Client journalism still alive and well then....... 09:01 - Sep 8 with 2318 views | Dubtractor | |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:04 - Sep 8 with 1769 views | Darth_Koont | They’re a fooking embarrassment. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:06 - Sep 8 with 1743 views | lowhouseblue | or tired, clichéd and hackneyed journalism? |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:06 - Sep 8 with 1749 views | hype313 | Meanwhile, in the real world. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:12 - Sep 8 with 1705 views | MattinLondon | Considering the current state of UK politics and rivers, shouldn’t the ‘clear blue waters’ be replaced by sewage filth ridden ponds? |  | |  |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:12 - Sep 8 with 1703 views | DanTheMan |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:06 - Sep 8 by lowhouseblue | or tired, clichéd and hackneyed journalism? |
Maybe if two of them had said that same phrase but it seems extraordinarily unlikely they four would. I wouldn't say it's a particularly common phrase. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:15 - Sep 8 with 1640 views | lowhouseblue |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:12 - Sep 8 by DanTheMan | Maybe if two of them had said that same phrase but it seems extraordinarily unlikely they four would. I wouldn't say it's a particularly common phrase. |
in politics it's a very common and predictable phrase. it's high up the list for describing tory strategy. one tory leader almost had it as a sort of slogan. it's just lazy hacks being dull and repetitious. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:28 - Sep 8 with 1590 views | ArnoldMoorhen | The problem with the Tory party isn't the clear blue water, it's the sh1t and p1ss and tampons in the sea. |  | |  |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:34 - Sep 8 with 1565 views | noggin |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:28 - Sep 8 by ArnoldMoorhen | The problem with the Tory party isn't the clear blue water, it's the sh1t and p1ss and tampons in the sea. |
And the electorate are literally drinking it. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:48 - Sep 8 with 1517 views | giant_stow |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:34 - Sep 8 by noggin | And the electorate are literally drinking it. |
Not sure that works fella. We don't drink sea water and opinion polls show the public aren't all that keen on the Tories. I'm with Lowhouse on this one - just lazy group think cliché, rather than outright bias or attempting to steer any opinion. They're only commenting on a newly larger ideological gap between the two main parties. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:51 - Sep 8 with 1507 views | Dubtractor |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:15 - Sep 8 by lowhouseblue | in politics it's a very common and predictable phrase. it's high up the list for describing tory strategy. one tory leader almost had it as a sort of slogan. it's just lazy hacks being dull and repetitious. |
Maybe. I'm just becoming more of a cynical fooker in my old age. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:56 - Sep 8 with 1479 views | baxterbasics | It's just lazy use of a stock phrase that gets wheeled out in these circumstances. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 11:48 - Sep 8 with 1345 views | noggin |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:48 - Sep 8 by giant_stow | Not sure that works fella. We don't drink sea water and opinion polls show the public aren't all that keen on the Tories. I'm with Lowhouse on this one - just lazy group think cliché, rather than outright bias or attempting to steer any opinion. They're only commenting on a newly larger ideological gap between the two main parties. |
I works perfectly. 12 years of Tory rule and Brexit are proof of that. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 11:57 - Sep 8 with 1324 views | WeWereZombies |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:51 - Sep 8 by Dubtractor | Maybe. I'm just becoming more of a cynical fooker in my old age. |
No, I think you are right. The lazy journalism is an effect, the 'clear blue water' shows that there is a cause for which the sound bite politics behind it is working. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:05 - Sep 8 with 1261 views | Darth_Koont |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:48 - Sep 8 by giant_stow | Not sure that works fella. We don't drink sea water and opinion polls show the public aren't all that keen on the Tories. I'm with Lowhouse on this one - just lazy group think cliché, rather than outright bias or attempting to steer any opinion. They're only commenting on a newly larger ideological gap between the two main parties. |
Of course, using the phrase verbatim is to show that they can be trusted 100% to relay the message given to them. That’s not groupthink, that’s the platoon following orders. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:10 - Sep 8 with 1227 views | Darth_Koont |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:12 - Sep 8 by DanTheMan | Maybe if two of them had said that same phrase but it seems extraordinarily unlikely they four would. I wouldn't say it's a particularly common phrase. |
Indeed. The common phrase is “clear water” but this version has gone through the spin cycle. Pure client journalism and it’s fatuous to believe otherwise. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:10 - Sep 8 with 1229 views | Ryorry | I don't know why people are still taken in by these bots - Tory party HQ seems to regularly think it's somehow a good thing to have a hundred or more fake accounts send out automated tweets, all with identical phrasing such as "clear blue water" which immediately gives them away as fake. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:40 - Sep 8 with 1173 views | monytowbray |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:12 - Sep 8 by DanTheMan | Maybe if two of them had said that same phrase but it seems extraordinarily unlikely they four would. I wouldn't say it's a particularly common phrase. |
Leave him be, he’s behind on his “defend right wing ideologies and help spread disinfo to attack the left wing” quota for the month. If he doensn’t hit targets the boss at the troll farm network is gonna replace him with AI. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:52 - Sep 8 with 1150 views | itfc_bucks | Thing is, ignoring the "clear blue water" phrase, she has made a clear delineation between both parties, by schlupping the Tories even further to the right. The choice is so clear now, even the most myopic of red wall Tory voters must see it, surely? |  | |  |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:56 - Sep 8 with 1137 views | You_Bloo_Right | You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 15:45 - Sep 8 with 1027 views | WeWereZombies |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:56 - Sep 8 by You_Bloo_Right | You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to. |
Thank you for that, I have lived my life quite unaware of Humbert Wolfe until now. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 15:48 - Sep 8 with 1012 views | leitrimblue |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 09:48 - Sep 8 by giant_stow | Not sure that works fella. We don't drink sea water and opinion polls show the public aren't all that keen on the Tories. I'm with Lowhouse on this one - just lazy group think cliché, rather than outright bias or attempting to steer any opinion. They're only commenting on a newly larger ideological gap between the two main parties. |
Yer gonna be shocked when you find out who the tooth fairy is Ulls |  | |  |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 16:07 - Sep 8 with 977 views | giant_stow |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 15:48 - Sep 8 by leitrimblue | Yer gonna be shocked when you find out who the tooth fairy is Ulls |
The tooth fairy is the tooth fairy, silly. She's about 3ft tall and has silvery hair and twinkles stardust when farts. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 16:10 - Sep 8 with 967 views | BlueBadger |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 13:40 - Sep 8 by monytowbray | Leave him be, he’s behind on his “defend right wing ideologies and help spread disinfo to attack the left wing” quota for the month. If he doensn’t hit targets the boss at the troll farm network is gonna replace him with AI. |
Stockholm syndrome is a tragic thing to witness. I get that Jezza was a bit rubbish and a teensy bit racist, but he's really fallen down the rabbit hole. |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 16:14 - Sep 8 with 931 views | WeWereZombies |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 16:07 - Sep 8 by giant_stow | The tooth fairy is the tooth fairy, silly. She's about 3ft tall and has silvery hair and twinkles stardust when farts. |
Is that when you fart or when she farts ? |  |
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Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 16:17 - Sep 8 with 917 views | leitrimblue |
Client journalism still alive and well then....... on 16:14 - Sep 8 by WeWereZombies | Is that when you fart or when she farts ? |
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