[Closed] News International - Poor Millie Dowler

Just another example of the despicable lengths that people will go to to make money.

Shabby taloid comics are only read by imbeciles

I was pleased to hear that Ford have pulled their advertising today. Let's hope that many other companies follow suit. It may not have any material difference to the paper but it clearly makes the point that their behaviour is morally unacceptable even to big businesses. Let's hope a few Banks follow Ford, oh the irony.

Apparently there are potentially worse revelations than this if The Telegraph and Guardian are to be believed. Terrible really. It will be interesting to see if there is any effect on sales, but good to see some major companies making public statements.

7 figure fine - chickenfeed.
jailtime is what is needed

Shabby tabloid comics that are only read by imbeciles .......

...... and they probably vote Tory like you Spongebob.

Except the Mirror, they probably all vote Labour.

Teh TJ is right- serious bird for the editor down though the food chain to the private detective...... (oh, I see!- he's inside [i]already[/i]...)

I would like to see the newspaper distribution companies refuse to distribute or newsagents refuse to stock the paper. Also for the people responsible to end up in prison.

Have you missed me Ernie? 😆

This thread had nothing to do with politics, but I can start one especially for you!

and this is the same company who has been given the green light to take over sky.

None of us have to buy the paper,and hopefully more advertisers will pull their adverts.

Have you missed me Ernie?

I take it from that comment that you've been away ?

That'll be a no then.

This thread had nothing to do with politics

No I'm aware of that, but it is about "imbeciles"........hence my comment with regards to voting Tory. I'm sure you won't deny that people largely choose their newspaper on the basis of how they vote - I'm keeping firmly on topic, as you did with your "imbecile" comment.

So what happened when the sun switched it's allegiance from Tory to Labour and back to Tory? Did the readership change too??

You missed the "largely" in "people largely choose their newspaper on the basis of how they vote" wrightyson ?

No but you're right, Guardian readers aren't all LibDem/Lab, Daily Mail readers aren't all Tories, Daily Mirror voters aren't all Labour. I don't know what I was thinking of..... I must've got confused with something else.

are there any realistic benefits to reading a newsrag of [i]any[/i] description..?
isn't it just a wierd archaic form of voyeuristic titillation..?

Or is there something more to it that I'm missing..?

But I would suggest the imbeciles who read the sun (which I'm intrigued to know if it will still call itself the sister paper to notw anymore) never switched papers due to them switching allegiance. But as you say forget turning this into the usual political **** off that most threads turn into!
I'm sure all of this however won't affect actual sales all that much, people unfortunately forget about such things pretty quickly and old habits die hard. However what they did was incredibly reckless but at the end of the day, the scheming calculating excuse for a human that is Levi Bellfield was the man responsible for millys death!

But I would suggest the imbeciles who read the sun (which I'm intrigued to know if it will still call itself the sister paper to notw anymore) never switched papers due to them switching allegiance

I'm sure all of this however won't affect actual sales all that much, people unfortunately forget about such things pretty quickly and old habits die hard.

I reckon it's difficult to gauge - apparently the Sun's sales still remain very poor in Liverpool (12,000 copies a day in 2004 which is 200,000 fewer than in 1989)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/an-own-goal-rooney-caught-in-crossfire-between-the-sun-and-an-unforgiving-city-552460.html

Didn't read the link ernie wifi playing up, I presume it was re the hillsborough disaster? As you say it's hard to gauge and dont get me wrong I hope people do boycott the paper. I just still can't get over the fact that someone would be so reckless whilst a young girl is out there and missing!!

ernie_lynch - Member

I reckon it's difficult to gauge - apparently the Sun's sales still remain very poor in Liverpool (12,000 copies a day in 2004 which is 200,000 fewer than in 1989)

Having worked in Liverpool for the last 15 years I can't recall seeing a copy of the Sun at work in any of the staff mess rooms.

Firstly that's a relief & secondly the surprising thing is the amount that read the Indy or the Guardian given that its mostly a very resolute working class factory.

Yet when I worked at a sister plant in Bristol 99% read the Sun or the Star (when they put their porno mags down that is 😉 )

..... and they probably vote Tory like you Spongebob

Don't you have to be over 18 to vote? Or can you vote for the milk monitor now?

Hahaha, I love the passion of our lefty chums on here!

But aside from all the stuck record's, isn't it great that the News of The World will no longer be on the shelves? Hooray!!

My guess is that newspaper sales are in terminal decline. Who needs a newspaper? I certainly don't have time to read a paper, or have any inclination. They are too full of lies, distoritons and political bias - boring!

The next interesting development was how the Police were exposed to have accepted large bribes to spill the beans to News Interntional reporters. These journalists are scummy people who do nobody any favours, but now the Police are looking grubby! How demoralizing for the vast majority of decent people working hard in the Police. They'll all be tarred with the same brush!

Now Andy Coulson is in the news and even David Cameron.

Where will this all end?

I have to concede, TJ was on the money re. his comments about jail. It's not often i have to acknowledge he was right!