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Booze situation getting ptetty desperate ... having to resort to a gin and tonic on the patio ...
Will nip out to do the 8pm appreciation clap but won't be pan banging ... my induction hob Le Creuset collection is way too valuable for that kind of nonsense ...
Will nip out to do the 8pm appreciation clap but won't be pan banging ... my induction hob Le Creuset collection is way too valuable for that kind of nonsense ...
Correct, therefore the season will be null and void.
Welcome to the point.
Except null and void is financial suicide and off the table by FIFA, UEFA, the FA... basically everyone except Tobes
So what is your ****ing point then you absolute womble? Award it to you and be forever tainted? Or play when players are out of contract behind closed doors?
Back from my walk.. I didn't see a soul..... In fact the only soul i came across was coming from happy birds enjoying a less polluting fresher air.
First spring for one of my dogs he had a bee land on his nose when out and didn’t react at all..... Let's hope his experience of bee's will continue to be peaceful .... Little does he know that this cuddly looking critter defies physics and if angry he can leave his arse end in you
First spring for one of my dogs he had a bee land on his nose when out and didn’t react at all..... Let's hope his experience of bee's will continue to be peaceful .... Little does he know that this cuddly looking critter defies physics and if angry he can leave his arse end in you
If teams have allowed key players to run down their contract and now lose them effectively 9 games earlier than they expect then that's their own minor problem to deal with
The league doesn't get null and voided every time a player gets a long term injury
A long read but well worth it...
This is an open Letter to Rupert (the ****) Murdoch and Fox News. It was signed by journalists and teachers and university lecturers in journalism across the U.S as well as a pulitzer prize winner...
Americans consistently rate the Fox News Channel as one of the most trusted TV channels. The average age of Fox News viewers is 65. It is well established that this population incurs the greatest risk from the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, Fox News viewers are at special risk from the coronavirus.
But viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation relayed by the network – false statements downplaying the prevalence of Covid-19 and its harms; misleading recommendations of activities that people should undertake to protect themselves and others, including casual recommendations of untested drugs; false assessments of the value of measures urged upon the public by their elected political leadership and public health authorities.
The misinformation that reaches the Fox News audience is a danger to public health. Indeed, it is not an overstatement to say that your misreporting endangers your own viewers – and not only them, for in a pandemic, individual behavior affects significant numbers of other people as well.
Yet by commission as well as omission – direct, uncontested misinformation as well as failure to report the true dimensions of the crisis – Fox News has been derelict in its duty to provide clear and accurate information about Covid-19. As the virus spread across the world, Fox News hosts and guests minimized the dangers, accusing Democrats and the media of inflating the dangers (in Sean Hannity’s words) to “bludgeon Trump with this new hoax”. Such commentary encouraged Donald Trump to trivialize the threat and helped obstruct national, state and local efforts to limit the coronavirus.
The network’s delinquency was effective. According to a YouGov/Economist poll conducted 15-17 March, Americans who pay the most attention to Fox News are much less likely than others to say they are worried about the coronavirus. A Pew Research poll found that 79% of Fox News viewers surveyed believed the media had exaggerated the risks of the virus. Sixty-three per cent of Fox viewers said they believed the virus posed a minor threat to the health of the country. As recently as Sunday, 22 March, the Fox News host Steve Hilton deplored accurate views of the pandemic, which he attributed to “our ruling class and their TV mouthpieces – whipping up fear over this virus”.
Fox News reporters have done some solid reporting. And the network has recently given some screen time to medical and public health professionals. But Fox News does not clearly distinguish between the authority that should accrue to trained experts, on the one hand, and the authority viewers grant to pundits and politicians for reasons of ideological loyalty. There is a tendency to accept (or reject) them all indiscriminately, for after all, they are talking heads who appear on Fox News, a trusted source of news. When the statements of knowledgeable experts are surrounded by false claims made by pundits and politicians, including the president – claims that are not rebutted by knowledgeable people in real time – the overall effect is to mislead a vulnerable public about risks and harms. Misinformation furthers the reach and the dangers of the pandemic. For example, the day after Tucker Carlson touted a flimsy French study on the use of two drugs to treat Covid-19, Trump touted “very, very encouraging early results” from those drugs, and promoted a third as a possible “game-changer”.
The basic purpose of news organizations is to discover and tell the truth. This is especially necessary, and obvious, amid a public health crisis. Television bears a particular responsibility because even more millions than usual look there for reliable information.
