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Topic Originator: onlytakes
Date: Sun 3 Jun 08:02
Watching the news last night I commented it must've been a slow news day. This morning I find out there was a double shooting in London (shotgun to the face!) and a teenager stabbed to death in Sussex. Last night they simply covered:
London attack 1 year on
England winning a friendly
Soap awards
Have the media given up?
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Topic Originator: londonparsclub
Date: Sun 3 Jun 10:43
Yes they have and will dodge the elephant in the room question
HF05
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Sun 3 Jun 11:24
I kind of see this from both sides.
Experience tells me that highlighting crimes seems to actually increase it.
It's like when you see a street riot and it's never off the news.
You can be damn sure that there will be another soon after elsewhere because of the publicity.
After all that's what they seek.
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Topic Originator: onlytakes
Date: Sun 3 Jun 11:25
Think then it's a case of shutting the door after the horse has bolted.
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Sun 3 Jun 15:19
It's like the school shootings in America.
The moment I heard these kids say "this won't happen again" was the moment I knew it would happen again very shortly afterwards
People are so consumed by the media that it becomes like they must make a name for themselves.
Isolated incidents seem to be a thing of the past
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: richie5401
Date: Sun 3 Jun 15:35
Are you blaming the media for these attacks?There are a lot of folks who watch T.V and read newspapers who don't consider any of these actions.
Society is plunging into an ever increasing cycle of dehumanization.It has always been there but seems to be accelerating just recently.
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Topic Originator: richie5401
Date: Sun 3 Jun 17:44
Exactly.It happens in every major city around the world and some not so major.
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Topic Originator: londonparsfan
Date: Sun 3 Jun 17:46
Yep and some of the smaller towns are actually worse.
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Topic Originator: onlytakes
Date: Sun 3 Jun 17:56
I didn't mean focus specifically on London. It's just when you see it being reported that a wee ned chased a fella with a machete you kind of expect a double shooting and a murder also being newsworthy.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Sun 3 Jun 19:49
I'm assuming you mean Suffolk rather than Sussex ot....at least I hope there wasn't another.
There's been a big increase in gang problems in Ipswich.
That area used to be on my walk home from town. It wasn't good at the best of times but there's no way it would be sensible to walk through there now. There's kids as young as 12 getting caught up in stuff now.
As well as the police cuts I'm sure gangs are filling the void that lack of opportunities are giving these young folk.
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Topic Originator: onlytakes
Date: Sun 3 Jun 20:58
Suffolk, Sussex...it's all the same to the geographically challenged like me 😉
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Topic Originator: londonparsfan
Date: Sun 3 Jun 22:20
More folk killed in car crashes than either though.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Tue 5 Jun 19:45
Just walked past Liverpool Street Station and someone has just been stabbed in broad daylight at rush hour.
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Topic Originator: cambozpar
Date: Wed 6 Jun 08:48
We live in dangerous times where our media is now a government propaganda tool and ITV is almost equalling BBC.
Lol !
Why do you think the BBC was set up in the first place?
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