Richard Littlejohn

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2835

I'm sure John Humphries just referred to Ritchie as "Littledong" when reviewing the papers this morning.

oboogie · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:19 am

Messianic Trees wrote:

I'm sure John Humphries just referred to Ritchie as "Littledong" when reviewing the papers this morning.

That's certainly how I heard it.

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:37 am

The question remains - how come TV and radio journalists seemingly managed to play by the rules? Ditto broadsheet reporters? How do France, Canada, the USA etc manage to square journalistic ethics and press freedom? What makes British tabloids so special that the rules and standards everyone else managed to adhere to, do not and apparently can not apply to them?

oboogie · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:47 am

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No assault on a free press Richard. The TV & Radio journalists, as well as those of the broadsheets, manage to go about their business without breaking the law. The "witch-hunt" is conducted against the handful of vile rags which used criminal practices for financial gain. What's wrong with hunting witches anyway? Let 'em burn I say.
-MrMickRoach, England, 14/2/2012 09:44

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satnav · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:59 am

Andy McDandy wrote:

The question remains - how come TV and radio journalists seemingly managed to play by the rules? Ditto broadsheet reporters? How do France, Canada, the USA etc manage to square journalistic ethics and press freedom? What makes British tabloids so special that the rules and standards everyone else managed to adhere to, do not and apparently can not apply to them?

If the police had gone after staff at the Telegraph following it's involvement in exposing MP's expenses or the Guardian after it exposed phone hacking Littlejohn's ramblings would make some sense, but largely speaking papers like the Sun have bribed police officers and broken the law to expose trivial stories about celebrities. Whilst it would be fine to offer up a public interest defence in exposing MPs cheating expenses and phone hacking I can't see how you can ever justify bribing a police officer to get confidential information or gossip about celebrities.

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:41 pm

Kavanagh (and Littlejohn) both fell back on the old "but we've always done it" defence.

Face it guys, the party's over and the hall's being cleared.

satnav · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:46 pm

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Finally journalists at the Sun are getting a taste of their own medicine. If News International had fully co-operated with the original investigation this could have all been cleared up years ago. Covering up past misconduct has created the situation we have now arrived at.
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daveinbrum · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:59 pm

satnav wrote:

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Finally journalists at the Sun are getting a taste of their own medicine. If News International had fully co-operated with the original investigation this could have all been cleared up years ago. Covering up past misconduct has created the situation we have now arrived at.
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Well done, Sir.

SoulBoy · **Joined:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:42 pm **Posts:** 1625

A well deserved kicking. That will be the last time he goes off piste for a while, I predict Friday will see a return to Minder and elf n safety.

Fflaps · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:50 am

If you look at the worst rated comments it's amazing how many people unquestioningly side with Littlejohn - drinking the Kool-Aid as our US cousins say.

Paul · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:43 pm

SoulBoy wrote:

A well deserved kicking. That will be the last time he goes off piste for a while, I predict Friday will see a return to Minder and elf n safety.

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I predict on Friday you will go to more familiar subjects such as Minder and Elf n Safety.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 14/2/2012 21:42
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Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2835

And I'm pleased to see that the two worst-rated comments come courtesy of Wally Toynbee.

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:34 am

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I predict on Friday you will go to more familiar subjects such as Minder and Elf n Safety.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 14/2/2012 21:42

Maybe he'll do a piece on yooman rites now the Sun journo's are apparently endorsing them. :lol:

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2835

Jeez. He's as topical as ever:

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The day it dawned on me that public spending might be horribly out of control was more than 30 years ago when, as a young industrial correspondent, I toddled along to a press conference called to discuss the annual report of the nationalised British Steel Corporation.

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oboogie · **Posted:** Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:39 am

Fuck me, he wants to bring back £sd.
Why?

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