Don't rub Max Mosley up the wrong way

[rubystone]

hairyben said:

are you for real?

Free press is the guard dog of democracy. Guard dogs aren't family pets.

Yes I am. And there’s no such thing as a Free Press. There’s totally unregulated press, yes. Or press regulated by itself...but there is, as of yet, no truly independent body charged with regulating the press.

[hyphen]

rubystone said:

Yes I am. And there’s no such thing as a Free Press. There’s totally unregulated press, yes. Or press regulated by itself...but there is, as of yet, no truly independent body charged with regulating the press.

Has the last few hundreds years since the newspapers and such began, been so bad? If so it would surely have been done a long time ago.

[Thorodin]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

Derek Smith said:

Chrisgr31 said:

How does he afford all this? His role on the FIA was unpaid wasnt it?

I think you are wrong. It must be paid. He lived the champagne life. How could he do that if he was not gainfully employed?

See above - his family retains wealth from historical land ownership.

He has or had a sizeable shareholding in F1 which may or may not explain his rise to prominence in that field. That would have provided not bad wages even without director's fees or severance payments from the new owners. If he had been an employee there could well have been attractive pension funding. He was the youngest son and therefore possibly last beneficiary of remaining family assets together with legacies from deceased family members . Apart from regular visits from his accountants the usual concept of 'work' or 'earnings' could be considered redundant. Whatever else he has, he is now apparently without reputation or memory.

[Derek Smith]

rubystone said:

hairyben said:

are you for real?

Free press is the guard dog of democracy. Guard dogs aren't family pets.

Yes I am. And there’s no such thing as a Free Press. There’s totally unregulated press, yes. Or press regulated by itself...but there is, as of yet, no truly independent body charged with regulating the press.

Journalism should not be regulated other than by laws.

I read a report that highlighted the irony that Watergate, which gave rise to the suffix applied to all press exposés, cannot happen now. There have been restrictions on reporting in both the USA and here. It was laws that did for those newspapers who were found guilty of intercepting texts and more.
Mosely has been attacked in the press today, with The Times, the Sun and DM all running articles. There’s no coincidence in timing of course.
My feeling is that Mosley is being vindictive. If so then he brought it on himself.

There’s a cost to everything, including democracy. The DM, NotW and Sun are part of the cost, but what’s the alternative? Certainly not regulation and heavy fines. Private Eye is investigative in its own way. The proposed regulatory body would be a threat to most of what it does.
It is deliberate.

[BlackLabel]

There’s a vote later today in parliament on the Data Protection Bill.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/da...



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6240756/theresa-may-...

[number 46]

Yes, guess who is supporting this.....



That great lover of democracy and freedom, Tom Watson, he of the " For the Many, not the Jew" Labour Party!!!!! If it goes through, then I'm sure that it will help Comrade Corbyn and his friends sort out any citizens that mis-understand his parties policies!!!!!!

[Jonesy23]

Tom 'nonce finder general' Watson? The one who accepted all that money?

Politicians campaigning against stuff often have their own interests close to heart.

[Thorodin]

Strange, how those fighting exposure are the ones exposing themselves.