The abuse is liberally trowelled on, as one might expect from The Great Guido. “Carole Cadwalladr finally admitted what we all knew, there was no evidence to back up her claims that the Russians financed the Brexit campaign or that Arron Banks was involved in shady deals with the Russians … admit it was all bollocks”. And there was more.
“Cadwalladr has avoided the humiliation of appearing in court this morning by submitting in writing an amended defence … Which is legalese for ‘it was all complete cock’n’bull’ … She has not stopped milking the crowdfunding mugs yet, Carole has learnt there are plenty of gullible idiots who still want to believe her fairy tales”. And more.
But here a problem enters: if Banksy wants to dispel any suggestion that he is a little sensitive when Russia is mentioned, one look at who is running this story shows how not to go about it. For starters, who else has been trowelling on the claims about Ms Cadwalladr? Er, RT and Sputnik. OH WHAT A GIVEAWAY!
Also, as she has pointed out, Ms Cadwalladr has admitted nothing, and so the Fawkes claims are, er, at least partly “complete cock’n’bull”. Let’s consider what Bindmans, who are instructed by her in the matter, have said. “In December last year, the Judge made a decision about the single meaning of her statement about Arron Banks. In light of that judgment, Banks withdrew a significant part of his claim”. And there is more.
All of which suggests that the Fawkes massive were briefed by someone not unadjacent to the slimy Andy Wigmore, who plays Sidney Falco to Banks’ J J Hunsecker. And that’s the problem with single sourced stories, especially where that source is, er, unreliable.
That’s quite apart from the gleeful pile-on against women journalists. Another fine mess.
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2 comments:
Would that be the same Guido, who suddenly changed their mind about running Russian based ads on their website after a single visit from a Russian female?
So, pleased to see someone else stepping up to defend Carole Cadwalladr.
Over the past two or three years, it's always seemed to me, she's been left out on a limb, with only the likes of Tom Watson supporting her, when it suited him. She appeared to be one of his 'bandwagons' for his own purposes.
Carole is, obviously a courageous journalist. She deserves all the support we can give her.
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