tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post1275207594970025168..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: EXCLUSIVE: Lies, Damn Lies, And EU Directives – 4Tim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76733446847935593612010-07-05T12:54:08.589+01:002010-07-05T12:54:08.589+01:00There seems to be a fashion in big media nowadays ...There seems to be a fashion in big media nowadays of writing a sensationalist scare story with obvious flaws, then quietly publishing a retraction a few days later.<br /><br />The paper gets its sales, the public get their dose of outrage, and the wrong parties get their retraction/apology.<br /><br />The losing party, sadly, is the truth - middle England remains convinced that, for example, the EU are wasting money attempting to enforce ridiculous laws on us poor harassed traditional British.<br /><br />This kind of story is exactly why the PCC needs actual teeth, and actual independence.Ian Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02449971974517088243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-43624730678523330082010-07-04T16:08:58.711+01:002010-07-04T16:08:58.711+01:00Tom, good try, but as you'll see, my post is t...Tom, good try, but as you'll see, my post is timed 1234 hours on the 3rd, while the column on Mail Online is timed 2254 hours (or, if you wish, 10:54 pm).<br /><br />But thanks for looking in and commenting - it's much appreciated!Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-6298261479952941062010-07-04T14:48:05.049+01:002010-07-04T14:48:05.049+01:00"I am not at liberty to say how the informati..."I am not at liberty to say how the information found its way on to Zelo Street"<br /><br />Err, you read his column in the Daily Mail? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1291822/How-Europe-got-eggs-scrambled-How-EU-rules-complex-authors-didnt-understand-them.htmlTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252054403352395221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-64517745928344216072010-07-04T14:45:54.924+01:002010-07-04T14:45:54.924+01:00This tendency to base stories on unattributed lift...This tendency to base stories on unattributed lifts from online sources, including blogs, chatrooms etc is bad enough, but when it's done by MSM journalists who are constantly bleating about how blogging is destroying legitimate journalism, it edges into monstrous hypocrisy.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.com