Veteran journalist Paul Foot dies

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Veteran journalist Paul Foot dies

Campaigning journalist Paul Foot has died aged 66.
The former Private Eye, Daily Mirror and Guardian journalist was known for his left-wing politics and campaigns against miscarriages of justice.
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I just read that notice in the paper too :cry:

Remember when journalists actually fought for their opinions? When they recognised that they had a duty to perform, and to give people a voice that they might not otherwise have had?
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Now, there is a journalist I will miss...so easy to be flippant in these times
he told the truth as he saw it .....RIP
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Mrs. Snowey wrote:I just read that notice in the paper too :cry:

Remember when journalists actually fought for their opinions? When they recognised that they had a duty to perform, and to give people a voice that they might not otherwise have had?

Remember when journalists actually fought for their opinions?....


damn Mrs S...you must be older than i thought! :wink: :innocent: :wink:


sentiment is fully understood...that kind of journlisim has sadly dissapeared in faver of the almighty dollar(pound) and all that tabloid bullpoo that we call news... :urff:
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good points, all well made but Freddie Star Ate My Hamster!

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RS i see that the daily star has at least one reader in the greater glasgow area...personally i thought you'd have some more Daily Record quotes...



i'll leave the Sport headlines alone...
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What do you expect, though? The public gets what the public wants, and a free press has to sustain itself somehow.

I'll give a more vigorous defence of my profession later, when I'm not snowed under and suffering from severe management issues.
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@ Burn you mean like:
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What's a "Clubie Book" ?
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@ Mrs Snowey i dunno what a clubie book is... but i'm guessing here at the mens magazine of questionable reputation called Club International...


but yeah RS...thats the kinda stuff we dont want to mention!
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I always found Club International lived up to its reputation. No question.
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I'm vaguely disappointed by that. I was kind of hoping it was something like the Provident book. As in "the women from the Provie's here to collect her money" :lol:
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you're closest Mrs. S, aforementioned 'book' is any of the major pay by installments door jamming affairs that are/were prevalent on Council estates
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Now I'm older, and supposedly in charge of my own finances, I think the interest rates on those types of "books" are appalling. Quite apart from the way they sell consumerism as an escape from reality. Dont get me started... :roll:

However, when I was little, I used to think the Provie was great. 'Cos the lady who did the collecting brought white chocolate mice round :lol: :lol:
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white choccie mice, hmmmmmmm
I think I grew outta them when I discovered the 'ladies' underwear section of the clubie book :lol:
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Heh, heh, heh :lol:

Did you get to the thermal underwear section tho' :lol: Or is that just a Northern thing :wink:
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True story: When I was young, My Mum and Dad's phone number was pretty similar to Damart's (one number different IIRC) and they always used to get lots of phone calls for Damart. One day when I was still living there, I answered the phone to a Damart customer, and took an order for some thermals. I pretended to write down all the old dear's details and everything. What a hoot I thought it was. The poor thing is probably still wondering why they never came.

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markfiend wrote:The poor thing is probably still wondering why they never came.
maybe she died of hypothermia :urff:
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Way to make me feel better! :urff:
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That Bin Laden's T-shirt collection looks pretty good :wink:
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It's the Blast Products© Summer 2004 collection Mrs. S
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