I think, under the circumstances, nobody would begrudge giving Gordon and Sarah 20 minutes in a locked room with Murdoch and Brooks. They've been so much classier about this than I ever could have been.
Yeah, me too. I find it difficult to believe that many members of the public would have known about the diagnosis. Out of those few, we're then expected to believe that someone thought "oh hey, the country should hear about this asap!" whilst apparently never once giving thought to the family's right to privacy and sensitivity, despite supposedly having gone through the same experience?
The original story kicking about was that Rebekah Brooks phoned with news of the story before the Browns even knew of the diagnosis themselves. IDK if that is actually true, but it's so awful.
While I've mostly been watching this scandal unfold with what John Oliver called Schadenfreudegasm, this story just sickens me. Why would the medical condition of a 4 month old be news the public needed to know? The fact that people are making this a partisan issue is disgusting. *stink-eye at twitter* How would they all react if it had been Cameron's kids
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All of this. I can imagine another parent on the ward knowing if Fraser Brown was being treated there, but where is the evidence to give to the hacks at the Sun? Nowhere, in that case. Also schadenfreudegasm is the best word ever.
I can imagine that too but them getting hold of hard evidence to just hand over to a tabloid is nigh on inconceivable to me. Either they had someone undercover there or they did it the old fashioned phone hacking way.
Why on earth would the Browns give you permission to release a story about their four month old son????
If you really cared about them and thought this was a public interest piece, then tell them about reciving infomation etc, and ask them if they'd like to make a statement about it....but no. This was all about selling newspaper and continuing to dog pile on Gordon Brown for being a dour scot. (IMO)
Then when he's gone from being Chancellor to PM and hand writes a letter of condolence you scream about how "insensitive" he was for spelling the mother's surname wrong- a spelling mistake you proceeded to make, while not having the excuse of being very nearly blind.
So just STFU Sun, and Murdoch??? GTFO out of my country and take your P.O.S Newspapers with
I call crap on anyone who thinks a newspaper is the first port of call when they have a grievance about something like that condolence letter and I really doubt the morals and brains of anyone who would go to a paper or any news outlet with a story about a sick child who happens to be the son of the then chancellor. The Sun is full of bullshit when the say public interest was the reason for publishing and that they were given the story.
It's just...even if they had been given the information by a member of the public, the decent thing to do would have been to give them (the Browns) the option of having an interview, not say we're running with the story whether you like it or not.
He isn't even that dour! OK, maybe a smigdge, but he also comes across as a decent man and he obviously loves his family. Better dour than hypocrites, sun.
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And all this news around Brown is getting me ramotional, miss him as PM.
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Thinking of starting a "Leave Gordon alone" campaign.
Their statements as with everything else, are dodgy and contradictory.
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I have been loling at most of it but this actually got to me. Damn you, S*n
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Hmm. Hmm.
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The original story kicking about was that Rebekah Brooks phoned with news of the story before the Browns even knew of the diagnosis themselves. IDK if that is actually true, but it's so awful.
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*Loves you*
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Also schadenfreudegasm is the best word ever.
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Isn't it? I intend to use it frequently now.
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Why on earth would the Browns give you permission to release a story about their four month old son????
If you really cared about them and thought this was a public interest piece, then tell them about reciving infomation etc, and ask them if they'd like to make a statement about it....but no. This was all about selling newspaper and continuing to dog pile on Gordon Brown for being a dour scot. (IMO)
Then when he's gone from being Chancellor to PM and hand writes a letter of condolence you scream about how "insensitive" he was for spelling the mother's surname wrong- a spelling mistake you proceeded to make, while not having the excuse of being very nearly blind.
So just STFU Sun, and Murdoch??? GTFO out of my country and take your P.O.S Newspapers with
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I call crap on anyone who thinks a newspaper is the first port of call when they have a grievance about something like that condolence letter and I really doubt the morals and brains of anyone who would go to a paper or any news outlet with a story about a sick child who happens to be the son of the then chancellor. The Sun is full of bullshit when the say public interest was the reason for publishing and that they were given the story.
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*Flames on the side of my face*
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He isn't even that dour! OK, maybe a smigdge, but he also comes across as a decent man and he obviously loves his family.
Better dour than hypocrites, sun.
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