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Gb160

Well done boys. Good process
Jun 20, 2012
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I looked up what was reported on. Fuck sake gutter press at it's best. Why would an English publication bring that shit up on one of your favourite sons? Absolute rotten.

As for Ben's tweet. First class. Well said lad.
Because they're absolute scum.
They've obviously sat on the story for a while until the ashes finished, as some warped 'doing the right thing' logic.
How about burying the fucking 'story'...that would be the doing the right thing.
 

Arnoldtoo

The thinking ape's ape
May 18, 2006
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I haven't looked up the story and don't intend to. Not interested. Whatever it is it can't lower my opinion of the Sun from it's already rock bottom level.
 

kr1978

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Aug 31, 2012
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They really are a despicable paper, would love to see them banned from England Cricket press conferences Etc in support of Stokes
 

'O Zio

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I haven't looked up the story and don't intend to. Not interested. Whatever it is it can't lower my opinion of the Sun from it's already rock bottom level.

Fair play. To be brutally honest it's actually worse than what I thought it would be and that's saying something. Sun are absolute scum.
 

Twizzle

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May 25, 2008
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The England cricketer Ben Stokes has described a front-page article in the Sun newspaper about a family tragedy 31 years ago as “disgusting” and “immoral”.
In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, Stokes said the paper’s decision to publish the story would have “grave and lifelong consequences” for his mother, in particular. He claimed the story, which was also picked up by Mail Online, contained a number of serious inaccuracies.
“Today the Sun has seen fit to publish extremely painful, sensitive and personal details concerning events in the private lives of my family, going back more than 31 years,” he wrote. “It is hard to find words that adequately describe such low and despicable behaviour, disguised as journalism. I cannot conceive of anything more immoral, heartless or contemptuous to the feelings and circumstances of my family.”

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Stokes criticised the article as “the lowest form of journalism, focused only on chasing sales” and asked people to respect his family’s privacy and right to home life. “To use my name as an excuse to shatter the privacy and private lives of – in particular – my parents is utterly disgusting,” he wrote.
The article described in detail events in New Zealand 31 years ago, before he was born, when his mother’s ex-husband killed their two children before taking his own life.
Stokes said a reporter had turned up at his parents’ home in New Zealand “out of the blue” to ask them about the tragedy. The Sun reported that the couple and the cricketer had declined to comment.
In his statement, Stokes said his own public profile was not an excuse to “invade” the rights and privacy of his family members. He added: “This is the lowest form of journalism, focused only on chasing sales with absolutely no regard for the devastation caused to lives as a consequence. It is totally out of order.”
Tom Harrison, the England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive, also condemned the decision to publish the article.
“We, like the wider sporting world, are disgusted and appalled at the actions taken in revealing the tragic events from Ben’s past. We are saddened that an intrusion of this magnitude was deemed necessary in order to sell newspapers or secure clicks,” he said.
“Ben’s exploits this summer have cemented his place in cricket’s history. We are sure the whole sport, and the country, stands behind him in support.”
There was also support for Stokes from other cricketers and fans on Twitter. The England test captain, Joe Root, retweeted his teammate’s statement and urged people to “please take the time to read this and respect it”.
Hacked Off, the campaign for media accountability, said: “This is an appalling invasion of privacy with no public interest justification. We have been told repeatedly by newspaper editors that ‘everything has changed’ since the Leveson report seven years ago. It is abundantly clear that nothing has changed. Some newspapers are just as incapable of abiding by principles of human decency and basic journalistic ethics as they were during the phone-hacking scandal.”
A spokeswoman for the Sun said: “The Sun has the utmost sympathy for Ben Stokes and his mother but it is only right to point out the story was told with the cooperation of a family member who supplied details, provided photographs and posed for pictures. The tragedy is also a matter of public record and was the subject of extensive front-page publicity in New Zealand at the time.
“The Sun has huge admiration for Ben Stokes and we were delighted to celebrate his sporting heroics this summer. He was contacted prior to publication and at no stage did he or his representatives ask us not to publish the story.”
Stokes is the runaway favourite to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December, having helped England win the World Cup in July before playing a starring role in the drawn Ashes series.
His unbeaten 135 to turn what looked like certain defeat into a memorable one-wicket third Ashes test win over Australia at Headingley was hailed as one of the greatest batting displays of all time.
Twelve months ago, Stokes was cleared of affray at a court in Bristol after a high-profile trial that followed a late-night brawl.


 

JimmyG2

SC Supporter
Dec 7, 2006
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The Tories scrapped the Leveson 2 inquiry.
I wonder why

On 1 March 2018, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Matt Hancock, announced that Leveson 2 would be scrapped, and that section 40 would be repealed at the earliest opportunity. Happily for the Government, the results of the consultation apparently supported those decisions, with 66% of respondents against proceeding with Leveson 2, and 79% of respondents backing a full repeal of section 40. There has been outcry at the decisions from campaigners and claimant-lawyers. Predictably, the mainstream press has either trumpeted, or simply failed to cover, the developments. Surprisingly, The Guardian – whose reporting of the phone-hacking scandal had played a huge part in the public outcry which led to the Leveson Inquiry – published a lengthy editorial supporting the decision not to proceed with Leveson 2. A number of commentators have denounced The Guardian’s stance as a betrayal of phone hacking victims, the public, and the paper’s core values.

https://www.brettwilson.co.uk/blog/leveson-2-section-40-scrapped-government-succumb-power-press/

Guardian reasons:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...iew-on-leveson-part-two-look-ahead-not-behind:

and the result is The Sun on Ben Stokes family.
 

UncleBuck

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Aug 20, 2003
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I know it's not cricket related but Gareth Thomas has now come out and said that a journalist told his mum he was HIV. Seems no one or any sport is safe from these paracites so why don't the various sports boards and media conference days ban said tabloids and journalists from their press sessions.
Only way to go if you ask me.
 

teok

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Just a little shout to the performance of Kyle Abbot, they are some figures. Nice finish to the season (one game to go I think) for Hants - shame about the rest of it.

"Kyle Abbott finished with match figures of 17-86 as Hampshire dealt a huge blow to Somerset's County Championship title hopes with victory at the Ageas Bowl."
 

UncleBuck

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Aug 20, 2003
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And Darren Stevens for Kent, double century in the 1st along with a fivefer in the second.
Funnily enough Kent are now looking to give him a new contract after saying they were releasing him at the end of the season!
 

UncleBuck

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Plunkett, Hales and Willey not given white ball contracts.
Really surprised with the Plunkett omission.
 

dondo

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Jan 4, 2006
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You'd think after the Ashes series he had that they would be singing his praises, not this crap.


Build them up to knock them down, the English tabloids way unfortunately. Haven’t bought certain newspapers (use that term loosely)for a long time and won’t buy a tabloid paper again mainly because of The Sun
 
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