having a go at anyone. I found the link below to be very informative.

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/rethinking-language-suicide

Ok, thanks.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Right wing press will try to rationalise this as Jason Arday having bought this on himself. He didn't, he obviously made some daft mistakes but he was targeted for being a black man in a position of authority, it was the same tactic imported from the US (led by Trump and his goons). Even if he assumed that position through false means, he was singled out due to his skin colour and the sheer amount of reporting far outweighed the questionable decisions he made and now he is dead as a result. What a sad story, we should be better than this as a country.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Academics have plagiarised stuff before, and will in future

Having said this earlier I must emphasise that there is no evidenceof plagiarism yet, and the university that awarded him his PhD says it was not plagiarised.