tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post218546185144784824..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: The irony of chattering endlessly about the endlessly chattering chatterers ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-35993794753200153652012-05-21T13:56:06.219+10:002012-05-21T13:56:06.219+10:00From Mark Day, why would "the reports ... hav...From Mark Day, why would "the reports ... have been rigorously checked out by senior journalists employed by several newspapers"? Is that how they waste their time trying to fit a rumour into their template? <br />Suppose someone witnesses an MP & partner in a heated discussion on the footpath outside a venue? No words heard, and the couple go their separate ways. OK, terminal breakdown of marriage could be one of several hundred explanations. The observation is sold on to a willing tool. Tool goes to boss with a rumour. Shouldn't a responsible editor respond "Fuck off & do something useful, unless you have an affidavit or there is a listing for court"? <br />Do any employees find the standard practices at the crap-sheets too much to stomach? Like, lurking beneath the bathroom windows at the family homes of MPs?EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304540936197101508noreply@blogger.com