Bias reporting from the Daily Mail (once again)

[slowmotion]

Funny you should mention that. I've just had a glug of absinthe as a night cap to chase down the plum based napalm that replaced my Unicum.

"Booze-crazed cyclist" ? The Daily Mail can work that effortlessly into a story, no probs.

 

[raleighnut]

Not a chance. It would have been a fender-bender and police wouldn't even have attended.


Surely having half a brain is the perfect qualification for reading the Daily Mail?

Time for this to get another airing, I think:

According to the original posters daily mail page the police did attend and are considering prosecution for dangerous driving I hope that they do decide to but they probably will fail to leaving the victim in the lurch whereas if they do prosecute at least he can proceed with a compensation claim that stands a chance

 

[jefmcg]

Celebrities have always been allowed to kill people

http://www.criminaljusticeschools.com/blog/21-celebrities-who-have-killed/

(note particularly Matthew Broderick, Keith Moon, Ted Kennedy)

 

[Lanzecki]

Kudos thought, for getting knocked off by Billie Piper.

"Think I need mouth to mouth Billie"

 

[luckyfox]

All published news is always contrived for the publishers own campaigns. I don't watch the news, not out of ignorance of lack of interest I just got tired of learning things I couldn't unlearn or do anything about.

What, where, how you acquire public information makes no foul, they'll wrap around chips tomorrow regardless.

 

[Lanzecki]

It's only Biased if you disagree with it.

 

[Paulus]

Name one...

My friend an architect for a start.

 

[Over The Hill]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/billie-piper-pulls-out-stage-3988782

Mirror seems OK on it. Accepting it is only in the news as it involved a celeb, I suppose it is OK concentrating on her rather than the hurt cyclist.




She is well known for poor judgement - she married Chris Evans!

 

[jefmcg]

I have yet to meet a sane architect...

you can be insane and smart at the same time.

(though ask my late engineer-father if most architects are smart )

 

[Lanzecki]

She is well known for poor judgement - she married Chris Evans!

He's worth €40mill......

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I hope they charge her with dangerous driving, she would be charged if she'd done it in front of another car and probably in hospital as well. Poor lad, mind I bet he gets kudos from his mates lets just hope he gets a lot of compensation as well.

Careless driving at the most, a dangerous driving charge would not even get past the magistrates court. The definition of "Dangerous" where driving is concerned is where somebody carries out a manoeuvre which is in itself dangerous, ie running a red light, crossing a solid white line or overtaking on the approach to a crossing. An error of judgement when carrying out an otherwise legal manoeuvre wouldn't cut it.

 

[raleighnut]

Careless driving at the most, a dangerous driving charge would not even get past the magistrates court. The definition of "Dangerous" where driving is concerned is where somebody carries out a manoeuvre which is in itself dangerous, ie running a red light, crossing a solid white line or overtaking on the approach to a crossing. An error of judgement when carrying out an otherwise legal manoeuvre wouldn't cut it.

I was quoting from the Mail article in the OP.