Comments on The Pensive Quill: True to Their Words

Anthony, It has been a long time since I expected...

2013-08-15T21:30:09.270+01:00

Anthony,

It has been a long time since I expected fairness in life but I do hope the Irish News had the courtesy to send you a sizable reading lens with the final article above.

I can barely read it but it would be the only possible method of permitting you to read your vindication with the same prominence given your vanquishment

Agreed Organized Rage… the media have more than ...

2013-08-15T18:55:40.541+01:00

Agreed Organized Rage…

the media have more than their fair share of balloons paid handsomely for their slanted articles. The change in the media paradigm being that those on the internet have the outlet to show favour or be critical of reporters and articles, which tends to back up what she was saying as poster and readers alike prefer a higher standard.

"The internet is overflowing with trolls and ...

2013-08-15T18:24:22.304+01:00

"The internet is overflowing with trolls and head cases"

Maybe, but in many ways the mainstream media has far more of these types and unlike those on the Internet, they masquerade as rational human beings whose opinions have merit.

;-)

It seems very Big Brotherly saying commenter’s sho...

2013-08-15T15:51:39.731+01:00

It seems very Big Brotherly saying commenter’s should be held to some sort of journalistic code of conduct and abide by the standard of colleagues in the print media.

I have no colleagues in the media and am bemused as to why posters should be held to any standard for merely expressing an opinion. Unlike journalists who may gain financially for their reporting commenter’s don’t and express opinions freely.

Is she suggesting people should read and believe and never question or is it just an unambiguous swipe at the few posters on the quill.
The internet is overflowing with trolls and head cases the quill has a page reserved for those who choose to abuse the openness of the quill.
Highly unlikely she would win a Nobel peace accolade as a champion of free speech seeking to silence a fellow colleague.

The curtain on this show should have been drawn after Anthony made his statement about the issue without any fanfare.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk, and hazard. ~Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1764

From Itsjustmacker, Larry: Thats true. I...

2013-08-15T06:33:09.719+01:00

From Itsjustmacker,

Larry: Thats true. If people just realised that printed tabloids sold via news agents is yesterdays news which most of there reporters delve from the internet via news channels. And some reporters extract information, when apparently told by family members the interviewee is unwell and incapable of giving an interview. Yet they go and print parts of that interview. But seem to hold back parts for fear of being sued? "Who Knows?". Then the interview apparently ends up in another newspaper 3 days later. Just a thought of my own, in case litigation lands on my doorstep. If it did, they can sue me from here to kingdom come, lol, Council house 4 bedrooms, state pension, other income is private and confidential , if there was any?.

Haven't bought the Irish News in over a decade...

2013-08-14T22:16:56.109+01:00

Haven't bought the Irish News in over a decade. See it in the Library an odd time but don't even flick through it.

Think I've been making the right call. Internet is a good medium. Wide selection and more ability to avoid worthless junk and brainwashing.

Out of date, print media.

Anthony: Are you sure page 10 was in every paper ...

2013-08-14T22:04:42.441+01:00

Anthony:

Are you sure page 10 was in every paper and not just the one you read?. lol. That's the norm of all news papers, A little piece stuck on a page near the end of the paper.

No retraction of the accusations made by herself and barnes , No apology from either of them. The Editor disassociating himself from commenting on the case. They hate to admit defeat, even when it tarnishes a fellow Journalists like yourself. Its sad , so we will keep the debate clean and let the previous Morons blog away , and just a snip of a reply would be enough to make them go bonkers.
Chin up Anthony, you won the round.

I have just reminded myself not to type anything witch could get you hauled over the coals ever again. That's a promise.