A bunch of my right on leftie friends are now boycotting the News of the World
For their phone hacking shenanigans.

What's your opinion on our print media? Are all the tabloids scum? Do they need stricter controls?

Alt guess how many lurkers there are reading this bollocks at the moment.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:53, 94 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

The News of the World and 'sister paper' The Sun have been boycotted since Hillsborough.
Alt: 4
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Can I just ask something for you to ask them, please?
They are "right on leftie" so how, exactly, is them boycotting the news of the screws any tiny change from the status quo? I mean, I can't imagine any of them buy it or read it anyway? totally fucking pointless.

It's rather like me boycotting flower arranging.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:55, Reply)

I'm boycotting heroin to stop the Taliban.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

but, yeah, even by Rebekah Wade's scrupulously low standards
that was pretty fucking sick. Or, as the Mash put it so succintly, "As the News of the World fired a salvo of 27 cruise missiles through the bottom of the barrel"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:57, Reply)

I'd imagine that it would involve encouraging others to stop buying it.

( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Well, intrusion aside, they affected an investigation and deleted evidence.
That's bang on wrong.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Yep they're spastics,
there should be jail terms, hopefully a bunch of advertisers will pull out of contracts.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:57, Reply)

I don't care as long as someone tortures Rebekah Wade.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:02, Reply)

I vote for Ross Kemp

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:03, Reply)

Nah, things get heated, he'll get the fuck out of there

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

Or get a slap from her like last time

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

People Boycott me
*Cricket lolz*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Your jokes are wick(et)

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:02, Reply)

I thought you'd have been bowled over.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:04, Reply)

OUT
Both of you
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

What 'four'?
*Waves arm*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Fingering Yorkers

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Actually it was a Googly

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:12, Reply)

being a wrong 'un

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:08, Reply)

You've crossed the boundary of good taste there, Jeff.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I thought I fielded the complaints quite well.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

You make me sick(s)

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I think there should be minimal regulation of ALL media, though they must obey the law.
The freedom of the press and of speech is one of the cornerstones of western civilization.
I also think that private Broadcast media should not be required to be neutral.
I'd support right wing news channels such as a Fox News UK, and at the same time I'd support the right to broadcast such things as MSNBC UK, left wing biased alternatives.
(888777555, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Christ.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:00, Reply)

I was trying to think of a response.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:01, Reply)

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:01, Reply)

oh you absolute cunt
now I have to go and bang my head on the wall to get that out.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Trepanning FTW

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

What can I say?
Life is a rollercoaster.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I will hunt you down and cut you while you sleep.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

No matter what?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

I was humming Shania Twains "that don't impress me much"
on the way into the foo fighters gig.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:08, Reply)

When she goes "so, you're a rocket scientist? that don't impress me much"
I always think "well, it fucking should, you dizzy bint"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

No, not Christ, but a '16 year old boy'.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:01, Reply)

I'm not sure even the intervention of the son of God can help this one.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Of course , this is a disgrace and someone must be fined heavily or go to jail.
I hate all tabloids anyway, from the Mirror to the Mail, I personally am a Telegraph reader.
(888777555, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Figures

(Bazongaloid, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:08, Reply)

No matter how much the press are regulated
some smartarse on the internet will always publish anything and everything and will probably use all the techniques at their disposal (including phone tapping) to uncover whatever they wish.
(Genuinely__Battered, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Is this a dig at DCI Roota

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

EH! Chompy's the archivist!
I'm the one who gets a feeling in her water.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Your 'water' is still a technique at your disposal.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

Oh aye. it's always there, Jeff.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:14, Reply)

True, but to delete messages and to alter the course of a search for a missing child,
which in turn later affects a murder investigation.
Well, that's hardly finding out what sex toys Sienna Miller's been buying, is it?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

I didn't read that as Battered saying any of it was a good thing, have I misunderstood?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

No, I mean he was saying it will always happen.
And I couldn't give a fuck.
But this kind of thing is different from hacking anyone else. This has to be prevented, randomly checked, I don't bleeding know.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

Rebekah Wade. Pit of bears.
You know it makes sense. This is how we prevent it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:12, Reply)

People who have such an active disregard for others really should be tortured.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

"You woke the bears, why did you do that?!"

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Don't get me wrong - what they did was fucking awful & they should be jailed.
However the same technology that can find out which ladyboy Keith Chegwin has been shagging can also be used to find out more serious stuff and this can then be reported online without fear of repercussion (dependent on where the offending site is hosted).
(Genuinely__Battered, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Yeah but that's usually not a big buisiness making large profits from the crimes.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

this, too.
mostly because arseholes like Assange fail to understand that "free speech" carries a huge responsibility as well as being a right.

*awaits fat-fingered Assange white knighting*
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

ugiokswr\glh\sd adijsfap'
but i love assange anasd asll the peopole who posr4t5 stuff onm trhe internet!
(Bazongaloid, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

oh, textbook, sir. Textbook.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

It's actually quite hard to type in a fat fingered way

(Bazongaloid, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Apey?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Assange is a cunt.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Surely your leftie friends wouldn't have read the News of the World in the first place?
Hmm, looks like TMB beat me to the same point, so I'll answer your question instead. I think it's a little excessive to say that tabloid newspapers and journalists are scum, I just have a very low opinion of the focus and content of what they publish. However, practices like hacking phonelines to gain sensitive information is in incredibly poor taste.

