Midweek Open Thread 12 December 2018

593 Responses to Midweek Open Thread 12 December 2018

1. StewGreen says:

   December 14, 2018 at 8:15 pm

   @pug as ever I checked and the BBC did give a quick mention on the Live update page
   .Note how they went for the only quoting people technique
   Here’s a screenshot

   BBCnews doesn't see its job as REPORTING truth
   but rather as ad agency for metropolitan-liberal agenda
   CONSTRUCTING & promoting narratives
   BBC quickly quoted
   'many claim Twitter video shows blue-light ambulance being blocked'
   Actually :People get up
   #2 Adjacent bridge was open pic.twitter.com/N6X5P0UF6h

   — The Debunker No toBS (@No2BS) December 14, 2018

   If there was an actual ambulance crisis Im sure the BBC would report the story.
   – The vid shows an ambulance arriving, but we don’t know whether someone just called it to the scene.
   cos a others point out a real emergency call would have seen the queue and simply taken the adjacent bridge.

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   • StewGreen says:

     December 14, 2018 at 10:08 pm

     There are thousands of shouty remainer Tweets saying ‘you blocked an ambulance’ not one of them has further info to say what happened next..it’s just a narrative they like
     Lammy jumped in

     You stopped an ambulance with its siren on from helping someone in need. Are you really celebrating this? https://t.co/uNJaISrSbT

     — David Lammy (@DavidLammy) December 14, 2018

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     • StewGreen says:

       December 14, 2018 at 10:36 pm

       The evidence that the ambulance was quickly allowed through is that the Sun video shows them letting taxis through and police motorbikes present
       https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7962563/westminster-bridge-blocked-pro-brexit-yellow-vest-protesters/

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       • StewGreen says:

         December 14, 2018 at 11:00 pm

         The dead giveaway is that none of those moaning remainers who said that the ambulance was blocked , DO NOT say what happened next.
         … The actual video maker tweeted

         I’m not one of the protesters just a bypasser. I voted remain.

         — Mike Sutherland ???????????????????????????? (@vern_cotter) December 14, 2018

         The ambulance vehicle was let through.

         — Mike Sutherland ???????????????????????????? (@vern_cotter) December 14, 2018

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2. StewGreen says:

   December 14, 2018 at 10:30 pm

   A Sun video of today’s Leave means Leave rally in Westminster
   ..all the big names are there

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