[QUOTE=ramAnag;39502513]Fair enough, Ram...you are at least open minded enough to recognise an alternative stance.

What do you put the ‘media hysteria’ over Cummings down to then...his arrogance, his appearance, his lack of accountability...or just his perceived wrong doing?

He had become a target before coronavirous, much in the same way as Alistair Campbell did, nearly 20 years ago and numerous football managers.

The media take a dislike to someone and aren't satisfied until they're gone. It's easier to judge with football managers, but some 'awful' managers had better records than the media darlings that replaced them or went before them.

It's almost like a game to them, a challenge to see how quickly they can get rid of someone, casting aside all rules of sense and decency.

You will think this bizarre, but take 'I'm a Celebrity' for example, you can usually tell who is going to be voted off because of their actions as seen on the few minutes of viewing, but sometimes their fellow camp mates who are with them 24/7 are genuinely shocked and dismayed. It can only be that the editors have shown us selected clips which have clouded the viewers'decision.

We believe that a lot of people are arse holes because of what the media tell us and vice versa, when we actually know very little about the person, other than what the media want us to know.

Btw, I generally hate the media, if you hadn't already worked it out.