I told the AFR after Tommy's first Boatman-biased article that I'd cancel my subs unless there was a retraction or re-balanced article. There wasn't, so I cancelled them. Last night I reminded AFR why I cancelled, referencing Tommy's latest rubbish. Surely, AFR will have to cut him loose if he continues like this.Unfortunately these days writing a well versed letter to the editor gets you nowhere, outrage and public lynchings are the only way to achieve anything. How many people do you think read his last article compared to how many people knew that the correction hidden on page 10-ish of the physical print copy even existed?
This guy and the boatman are dutch ruddering their way down a river in neighbouring Congo and talking absolute shit, without everyone calling him out there would be zero consequences for his inaccurate, biased and factually completely incorrect 'journalism.'
Tommy R is an arrogant, self serving and piss poor excuse for a journalist.
I’m not disagreeing with your sentiments DD, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t use the socials to argue with him and make light of his ‘spurious claims’, I’m just saying some of the stuff has been embarrassing to read. There is a way to fight the fight, achieve the same outcome and maintain some integrity.Unfortunately these days writing a well versed letter to the editor gets you nowhere, outrage and public lynchings are the only way to achieve anything. How many people do you think read his last article compared to how many people knew that the correction hidden on page 10-ish of the physical print copy even existed?
This guy and the boatman are dutch ruddering their way down a river in neighbouring Congo and talking absolute shit, without everyone calling him out there would be zero consequences for his inaccurate, biased and factually completely incorrect 'journalism.'
Tommy R is an arrogant, self serving and piss poor excuse for a journalist.
I’m not disagreeing with your sentiments DD, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t use the socials to argue with him and make light of his ‘spurious claims’, I’m just saying some of the stuff has been embarrassing to read. There is a way to fight the fight, achieve the same outcome and maintain some integrity.
oi what's wrong with bogans?I couldn't agree with you more on this one protoje.
I mean with the slight bit of positivity emerging around our story now, it seems all of a sudden we are back to publicly calling journos Pieces of Shit, expressing vitriol and contempt on the socials for those that are implicated, photoshopping vile and offensive memes and spreading them and holding photo captioning competitions which are obviously designed for derogatory outcomes.
I think we have to be very careful at this stage. Especially when we already know of two instances where posts like there were lifted directly from this forum and posted on social media in an attempt to signal how vile we may be and how much we hate the Congo lese
We are not out of the woods yet by any stretch. Far from it I would say and anything can happen so I would suggest not doing or posting anything in this forum that can be used against us in any way. Have a bit of decorum. Have a bit of decency and think and do like a lawyer would.
As protoje said in his previous post, everything you are trying to achieve can be done minus the infantile, knee jerk, outbursts. Just keep stating the facts and calling out the lies, with proof every time you see them. Lift the bar, take the higher ground because if you don't, all you are doing is validating people like Tom AFR in that they know the have cut you enough to lash out in this way. It makes them feel good that you are hurt. They got a rise out of you.
But also if you don't, you are dragging down an entire community in here who might not always post or share stuff, might not even post at all, but they come here to learn from smarter people and to keep an eye on things as they develop. And simply by association these kinds of reactionary posts and let's face it, schoolyard attempts at comedy, they just drag down the tone and the vibe and make all of us, the TSE family, look like a bunch of sore, whinny, bogans.
There's a better way. Let's try and achieve it.
oi what's wrong with bogans?
Nothing,oi what's wrong with bogans?
just kidding i see where you coming from mate, i respectfully disagree and am now back to my photoshoping!![]()
I told the AFR after Tommy's first Boatman-biased article that I'd cancel my subs unless there was a retraction or re-balanced article. There wasn't, so I cancelled them. Last night I reminded AFR why I cancelled, referencing Tommy's latest rubbish. Surely, AFR will have to cut him loose if he continues like this.
I’m not disagreeing with your sentiments DD, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t use the socials to argue with him and make light of his ‘spurious claims’, I’m just saying some of the stuff has been embarrassing to read. There is a way to fight the fight, achieve the same outcome and maintain some integrity.
Yep fuck tommy, don’t defend him
Everytime he sprouts his bullshit he is contributing to further drama and delays to fellow everyday aussies
I couldn't agree with you more on this one protoje.
I mean with the slight bit of positivity emerging around our story now, it seems all of a sudden we are back to publicly calling journos Pieces of Shit, expressing vitriol and contempt on the socials for those that are implicated, photoshopping vile and offensive memes and spreading them and holding photo captioning competitions which are obviously designed for derogatory outcomes.
I think we have to be very careful at this stage. Especially when we already know of two instances where posts like there were lifted directly from this forum and posted on social media in an attempt to signal how vile we may be and how much we hate the Congo lese
We are not out of the woods yet by any stretch. Far from it I would say and anything can happen so I would suggest not doing or posting anything in this forum that can be used against us in any way. Have a bit of decorum. Have a bit of decency and think and do like a lawyer would.
As protoje said in his previous post, everything you are trying to achieve can be done minus the infantile, knee jerk, outbursts. Just keep stating the facts and calling out the lies, with proof every time you see them. Lift the bar, take the higher ground because if you don't, all you are doing is validating people like Tom AFR in that they know the have cut you enough to lash out in this way. It makes them feel good that you are hurt. They got a rise out of you.
But also if you don't, you are dragging down an entire community in here who might not always post or share stuff, might not even post at all, but they come here to learn from smarter people and to keep an eye on things as they develop. And simply by association these kinds of reactionary posts and let's face it, schoolyard attempts at comedy, they just drag down the tone and the vibe and make all of us, the TSE family, look like a bunch of sore, whinny, bogans.
There's a better way. Let's try and achieve it.
I’d say so … you’d think the State would want their shares back due to “looting”So do Zijin have to hand back the 15% or not ? All I'm hearing is it was "SOLD " off too cheaply and money has been misappropriated. That's not Zijin's problem .
So do Zijin have to hand back the 15% or not ? All I'm hearing is it was "SOLD " off too cheaply and money has been misappropriated. That's not Zijin's problem .
Who the phuck knows mate. According to some they already did!So do Zijin have to hand back the 15% or not ? All I'm hearing is it was "SOLD " off too cheaply and money has been misappropriated. That's not Zijin's problem .
I agree. If a "journalist" posts poorly researched, agenda driven nonsense they should be ridiculed openly.oi what's wrong with bogans?
just kidding i see where you coming from mate, i respectfully disagree and am now back to my photoshoping!![]()
Yes of course Nells. You are right. Let's see what next week bring shall we? And the week after that. And then the week after that too. Oh and then the WEEK AFTER THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT FUCKING WEEK!!! AND THE COCK SUCKING WEEK AFTER THAT PREVIOUS WEEK!!!! OH NO WAIT, HOLD UP, WHATS THAT? IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER WEEK? YOU"RE SHITTING ME RIGHT? SHOULD WE WAIT JUST ONE MORE WEEK AND SEE WHAT IT BRINGS? On and on it fucking goes. FAAAAARRRKK me dead.
wait another week, you fucking....
Signature of the partnership contract between the DRC and the United Arab Emirates to fight against mining fraud in the artisanal exploitation of 3T minerals and gold, under the supervision of Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde - https://primature.gouv.cd/2022/12/12/sig
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Signature of the partnership contract between the DRC and the United Arab Emirates to fight against mining fraud in the artisanal exploitation of 3T minerals and gold, under the supervision of Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde - https://primature.gouv.cd/2022/12/12/sig
haha this is fucked up, mostlikely they got her to sign a ' I WILL NOT STEAL FROM THE PEOPLE ANYMORE ' doco......