Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 18, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Spider said: So you do think the reporters should be prosecuted? Perhaps a bona fide reporter has a reason to be there, a bloke who isn’t, probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted January 18, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, royal white said: Yes, trespassing charge. You can’t have one rule for one and one for the rest. Fair enough. I suspect their sentences would be much lighter than the protesters, and rightly so. 48 hrs left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 18, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2021 35 minutes ago, royal white said: Yes, trespassing charge. You can’t have one rule for one and one for the rest. Were they not already inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Just now, Rudy said: Were they not already inside? I’ve seen videos of some going in with the protestors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 18, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 minute ago, royal white said: I’ve seen videos of some going in with the protestors. Do they not have press rights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Rudy said: Do they not have press rights? No idea mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 18, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Rudy said: Do they not have press rights? I’m thinking press rights don’t extend to being allowed to infiltrate anarchist groups in order to report. Police under-cover infiltration may be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 18, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, royal white said: No idea mate. 1 minute ago, MickyD said: I’m thinking press rights don’t extend to being allowed to infiltrate anarchist groups in order to report. Police under-cover infiltration may be different. I assume because the press serve the public not the government, the relevant authorities will ask for their media footage, in exchange for overlooking them being there. Not strictly right but that’s what will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 18, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2021 That’d be a bit like a plea bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 If they are accredited journalists they are allowed to follow a story. So they have a valid reason to be there. So entering the property to report on what is happening is not an offence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyldesley_white Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Robert Moore, a Washington correspondent with ITN News was given rave reviews on his reporting https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/01/08/robert-moore-itn-news-inside-us-capitol-riots-ebof-vpx.cnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 18, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 minute ago, tyldesley_white said: Robert Moore, a Washington correspondent with ITN News was given rave reviews on his reporting https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/01/08/robert-moore-itn-news-inside-us-capitol-riots-ebof-vpx.cnn LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Wanderer Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, royal white said: Yes, trespassing charge. You can’t have one rule for one and one for the rest. Aye you can. Most people should wear a mask in public spaces. A minority are exempt on medical grounds. Most people who stormed the building should be prosecuted if evidence. Journalists should not. It's their job. American courts are more than capable of finding out who is & isn't a journalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 16 minutes ago, Rudy said: LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP Just wait until Tommy R and Katie H start reporting from inside the Houses of Parliament 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted January 19, 2021 Members Share Posted January 19, 2021 It was Lobby Day yesterday in Richmond, Virginia (don't get excited Spider - nowt to do with taters, meat, onions and carrots). Watched a report on the armed militia's marching around the place armed to the teeth. Fucking hell. Black Power, The Boogaloo Boys, The Oathkeepers, Proud Boys (joke) and others. Few of them get along other than the obvious. A few of the 'whiteys' expressing disdain for the Proud Boys. Others openly 'anti government' and anti police. A powder keg which could (and probably will) kick off at any moment. Of course there are those incapable of looking beyond the election of Trump as the reason for this maelstrom of madness. Incapable of seeing that the election of Trump was just a symptom of the real issue here. This has been brewing for a decade or two. The 'descent into the abyss' as some with vision have commented. Political correctness, the faux outrage society, attempts at thought control, social(ist) engineering and the litigious nature of every fucking thing these days etc. Just the general breakdown of acceptable societal norms in an attempt to appease the loudest screechers. This has had a deleterious effect on the building blocks of society - the nuclear family. A day of reckoning was always likely to be the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 19, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2021 It’s important to show all sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 5 hours ago, bolty58 said: It was Lobby Day yesterday in Richmond, Virginia (don't get excited Spider - nowt to do with taters, meat, onions and carrots). Watched a report on the armed militia's marching around the place armed to the teeth. Fucking hell. Black Power, The Boogaloo Boys, The Oathkeepers, Proud Boys (joke) and others. Few of them get along other than the obvious. A few of the 'whiteys' expressing disdain for the Proud Boys. Others openly 'anti government' and anti police. A powder keg which could (and probably will) kick off at any moment. Of course there are those incapable of looking beyond the election of Trump as the reason for this maelstrom of madness. Incapable of seeing that the election of Trump was just a symptom of the real issue here. This has been brewing for a decade or two. The 'descent into the abyss' as some with vision have commented. Political correctness, the faux outrage society, attempts at thought control, social(ist) engineering and the litigious nature of every fucking thing these days etc. Just the general breakdown of acceptable societal norms in an attempt to appease the loudest screechers. This has had a deleterious effect on the building blocks of society - the nuclear family. A day of reckoning was always likely to be the result. Yawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmW Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 6 hours ago, bolty58 said: This has been brewing for a decade or two. The 'descent into the abyss' as some with vision have commented. Political correctness, the faux outrage society, attempts at thought control, social(ist) engineering and the litigious nature of every fucking thing these days etc. Just the general breakdown of acceptable societal norms in an attempt to appease the loudest screechers. This has had a deleterious effect on the building blocks of society - the nuclear family. A day of reckoning was always likely to be the result. It's been heading in this direction since Newt Gingrich in the (Bill) Clinton era. The internet facilitated it and Trump's election certainly speeded it up, but it was coming anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 54 minutes ago, Ani said: Yawn. Its not even mildly distracting anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 19, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Not in Crawley said: Its not even mildly distracting anymore. Ramblings of an out of touch madman. A few steps away from climbing a watchtower with a rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted January 19, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, MalcolmW said: It's been heading in this direction since Newt Gingrich in the (Bill) Clinton era. The internet facilitated it and Trump's election certainly speeded it up, but it was coming anyway. You make it sound like a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, MalcolmW said: It's been heading in this direction since Newt Gingrich in the (Bill) Clinton era. The internet facilitated it and Trump's election certainly speeded it up, but it was coming anyway. Gindrich and his dragging of the religious right into republicanism did not help. Not a brilliant legacy truth be told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Just now, Spider said: You make it sound like a good thing. He might agree with a man who led impeachment whilst banging anything that could move himself and holding up the ideals of the religious right. Including the, ehem... nuclear family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Site Supporter Spider Posted January 19, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, MickyD said: Never gets boring this. The redneck who “wants to know where Obama was on 9/11” is a particular highlight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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