C R
Squire
We've seen time after time that Farage always finds a drop shorter than the rope. That's why it is stupid to hand him this kind of opportunities.
Let’s talk about BBC
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We've seen time after time that Farage always finds a drop shorter than the rope. That's why it is stupid to hand him this kind of opportunities.
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Beebo
Legendary Member
Reform’s former Welsh leader, and acquaintance of Farage is currently serving a 10 year sentence for collusion with Russia.
But none cares and no one remembers.
If this sort of stuff mattered then it would have been his downfall by now.
C R
Squire
That particular case was brought up by the minister in the today interview. But, as pointed out by the interviewer, the actions that lead to the imprisonment happened in 2018, and were unrelated to the referendum. This mess of going all big and having to backtrack was part of the reason Starmer was so easy to criticise.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Must have been a Reform supporter.
Rusty Nails
Country Member
Wasn’t he “warm and engaging”?
Wasn’t he killed?
Misguided as his actions were did he attack the tiger?
Did the tiger act/attack in self defence?
The narrative does not explain the full circumstances but is not incorrect.
It is a headline and if people cannot read beyond that they should stay away from the news.
The article is, as is often the case about the man and, understandably, starting with the reaction of the family, but does also explain the circumstances … which it has previously done in much greater detail.
Pblakeney
Shaman
The headline reads as if an innocent bystander was attacked by a tiger.
It is misleading. Simple as that, the worst kind of clickbait.
Rusty Nails
Country Member
The story was well known. This was a story about the personal background.
It is not as simple as that, and is only misleading if you are looking for fault and cba to read the full article.
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Pross
Guru
To be fair, he apparently had a mental illness. He could still be 'warm and engaging'. It's not like was first being reported that it was some kind of stunt for social media. Nice of Trump to feel the need to share the video on Truth Social, struggling to see how it is in anyway relevant to him - luckily no-one will have seen it.
Dorset Boy
Über Member
Coupled with an AI image of Trump cuddling a tiger.... utterly tasteless.
matticus
Legendary Member
Wow. That's a lot of inferrence from two words!
"Worst"?!? Do you read the internet much?
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Beebo
Legendary Member
Everyone with even the slightest interest in the story knows he actively chose to enter the tiger enclosure. And had to climb the fence to get in.
The fact that he had mental issues , but was a nice chap are what is now being reported. I can’t see any issue with the BBC reporting.
Sadly there have now been two zoo related attacks in the last few months, both times mental health has been the main issue. I presume zoos are going to have to make it much harder for people to enter the enclosures.
The fact that he had mental issues , but was a nice chap are what is now being reported. I can’t see any issue with the BBC reporting.
Sadly there have now been two zoo related attacks in the last few months, both times mental health has been the main issue. I presume zoos are going to have to make it much harder for people to enter the enclosures.
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Shaman
My problem is not with the article and I fully know the story.
My problem is with the misleading headline. Can you not see what I am seeing?
I guess it is just me that sees a headline reporting that a nice man was attacked by a tiger as misleading. Hey ho.
He may have been nice but what happened was not the tigers fault.
Rusty Nails
Country Member
Seek and ye shall find.
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Shaman
Funny thing is that I am very much pro-BBC.
I just dislike misleading headlines. Posted by anyone.
