Media Is Obsessed By Peoples "Circumstances"

No matter what the story, there'll be something there about it.
You get little phrases slipped in like "...speaking about the assault from his ?150'000 semi detached house..." and "...Mrs Smith, who has a slim and attractive daughter called Alison, said that the tax bill was too high..." also, of course, how much people earn-"...the man who fell into the slurry pit, Mr George Poo, earns just ?14'000 a year as a clerical worker..."

Posted By: Martin Peters on August 29th 2008 at 14:40:57

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Oh this guy from the met suing for racism. Last night the news reported it (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 14:18:45
- I thought it was the Beeb reporter more than anything (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 29, 14:45:24
- Media Is Obsessed By Peoples "Circumstances" (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Aug 29, 14:40:57
- I think they are saying...... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 29, 14:28:44
  - They also said there are "5 or 6 other high ranking officers" considering lodging claims (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 14:40:38
    - Should be interesting, because Ghaffur is in the police (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 14:45:24
      - "tricks and cover ups" - so you are not biased then? Seems you have made an automatic (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 14:49:28
        
        not really, but the way they conducted themselves about De Menezes, will never be forgotte (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 14:53:46
        
        I'm no great fan of the police but at the same time (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 14:59:27
        
        I suppose the main answer to that from their point of view is (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 15:06:16
        
        Not sure what you are going on about to be honest (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 15:27:36
        
        White supremacy went on too long, and has only recently been addressed (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 15:46:15
        
        Great in Great Britain isn't agrandissement (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 29, 15:59:26
        
        Sound like that lunatic on Radio 5 recently who was arguing the same thing (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 15:51:11
        
        I don't agree or disagree really (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 16:01:44
        
        Surely you must disagree? (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 16:11:45
        
        No you don't, but they still suffer daily (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 17:17:05
        
        only the medical profession is better at coverups than the Met (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 29, 14:55:43
        
        And perhaps Financial Services.. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Aug 29, 15:28:39
  - But why announce what he earns, and casually avoid what anyone else does? (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 14:32:34
  - Couldn't find it... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Aug 29, 14:30:43
- Can someomne explain to me what his claim actually is? (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 14:27:36
  - His claim was that this role as head of security for 2012 had been watered down. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 29, 14:46:41
    - Fair enough guess we need to know the details to form a judgment but (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 14:51:19
  - I don't know (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 14:35:02
    - I'm sure it was the BBC I saw and it was the opposite if anything (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 29, 14:44:44
      - Mishal Husain is bloody gorgeous. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 29, 14:49:25
        
        Is he? Can't say I know him. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 29, 14:54:00
      - You get that though (General Chat) - pants, Aug 29, 14:48:31

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