Jade Goody

[axs]

Who is this 'Jade Goody'? I've never heard of her.

Really? You must work hard at avoiding the media.

She is a former reality TV contestant who is now terminally ill. Mr Clifford is presiding over her last few days.

[Talk Talk]

Really? You must work hard at avoiding the media.

She is a former reality TV contestant who is now terminally ill. Mr Clifford is presiding over her last few days.

I do completely avoid the media. I don't watch telly, I don't read newspapers and I avoid the BBC/Pravda website like the plague.

All of my information comes from Internet blogs. I think she has been mentioned, but as I have no connection with her, why should I be interested? She didn't ring me up giving her sympathies when my dad died of cancer.

[axs]

You don't have to have sympathy for her. I do, despite not liking her as a person, each to his own.

[Barry Scott]

My little Sis has just had a severely abnormal smear, where they've found pre-cancerous cells. She's had a biopsy and will no doubt have the cells removed shortly. I doubt it will result in a hysterectomy, but that's the worst case and i've no doubt that all will be well.

Jade's plight didn't make my sister take a smear, she was due one anyway, but i do blame the media, or perhaps mine and family's lack of knowledge, for the fear and pain this filled me with until i started doing some Googling.

[Lumps]

I do completely avoid the media. I don't watch telly, I don't read newspapers and I avoid the BBC/Pravda website like the plague.

All of my information comes from Internet blogs.

Fuck me your grasp on reality must be pretty fucking shaky?

[Don Rogers Shop]

Hope your sister is ok barry. Fingers crossed

[STFC_Gazza]

My little Sis has just had a severely abnormal smear, where they've found pre-cancerous cells. She's had a biopsy and will no doubt have the cells removed shortly. I doubt it will result in a hysterectomy, but that's the worst case and i've no doubt that all will be well.

Jade's plight didn't make my sister take a smear, she was due one anyway, but i do blame the media, or perhaps mine and family's lack of knowledge, for the fear and pain this filled me with until i started doing some Googling.

Hope all goes fine with your sister mate.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Smears are a bit ming and I had a particually bad experience last time but I would defo never miss one or put one off again.

Im sure your sister will be OK xxx 

[Talk Talk]

Fuck me your grasp on reality must be pretty fucking shaky?

Not at all.

News from independent Internet sources is a damn more real than the propaganda you get from the main stream media/BBC.

I read a good analogy for the statist society that likened the media to the Matrix.

Take the red pill...wake up...

[Lumps]

Not at all.

News from independent Internet sources is a damn more real than the propaganda you get from the main stream media/BBC.

I read a good analogy for the statist society that likened the media to the Matrix.

Take the red pill...wake up...

Why the hell would you think the Bloggers are any more "independent" than traditional media sources?

Anyone can set up a Blog. I could, Ironside could, Abu Hansa, fucking anyone. Do you think these are likely to be reasonable and balanced and obey the rules of good objective journalism? Do you think that the average blogger responsibly checks his sources, and ensures their authenticity before he posts a rumour or a link to a scare story or conspiracy theory?

How the hell do you think the whole MMR 'causes autism scare blew into the whirlwind of fact free bullshit that it did?

I don't advocate taking the mainstream media at face value, I read the fucking Telegraph FFS, and I can remember watching the TV coverage of any number of demonstrations I've been on and not recognising any aspect of the days events.

But to advocate getting your entire viewpoint on the world from an undescriminating absorbtion of the outputs of individuals posting rumour and opinion on the internet is really unwise.

[Talk Talk]

Do you think these are likely to be reasonable and balanced and obey the rules of good objective journalism? Do you think that the average blogger responsibly checks his sources, and ensures their authenticity before he posts a rumour or a link to a scare story or conspiracy theory?

Point me in the direction of 'good objective journalism' in the MSM. The Telegraph certainly isn't, perhaps with the exception of the excellent Christopher Booker.

There are indeed a huge range of blogs out there. I mainly read the ones that provide intelligent balanced analysis of news stories that the media have distorted. It's a huge reservoir of thought and reasoned debate.

[Lumps]

Point me in the direction of 'good objective journalism' in the MSM. The Telegraph certainly isn't, perhaps with the exception of the excellent Christopher Booker.

There are indeed a huge range of blogs out there. I mainly read the ones that provide intelligent balanced analysis of news stories that the media have distorted. It's a huge reservoir of thought and reasoned debate.

But the point is that I KNOW it isn't. It's part of the reason why I read it. With the Torygraph there's rarely any doubt as to perspective of editorial policy, and it's easy to filter the political bias from the news.

You seem to think that your little internet friends have no political axe to grind, when clearly they do, because we all have a political perspective, indeed and ideology, it's just some of us are up front about it.

[Talk Talk]

You seem to think that your little internet friends have no political axe to grind, when clearly they do, because we all have a political perspective, indeed and ideology, it's just some of us are up front about it.

My 'little Internet friends'? Oh dear.

You read what you want, that's your preference. I completely support free choice. I'm up front about not bothering with the MSM because it is laborious to have to analyse the propaganda myself. I would rather let others do it for me.

Pax.

[sonicyouth]

i prefer to get all of my news from dawnofthejed.com

[suttonred]

I get all my news off here, once a month i get the topical news from Viz.