Re: Pretend-femininst presstitute scoundrelette in this case, p. NOM Archived Message
Posted by margo on April 15, 2019, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Pretend-femininst presstitute scoundrelette in this case, p. NOM"
Agree with you, DJ, on the need for journalists to seek out primary source material and consult actual texts, court transcripts, police statements and documents. In the Swedish case, these were/are all available: the actual words uttered at the police station, Marianne Ny's words, the alleged victims' phone text messages to Assange, etcetera. I remember going over some of those transcripts at the time, out of interest, and they painted a rather different picture. Surely that should be the primary work of a salaried journalist: to apply themselves to provable facts, data and sourced quotes? Of course, journalists should be allowed to express their personal passions and feelings but they do need to recognise that feelings are not facts.
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Message Thread:
- Guardian Comment Is Free: Why is the Left blinkered to claims of Assange sexual assault? - margo April 15, 2019, 1:20 pm
- Re: Guardian Comment Is Free: Why is the Left blinkered to claims of Assange sexual assault? - AlanG April 15, 2019, 1:26 pm
- Re: Guardian Comment Is Free: Why is the Left blinkered to claims of Assange sexual assault? - dovetailjoint April 15, 2019, 1:30 pm
- Does the politically-correct feminist angle lubricate the new narrative: deport Assange to Sweden? - margo April 15, 2019, 1:50 pm
- The proper focus of our attention - George Brennan April 15, 2019, 2:14 pm
- Lawyers doubt Assange will ever stand trial in Sweden - margo April 15, 2019, 9:14 pm
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