tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post2018806111936307211..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Quote of the day 31st July 2018Chris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-85239964059119590802018-08-04T16:06:25.210+01:002018-08-04T16:06:25.210+01:00I think that comment is representative of the view...I think that comment is representative of the views of a lot of leave voters. <br /><br />And although I voted Remain - after weeks of agonising about how to vote - I don't think people who think that way are all idiots or racists either.<br /><br />Many of the criticisms of the EU made in the press were untrue or unfair, but others were not. There were plenty of legitimate arguments on both sides.<br />Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-74939761862824391942018-08-04T08:50:46.087+01:002018-08-04T08:50:46.087+01:00British bureaucrats do a good enough job of fxxkin...British bureaucrats do a good enough job of fxxking up Britain without the need to the help of European ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-29974466175050979632018-08-04T08:37:27.472+01:002018-08-04T08:37:27.472+01:00There's an element of truth in the first half ...There's an element of truth in the first half of that anonymous quote although if we are really trying to be honest there was a lot of disinformation and fake news on both the pro- and anti-EU sides of the argument even in the decades before the referendum.<br /><br />I would argue that Brexit happened because the "Leave" campaign managed to persuade a lot of very disaffected people that voting "Leave" was the way to let "the establishment" know that they were unhappy.<br /><br />Think you will find Damian was one of the people who did call out some of the fake news.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-40799348682703083982018-08-03T18:42:43.021+01:002018-08-03T18:42:43.021+01:00Brexit happened because of decades of "Disinf...Brexit happened because of decades of "Disinformation and Fake News" peddled by the right wing traditional media and people like Damian Collins MP refusing to call it out as such.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-25208635253170085402018-08-01T03:41:29.258+01:002018-08-01T03:41:29.258+01:00Both social media and the more traditional media c...Both social media and the more traditional media contain a vast amount of information, some that is accurate and some that is not, some opinion that is reasonable and some that is daft, some things offered with integrity and some which is malicious.<br /><br />Uncritical acceptance of everything you read in either is a recipe for disaster.<br /><br />Both the law of libel, and rules for balance during elections in respect of the more traditional media are far more up-to-date than those for social media, which appear to be completely ineffective.<br />Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-61782205511694680762018-07-31T20:55:30.182+01:002018-07-31T20:55:30.182+01:00actually if you look at it all, you will get a fa...actually if you look at it all, you will get a far better picture of things than you will find, or wont find, on the Legacy media.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com