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News Paul Kent incidents - domestic abuse charges dismissed, street fight

SLRBRONCOS

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He at least needs to be a different person out of this - be a voice for change in the media - tell his story about how he felt like he was fighting against what felt like a presumption of guilt because of media coverage.
This made me smile. I'm hoping the post was tongue in cheek.

Paul Kent and all the hacks at FOX , Sky and any other crap Murdoch owns have no soul. They have no conscience. They arent journalists , they dont believe the lies they spread, they just make shit up. That's the job, spread fear, lies and get those clicks - the end.
 

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This made me smile. I'm hoping the post was tongue in cheek.

Paul Kent and all the hacks at FOX , Sky and any other crap Murdoch owns have no soul. They have no conscience. They arent journalists , they dont believe the lies they spread, they just make shit up. That's the job, spread fear, lies and get those clicks - the end.
This is the problem, the journos are targetted on clicks nowadays - and the general public has a thirst for negativity and outrage.
So if you’re a trained journo and you want to make a living from that profession, you’ve no real option but to fall into click bait line.
There are some journos out there whose morals/integrity/preferences have stopped them going down that career route, but they ultimately end up having to choose a different path for earnings. Steve Mascord (love or hate him) is one who springs to mind, real passion for the game, used to enjoy talking the game up, but there’s not a high paying market for that.
 

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If it is the case that this women gets the protection of some restriction against naming her then I think that’s a new development in these matters. Like all courts they are going down the track of bat shit lunacy with regards the holier than thou gender so it could well be the case.
But for example Semi’s ex was named.
 
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If it is the case that this women gets the protection of some restriction against naming her then I think that’s a new development in these matters. Like all courts they are going down the track of bat shit lunacy with regards the holier than thou gender so it could well be the case.
But for example Semi’s ex was named.

The one thing people seem to forget, a verdict of not guilty does not mean that the alleged perpetrator is necessarily innocent. It means that the case against them was not proven "beyond a reasonable doubt". Based on the reporting of the verdict, the magistrate said some of the alleged victim's evidence was inconclusive or not credible. That does not necessarily mean what was said was a lie.

In matters like this, the statutu8es which establish how these cases have to be dealt with, and the practices around them, are to ensure that anyone who alleges such crimes are not retaliated against as that would have a net effect of persuading people who may have been victims of similar events to not come forward to report what happened to them. This is well know to be one of the biggest reasons why people who are subject to sexual abuse/assault often do not report it, or wait a long time before they do.
 

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If it is the case that this women gets the protection of some restriction against naming her then I think that’s a new development in these matters. Like all courts they are going down the track of bat shit lunacy with regards the holier than thou gender so it could well be the case.
But for example Semi’s ex was named.
She is named and pictured in the article linked on post 414. https://www.news.com.au/sport/wine-...d/news-story/fd299fc33a3adcfd1409270e35059ae4 Her name is Lucinda Kennedy it's there in black and white
 
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Surely he can’t be some moral crusader now. What ounce of credibility he had previously has evaporated. He will need to change his style.

He won’t, he’ll come out with some almighty rant about “woke” people trying to bring him down but that he’s going to continue “calling it as he sees it” in his faux tough guy voice.

He’ll play the victim and the bogans will love him for it. On ya Kenty.
 

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