Inexcusably, Fox News has violated elementary canons of journalism. In so doing, it has contributed to the spread of a grave pandemic. Urgently, therefore, in the name of both good journalism and public health, we call upon you to help protect the lives of all Americans – including your elderly viewers – by ensuring that the information you deliver is based on scientific facts.
This is an open Letter to Rupert (the ****) Murdoch and Fox News. It was signed by journalists and teachers and university lecturers in journalism across the U.S as well as a pulitzer prize winner...
Americans consistently rate the Fox News Channel as one of the most trusted TV channels. The average age of Fox News viewers is 65. It is well established that this population incurs the greatest risk from the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, Fox News viewers are at special risk from the coronavirus.
But viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation relayed by the network – false statements downplaying the prevalence of Covid-19 and its harms; misleading recommendations of activities that people should undertake to protect themselves and others, including casual recommendations of untested drugs; false assessments of the value of measures urged upon the public by their elected political leadership and public health authorities.
The misinformation that reaches the Fox News audience is a danger to public health. Indeed, it is not an overstatement to say that your misreporting endangers your own viewers – and not only them, for in a pandemic, individual behavior affects significant numbers of other people as well.
Yet by commission as well as omission – direct, uncontested misinformation as well as failure to report the true dimensions of the crisis – Fox News has been derelict in its duty to provide clear and accurate information about Covid-19. As the virus spread across the world, Fox News hosts and guests minimized the dangers, accusing Democrats and the media of inflating the dangers (in Sean Hannity’s words) to “bludgeon Trump with this new hoax”. Such commentary encouraged Donald Trump to trivialize the threat and helped obstruct national, state and local efforts to limit the coronavirus.
The network’s delinquency was effective. According to a YouGov/Economist poll conducted 15-17 March, Americans who pay the most attention to Fox News are much less likely than others to say they are worried about the coronavirus. A Pew Research poll found that 79% of Fox News viewers surveyed believed the media had exaggerated the risks of the virus. Sixty-three per cent of Fox viewers said they believed the virus posed a minor threat to the health of the country. As recently as Sunday, 22 March, the Fox News host Steve Hilton deplored accurate views of the pandemic, which he attributed to “our ruling class and their TV mouthpieces – whipping up fear over this virus”.
Fox News reporters have done some solid reporting. And the network has recently given some screen time to medical and public health professionals. But Fox News does not clearly distinguish between the authority that should accrue to trained experts, on the one hand, and the authority viewers grant to pundits and politicians for reasons of ideological loyalty. There is a tendency to accept (or reject) them all indiscriminately, for after all, they are talking heads who appear on Fox News, a trusted source of news. When the statements of knowledgeable experts are surrounded by false claims made by pundits and politicians, including the president – claims that are not rebutted by knowledgeable people in real time – the overall effect is to mislead a vulnerable public about risks and harms. Misinformation furthers the reach and the dangers of the pandemic. For example, the day after Tucker Carlson touted a flimsy French study on the use of two drugs to treat Covid-19, Trump touted “very, very encouraging early results” from those drugs, and promoted a third as a possible “game-changer”.
The basic purpose of news organizations is to discover and tell the truth. This is especially necessary, and obvious, amid a public health crisis. Television bears a particular responsibility because even more millions than usual look there for reliable information.
Inexcusably, Fox News has violated elementary canons of journalism. In so doing, it has contributed to the spread of a grave pandemic. Urgently, therefore, in the name of both good journalism and public health, we call upon you to help protect the lives of all Americans – including your elderly viewers – by ensuring that the information you deliver is based on scientific facts.
Wait for that to change when Sky and BT decide that paying £762m for a load of soulless training games doesn’t quite do it for them.
They’ll be reverse ferreting quicker than a Kopite furlough.
they'd pay double right now if it got the games on TVBTW if next season starts on time it will also be behind closed doors (at least to start with)
Boris Johnson out of intensive care
the Albino Ape lookin mvfkr
the Albino Ape lookin mvfkr
I'd say good luck with finding any mainstream news that doesn't give out misinformation.
True Journalism is now usually classed in the same bracket as the other fake news sites.
Reuters is the controlling arm
Would they ****. Behind closed doors games are a massive turn off. Beyond the first couple that people would watch out of football famine, there’d be a massive drop off in interest from subscribers and advertisers alike, as it’s ****e to watch, as it’s a completely unnatural environment for top level football.
BTW if next season starts on time it will also be behind closed doors (at least to start with)
People who actually pay money for their football are the ones that matter Astro, as opposed to the ones who illegally stream it and pay **** all.
That's as maybe but there's a greater message in that article. Not just about misinformation but about intent and consequence.
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