Barton vs. TOWIE - wrestling with pigs

I see this board doesn't seem to have not dignified with comment the silly tale of Joey Barton sinking to the level of the vacuous 'TOWIE' cast via Twitter. A bit of a non-story until a guy from Mencap decided to take issue with Barton's use of the word 'retard'. It's hard to see how this helps the club...

My thoughts: http://thisismyengland.blogspot.com/2011/11/no-one-looks-good.html

 

Guess which newspaper is the chief champion of "Towie"? The Sun.

Whilst Barton doesn't help himself (and the fact that he is 100% right has nothing to do with it) you can imagine a Sun hack phoning round every mental health charity trying to get a quote.

I realised last night that Big Brother is on and reaching its climax! You wouldn't know this by looking at The Sun. Until recently they have been a major part of the publicity machine that drives the programme, now they hardly mention it. Instead they have picked up on Towie and Xfactor with two of three meaningless "stories" about each every day to fuel the fire.

The popularity of these programmes amongst the great unwashed seems proportionate to the amount of crap printed in certain tabloids.

The Sun will always win. Any criticism of it is very neatly left off their pages. An employee (former Sun news editor) was arrested last week for what amounts to bribing a police officer.... and not a word in the paper. Strange that ... not.

We on here know that The Sun makes up most of what is written in the "paper" with sensational headlines backed up by "insiders" and "sources". Unfortuantely there are many that still have not the intelligence to understand that The Sun is just a comic, supposedly for adults.

I for one can't wait for them to get fully embroiled in both the hacking and police bribery investigations.

 

Agree 100% with Steptoe

What a refreshing world it would be without the Sun ... Let's not stop there...

Maybe a thread on how QPR supporters would sort out the UK once and for all

 

There's a very clear reason why the Stun does not have anything to do with BB.

Since it moved to Ch5, it has come under the auspices of Richard Desmond, who is the owner of the channel, as well as the Star and Express newspapers. The Stun would not give the publicity to a rival....Simple as that!

One day, I fully expect the Stun to go under, and the sooner, the better. If it could bring down Murdoch and his gang, that would be even better.

Quite why an Australian, who is fervently against this country, is allowed a free hand across our press and tv is beyond me. (Well, it's ALL to do with money, and friendships with the old dragon Mrs T....Is she dead yet? My street party is STILL on hold!)

 

Obvious when you know. Mind you, I knew and didn't join the dots.

Just had a read of some of the comment attached to the story in The Sun. Most people seem to agreee with Joey! (Makes a change.)

 

A total non story with the Sun desperately trying to fan some flames to get more publicity for the train wreck that is TOWIE.

I don’t think JoeyB needs any defending but just on a point of word definitions you would of thought the man from Mencap would of stayed in his box unless he was sure the use of the word retard was defo meant as a pop at all people with a mental illness or even in Mencaps case a pop at people with a learning difficulty.

Retard
Slang: Disparaging.
a. a mentally retarded person.
b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way.

Definition B is IMO the correct use of language when discussing a cast member of TOWIE...

He also used the term;

cretin – which is potentially more offensive if you suffer from cretinism, I doubt the Sun could find a spokesperson

maggot – massively offensive to the soft limbless larvae of all flies everywhere.

Lemmings – I bet those small Scandinavian mouse like rodents are hopping mad right now.

And Skidmarks – although I doubt there are any **** stain based charities in existence – so he is probably Ok with this one.

 

Oh.....and did I mention that R. Desmond is a porn-peddlar as well? Television X....etc etc etc!!! So, at least the girls from BB will have a ready-made career path to follow!

 

Don't knock the Sun, it can be a very useful tool in certain social situations.

Ever been on a train sitting facing a crusty old git looking down his nose at you, talking millions and tricky transactions on the phone?

When he falls asleep, as he is prone to do, slip one over and place it carefully over his Times, making sure the title is fully on view. They love that when they wake up, they really do.

 

The SCUM is just full of just that....SCUM journos making up stories to suit their own needs for sensational stories.
I hate the paper and all it stands for.
(Even though i might now make an exception and buy it just so i can put twins's plan to some good use )

 

Barton's comments about TOWIE are probably some of the funniest things I've seen recently - His comment about 'fame hungry people....turn up anywhere to open an envelope' is BRILLIANT! Read through the list and you'll see he is taking them to the cleaners. Even Dean Gaffney gets an earful. Ha Ha Ha!!!!

 

I read the Gaffney one....had me laugh out loud. Whatever people think of JB, you gotta admit the guy IS funny.

 

He's quick on the replies with a razor tongue, putting all these dross people who we have to hear about ad nauseum to shame. Can't wait for people like Peter Andre (or anyone who wppears in magazines like 'Closer' - who reads this sh*t anyway - to get involved and just get an absolute humbling). GO ON JOEY!!!!!

 

Disagree, wind your neck in Joe, it's all a bit unnecessary, and as said gives them more publicity. Saw 5mins of that programme once, WTF?

 

To be fair, as much as some people don't like Joey Barton, I'm pretty sure the majority of the counrty would be backing him here to dish out some long awaited truths to the moronic dumbing down of society and the faces which represent this dumbing down (and some of his comments are too funny). The only people who watch shows like this are guys who are perving at the girls on the shows, and girls who are as empty headed as the people in the shows. I watched 5 minutes of Big Brother the other day (was purely flicking through the channels I promise!) and one of the people on it didn't even know who David Cameron was...Seriously!! How can you not know who the F-ing Prime Minister is!?!?! Who here would want to start a charity fund and we could send as many of these Heat magazine bozo's to the moon? Say Aye!

 

Aye

 

In fairness Barton's tweets are wickedly funny and I can see why he does it.

 

He is saying aloud what any sensible person thinks. Great to see those mugs panicking as Joey gives them both barrels. Don't read twatter, so as long as it doesn't affect his performance on the pitch I don't mind

 

Not for me, too much to say for himself.

 

Not for me either. Surely this TOWIE lot aren't even worth commenting on, and just seems to give them the pathetic publicity they want.

 

At least he didn't call them fairies.