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vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,272
In Slovenia last year with a bunch of mates and we always do a hike on the Sunday. This year chosen by an experienced mountaineer who likes using axes and crampons when back at home in Scotland. The route he picked, while nowhere near as challenging as that, was over 2km up in the mountain on a tiny trail with no hand rail. Half of us, including me, bailed there and then, got the cable car halfway back down the mountain, went for a nice 6 mile stroll in the Forest and then sat in a beer garden. The others came back three hours later broken and traumatised.

My point, entirely. It's a bit like the "alleged " sport of parachuting …...why get out of a perfectly working aeroplane at 30,000 ft ?
 










sydney

tinky ****in winky
Jul 11, 2003
17,965
town full of eejits
To be fair though, if she had not been so controversial, no one would have known who she was or employed her as an opinion columnist. It's a bit like some of the football " pundits " if they were all like Michael Owen, no one would employ them, media thrives on " Controversy " as it brings in listeners/readers.

bingo....!
 


Brightonfan1983

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,863
UK
To be fair though, if she had not been so controversial, no one would have known who she was or employed her as an opinion columnist.

I was reading a bit about 'deplatforming' the other day, and does it work etc etc, and came across this superb line about Milo Yiannopoulos:

"What does he actually believe in? Nothing except his own brand and the monetisable notoriety that fuels it." Nailed it.
 




scamander

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2011
598
On a side note to all of this I'd be intrigued to know what she genuinely believes in versus what builds her brand. It's by no means a new concept for someone to play a character knowing it'll appeal more to solidifying a brand or similar.

Take Paris Hilton, the original reality TV airhead. In joke was she wasn't that stupid, she wasn't a genius but the dumb rich blonde girl was a great hook. It's a default play pushed by many reality tv stars (playing dumb makes you more loveable and the public will more readily accept this type of act). Ironically it's spmething Boris incoporated years back (many anecdotes of people who worked with him pointing out how razor sharp he is until the cameras get rolling and just prior to it he'll ruffle up his hair etc).
Katie was/is a version of the shock jock. I know of one podcaster from the US who used to appear on Fox News to provide the alternative view. He's implied a few times that certain folks there don't believe their spiel and after ranting at him on air were very cordial to him and admitted it was an act off air.

Katie will probably end up on RT or similar as a talking head. I think the problem for twitter is that it's becoming toxic and has been around long enough to start to be on the wane. There's a new geberation to be courted and they've grown up watching their parents rant on twitter. Perhaps they won't be as keen on it and as such the subscribers plummet. I think twitter will have to start cleaning house a bit.
 


Brightonfan1983

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,863
UK
I know of one podcaster from the US who used to appear on Fox News to provide the alternative view. He's implied a few times that certain folks there don't believe their spiel and after ranting at him on air were very cordial to him and admitted it was an act off air.

Last week, a lawyer for Tucker Carlson said his viewers don’t expect him to tell the truth. Which is patently tripe of the most rancid kind, but it proves your point, that they have that ‘out’. How many times has Trump said something only to walk it back and say he was only kidding? Just last night he was at it again.
 










Weststander

Well-known member
Aug 25, 2011
69,272
Withdean area
Fined, escorted to the airport and deported. Just a pity she'll be back here soon

I’m the antithesis to her personality type, aren’t most of us?

Not just her extreme hates, but she revels in it. After that massive court case loss, I’d have disappeared for good, ego and bank balance shot.
 




Tyrone Biggums

Well-known member
Jun 25, 2006
13,498
Geelong, Australia
Last week, a lawyer for Tucker Carlson said his viewers don’t expect him to tell the truth. Which is patently tripe of the most rancid kind, but it proves your point, that they have that ‘out’. How many times has Trump said something only to walk it back and say he was only kidding? Just last night he was at it again.

Tucker Carlson legal team used exactly the same court defence as Rachael Maddow had used in 2019 in a case against her because it had worked.
 






schmunk

Why oh why oh why?
Jan 19, 2018
10,349
Mid mid mid Sussex
Katie, Piers Morgan, and Donald Trump should go and live on a desert island together.

Whoops!

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Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
Fined, escorted to the airport and deported. Just a pity she'll be back here soon

Will be singed by GB News in a couple of months, for the third round of free advertising as us wishy-washy liberals fall over ourselves in a frenzy of gammonbating.
 


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