London Underground Incident
Discussion
xjay1337 said:
croyde said:
Blimey this gets close to home. I caught an earlier train this morning in an effort to not be late due to usual delays.
Had I caught my usual train, I could have easily been on that tube.
A lot of friends and colleagues use that line around that time.
I remember I went to France once, it was only 65 years earlier that D-Day happened, thank god I missed that one. Had I caught my usual train, I could have easily been on that tube.
A lot of friends and colleagues use that line around that time.
The media are once again giving endless, wall-to-wall coverage to this. The attacker and his oppos will be rubbing their hands with glee because the London population are being more frightened by the BBC et al, than the failed attempt at a bombing. It should be reported briefly and factually only. Then the attackers will be frustrated by their attempt to put the fear of Allah up the country. Obviously it is serious that people have been hurt but banging on like this will not help them but it gives the cause of the attackers free publicity.
motco said:
The media are once again giving endless, wall-to-wall coverage to this. The attacker and his oppos will be rubbing their hands with glee because the London population are being more frightened by the BBC et al, than the failed attempt at a bombing. It should be reported briefly and factually only. Then the attackers will be frustrated by their attempt to put the fear of Allah up the country. Obviously it is serious that people have been hurt but banging on like this will not help them but it gives the cause of the attackers free publicity.
Unfortunately the logical endpoint of that approach is not to report terrorist events at all and not to give terrorists the "oxygen of publicity" (as I think Mrs Thatcher called it). And then you end up with actors on the news doing funny voices reading out press releases and interview answers supplied by terrorist organisations, as we saw with the IRA in the 1980s. 
Smiler. said:
A comment about the media reporting.
Why did C4 need to be on site at Parsons Green tonight?
Of what benefit?
Seems utterly pointless.
Being "at the scene" always gives a better feel for the story than being remote and distant.Why did C4 need to be on site at Parsons Green tonight?
Of what benefit?
Seems utterly pointless.
This one's also just around the corner from the C4 newsroom and gets them out the office for a few hours.
KrissKross said:
Dynamic Space Wizard said:
True, but it's really fortunate that nobody kicked the bucket.
Would anything change if people died, or are the numbers not high enough yet?jbudgie said:
Wobbegong said:
" Page doesn't exist "This should work
http://newsthump.com/2017/09/15/london-tube-bomb-s...
Although ISIS have now claimed the failed bomb
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