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 Oliver  Bodega Bay 13 Apr 16 3.15pm |
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It would be a non story if he wasn't responsible for regulating the very people who have a story about him. His position as a result has been compromised.
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| matt_himself Matataland 13 Apr 16 4.00pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
Have you ever had a sexual encounter where it hasn't ended with your chap friend paying you?
"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02 |
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 13 Apr 16 4.03pm |
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Originally posted by matt_himself
Have you ever had a sexual encounter where it hasn't ended with your chap friend paying you? Everyone pays for sex, one way or another.
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-TUX-  Alphabettispaghetti 13 Apr 16 4.04pm |
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Originally posted by Oliver
It would be a non story if he wasn't responsible for regulating the very people who have a story about him. His position as a result has been compromised. This.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 13 Apr 16 4.17pm |
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Originally posted by -TUX-
This. True that
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| Stuk Top half 13 Apr 16 5.08pm |
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Originally posted by Oliver
It would be a non story if he wasn't responsible for regulating the very people who have a story about him. His position as a result has been compromised. So he should go because someone had the potential to blackmail him? Normally you take action against those threatening to do so, not the victim.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 13 Apr 16 5.10pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
So he should go because someone had the potential to blackmail him? Normally you take action against those threatening to do so, not the victim. I think the term is leverage. Its a compromising situation maybe if they've held off on stories. Of course it could be that they held off on the story because its not very interesting.
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| Stuk Top half 13 Apr 16 5.16pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
I think the term is leverage. Its a compromising situation maybe if they've held off on stories. Of course it could be that they held off on the story because its not very interesting. The potential situations people have been listing would be blackmail, and like I said normally the victim's not the one punished. The Guardian’s media commentator Roy Greenslade said it was “a bit much to castigate newspapers for doing the right thing for once”. “This was a story about a man who was unmarried, who had a relationship with a woman who hadn’t told him she was a sex worker. When he did know he ended the relationship. I can’t see there was a genuine story there and clearly on the People, the Sun and the Mail on Sunday, they felt the same way.” He added that the newspapers knowing about his relationship did not compromise him in his role overseeing press regulation.
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| Hoof Hearted 13 Apr 16 5.58pm | |
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Originally posted by matt_himself
Seems a complete non-story but Maria 'joyless' Eagle wants to exploit it: More importantly, one wonders whether the 'lady' in question operated a niche service and, if so, what type of niche service provision was on offer? On the radio this morning they said she was a Dominatrix.
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| Sportyteacher London 13 Apr 16 9.17pm |
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John Wittingdale wants to sue whilst John Whittingdale is relieved that his true identity has not been revealed...until now.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 14 Apr 16 10.17am |
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Originally posted by Oliver
It would be a non story if he wasn't responsible for regulating the very people who have a story about him. His position as a result has been compromised. The sh1t the papers print on a daily basis, sometimes people most have never heard of and they decide not to print this. Of course there wasn't any mild blackmail. The papers would never dream of it. Just more evidence the papers influence directions the country goes in and we suck it up.
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| Hoof Hearted 14 Apr 16 10.53am | |
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According to R4 Today Programme - It seems that this story was mothballed by the papers as a potential "sword of damocles" to potentially use against Wittingdale if his press reforms became too onerous, but "Hacked Off" got wind of it and gave what they knew to the BBC who wanted revenge for the government freezing the licence fee which was Wittingdale's department and decided to make a big splash.. This link sort of agrees with that conclusion except their reasons for not running the story earlier! Edited by Hoof Hearted (14 Apr 2016 10.54am)
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