Ok, not football at all, but it matters, eventually.

[Sniffer999]

@ WTF. I also get my news and info about the US from "the horses mouth" and from going there. But my horses aren't overweight trans with pink hair who insist on using the girl's bathroom.
The Gaetz episode may have been planned all along. Trump is a clever negotiator. It certainly wasn't a debacle. There's enough debacles in the last 4 years to last a lifetime. The $80 billion Afghanistan withdrawal, the hypocrisy of George Floyd and BLM, the trans men pretending to be women and using girls bathrooms. When a girl complains, she is expelled! Men competing in womens sports. The $billions money laundering disguised as Ukraine aid. The covid scam. Epsteins list of pedos remaining redacted. The southern border leaking tens of millions of illegals being given phones and cash while US citizens are homeless. Democrats in bed with China. Normally, that's called treason. Joe Biden's corruption and dementia being covered up. And despite Democrats being in power for 3 of last 4 terms, the country is $26 trillion in debt. The swamp hate Trump because he's not one of them, and you have swallowed their nonsense to become what Stalin called, a useful idiot. Some of the lies recently...."Trump wants to kill your children", Trump wants Liz Cheyney to be shot. Trump will imprison his enemies (like they did to him) etc etc. I wonder when another woman suddenly remembers Trump groped her in the 70's!!
Anyway, we both like Leeds United so there's some common ground!

Totally agree

[WTF11]

Totally agree

What a surprise.

[Sniffer999]

What a surprise.

Because we are correct. So yes your sarcasm is correct too. Give it up you have not got a clue on this matter.

[Tichi1]

Err.....you just have and did.

I haven't
I had a cursory look at the begining of the thread, found it as boring as f*ck [Mainly just you talking to yourself and or telling the American contingent that they haven't a clue] and basically just moaning on about something that has nothing to do with football - so I came back to see how it was that we had got way over 200 posts [About 100 of them yours ffs] on this and found - same old same old - you having the last word ....doing your best to show the thick yanks that they voted wrong and basically trying to show your remarkable ability to understand world politics as well as you understand Leeds Utd.

Nothing changes

oh, and dont make me laugh.... your loads of "FRIENDS" Stateside??? pull the other one ffs

boring boring boring

[Monaco_Totty]

Err......As for where I get my news from, as said previously, from the "horses mouth" (go back over the links I have included in earlier posts, the majority contain actual quotes obtained during publicly available interviews with elected representatives, both Republican and Democrat). You go back to Truth Social, I'm sure there is plenty for you to get worked up about. It's not me who needs medical assistance

Major point throughout being the definition of 'ethical journalism' we rely on ?

Which should be accurate, fair, with journalists being honest & courageous in gathering, reporting in interpreting information, so say the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) code of ethics. 🤔

In these days of news delivery being required instantly, professional journalists have to be aware of taking responsibility for the accuracy of their work & verification of all information before releasing it, via the use of original sources whenever possible demanded too.

Problem is the requirement & pressure of speed, as neither speed nor format excuses should ever effect accuracy in reporting. Important into providing context - as in the gathering, update & correct information throughout the life of a news story. Particulary the taking of special care not to misrepresent or oversimplify in promoting, previewing or summarising a story too.

So, in essance to balance the public's need for information against potential harm or discomfort or indeed dis-information too.

Truthsayers of many social platforms are in partisan echo chamber spaces that lack the sort of oppositional views needed to make social media tick, imo, full of an endless line of folks stepping up to the mic to share how the world is out to get them.

Problem is in the reporting ethical code that journalists have - so the Abide by the same high Standards doctrine they expect of others is at the forefront of a respected media journalist of today times one could argue.

Jounalist reporting codes of practice are the barriers (rightly or wrongly) my 'bro has to adhere to whilst reporting & currently based in Moscow, working for French media, obviously not an ideal location to 'test codes of conduct' while he resides with his family there.

Individual situations & agendas dominate global news media breaking stories, often with layman opinion 'to-out' situations or indeed to suppress them.
All done depending on what their targeted individual reader/listener wishes to hear, with many such news stories tagged from sources submitted by interested-parties with no regard to professional journalism & its correct use today.

Working in a hotel with free access to daily global newspapers its amazing the different takes on the same official sourced story depending on each papers political stance & its country of production & ownership bias.

So yeah, defo balance required before comments on matters from all side of the spectrum & preferably with boots on the ground to verify too.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox...-disadvantaged

Just saying, for added ingredients for a bubbling thread pot.

[WTF11]

I haven't
I had a cursory look at the begining of the thread, found it as boring as f*ck [Mainly just you talking to yourself and or telling the American contingent that they haven't a clue] and basically just moaning on about something that has nothing to do with football - so I came back to see how it was that we had got way over 200 posts [About 100 of them yours ffs] on this and found - same old same old - you having the last word ....doing your best to show the thick yanks that they voted wrong and basically trying to show your remarkable ability to understand world politics as well as you understand Leeds Utd.

Nothing changes

oh, and dont make me laugh.... your loads of "FRIENDS" Stateside??? pull the other one ffs

boring boring boring

And yet here you are again, reading, evaluating post numbers, (mis)understanding most of mine as I don't regard most Americans as "thick, and taking the time to do your own sneering without actually knowing anything significant about me or my life. Well done.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Seems a case of reaping what you sow and then crying about it

[WTF11]

Seems a case of reaping what you sow and then crying about it

You're referring to the future of Republican voters? I ask as it sure doesn't apply to yours truly.

[WTF11]

You really couldn't make this up.....

Trump is rumoured (I acknowledge, rumoured) to be about to nominate John Phelan as Head of the Navy, I wonder why;

Phelan is an active donor to Trump's campaign and other committees affiliated with the Republican Party. In April, he donated more than $834,000 to Trump's joint committee.

The position of Navy chief requires the approval of the Senate, where the Republican Party will have a majority next year.

Those who serve must be delighted, joining their army comrades in having a similar such suitable candidate as their "leader"

[spaldy]

Did you think appointments are merit based? Have you looked at any of the appointments the last 20 years? They are all either political or DC insiders that can't get a job in the real world and are hot messes. I suspect it's the same in many countries, including yours. The pool of people to draw from for high level political jobs is limited since the first requirement is that you have to sell your soul. Many people don't want to do that so they are eliminated from consideration.

I think you need to step back and think about the fact this is all just kabuki theater put on to keep the serfs attention away from what's really happening. You, like me, are nothing but a blood bag, tax paying muggle that is useful to them for a period of time and then they figure out a way to dispose of you. Countries do it different ways. It's about to speed up quite a bit since technology and robots will be able to feed and make things that they now need us to do. It's a long game and they play it well. Once they get that perfected you will no longer be needed. It's not going to matter which side of the aisle you fall on. The distinctions are all made up to placate the masses. The decrease in fertility and population along with abortion on demand has greatly sped up the process. A couple of lab created pandemics along with a solid "vaccination" program and lots and lots of processed foods should allow them to get it down the "proper number". Gates has indicated 500 million is correct.