Alt: 12
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:08, Reply)

It's illegal as well.
But then so's bribing a copper and they all do that.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Yep.
I guess they would argue that "it's important that this information isn't kept from the public," or something like that, neatly forgetting to mention that that's the reason we have a Freedom of Information Act.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I don't think it's excessive to say they are scum
People like Kelvin McKenzie and Rebekah Wade, I personally think they are revolting human beings and would not shed a single tear if they got raped and murdered.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Oh, certain individuals among them are absolutely vile people.
The objectionable octogenarian cunt that owns them all is another prime example.

But I'm sure they're not all bad. The Sun has some ladies who work for it and they have nice boobies. I'm sure they're not scum.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

I'm not convinced actually
everyone knows what sort of newspapers they are, and consequently anyone who takes a job at those papers is culpable of scum by proxy, even if they personally claim to be "a nice person"
(Bazongaloid, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:19, Reply)

It's the whole "Is it ok to swear at cold calling call centre monkeys?"
The answer is a definite yes. You work for scum, you are scum.
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Ah come one, they're only annoying!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Scum, bastard lizardy scum. Every last one.

( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:30, Reply)

Except lizards are really nice and cute
Tuataras *squeeeee*
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:31, Reply)

*is noble*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Reading "News in Briefs" in loud RP while clutching a pint of ale
makes for a pleasing first-pint-of-the-day-down-the-local ritual though, I find.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:24, Reply)

I'd quite enjoy knowing KM was being burned alive.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:15, Reply)

what about tears of laughter?
and songs of joy
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:20, Reply)

songs of joy and tears of laughter are all we need to lift our hearts...
Russ Abbott?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Yep
Was he one of yours?
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

I was about to say "NO, one of yours."
Then I remembered "See You Jimmy" was a character.
I think he's northern but in no way scouse.
Why were you singing that theme tune?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:25, Reply)

No I meant one of your exes like Can't Shave, Won't Dave
Read what I was replying to, it should be obvious.
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:28, Reply)

I don't have a clue what you're on about, dear.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I've now given up on reading the red tops, as I tend to get my news from either you lot, or google news page
(Yes, I know it takes from other news outlets, but I don't care.)

I think NOTW and The Sun should be nuked from orbit, the fucking cunts.

Alt: 3.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Can we add the Express, the Mail, the Daily Star, the Mirror, the People, and the Record to that?

(888777555, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Nahh, keep the Mail
Their comments section makes me laugh on a daily basis.

And the Star serves a purpose once a week. Someone at the local buys it, I steal it, and do the crossword. It's piss easy, and makes me feel clever, for once.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

+1
I'm practically a lurker these days.
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Can't imagine many right-on lefties were buying NOTW anyway
Anyone who buys any kind of tabloid or celeb mag is a colossal idiot whose intelligence cannot be underestimated. It surprises me that people are surprised by this story, hacks have always and will always be amoral. They need to be to succeed.

As the politician's expenses thing showed, a temporary fuss will be kicked up and nothing will change.
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:12, Reply)

You say that.
But there are a couple of MPs who are shitting in a bucket and making tea with their own piss.*

*Out of necessity, rather than because it gives them a stonk on.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:14, Reply)

"as a Conservative MP,
I find that making tea with my own piss is just the thing to take me straight to Def Con Bongle*"

*mercilessly stolen.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Def Con Bongle
is one of the funniest phrases I've heard in a long time
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Which country should Darth Foxtrot move to?

( Kroney, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:38, Reply)

I can't wait to be so jaded that barely gives me a semi

( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:18, Reply)

these days
I have to wear the full drysuit with the access flap and shove half a pound of kiwi fruit up my arse whilst turning a duck inside out just to get a lazy lob. Sad times.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

I know bruv. It's the effort it takes and the time window required
And the feeling of shame afterwards when you know you've got an hour of cleaning up to do. Honestly, to be a frigid housewife.
( djtrialprice, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:26, Reply)

They're pretty much irrelevent
I reckon printed news papers will all die in a few decades anyway, they've already given up printing new for the most part and I really can't see what they have to offer that cannot be found elsewhere cheaper, better and more conveniently.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

But what will people in the north use to wipe their bottoms once they've been for a poo in an outside toilet?
Some people will still need newspapers.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Moss
just like they do now.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I don't care
if they've done something illegal they should be prosecuted or whatever. All the faux contrite soul searching and self examination by the media on this I could do without.

alt: thousands
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:24, Reply)

^This

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:26, Reply)

I did a self examination.
I found out that I was a lump.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

She should be beaten until she promises to spell Rebecca correctly
interestingly when I search Rebekah Wade at duckduckgo, the first entry is her wikipedia entry - but they've cached a defaced version which says

-Rebekah Brooks
The Late Rebekah Brooks. May your festering corpse rot in hell. (née Wade, born 27 May 1968) is a British journalist and newspaper editor.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 12:51, Reply)