I felt sorry for Liz
iMatt_101
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Now I'm not saying that I think Liz is exactly the best of people, I disagree with things she's done. But during the confrontation about journalism I felt quite sorry for her. It looked as if some of the other housemates had pinpointed her in a bad light just because she's a journalist. But I understood what she was saying about the controversial writing. Obviously she's only going to write about things she believes in and things that can sell, so she doesn't really have a choice other than to write controversially. Jim and Lionel and stuff were acting as if she goes out of her way to hurt others.
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1. I don't think she's a good representative of journalism. What she (and Sam Brick) do isn't the kind of journalism I have a huge amount of respect for. We'd be fairly shagged as a society if we didn't have journalism to hold those with money, power and influence to account. But there are different shades - and hers isn't a soothing one.
2. Journalists shouldn't be considered celebrities in this context. I know some of them obviously are (TV current affairs journalists etc.) but I think it's like taking the 'hurlers on the ditch' and putting them on the pitch and expecting them to play the match. I hope that translates for UK viewers.
Davidson has had bad press at the hands of journalists ,of course Liz is gonna be quizzed a bit
She's a bag of self pity and society's to blame.
I think she is old enough to take some sort of responsibility for her personal happiness.
I didn't feel sorry for her, she's not daft, she knows journos are not popular, not with Jim and Lionel that's for sure, but as they get to know her, perhaps they will warm to her... 'a bit' !
I agree with that.
He's had bad journalism in response to his terrible behaviour/opinions/attitude...
If she does write articles having random pops at celebrities then can anyone give some examples of these?
And false allegations;-)
The list is long and they are all there in their glory on the DM website. Rhianna, Clare Balding, Holly Willouby to name a handful. Then there is the dreadful Jo Yeates article, her rants at single mothers, meat eaters, shop assistants, bus drivers, tradesmen, etc. Then we have her current 'squeeze' whose ex she keeps dragging into her diary to have a pop at for no reason other than she is his ex.
Plenty there to start with if you want to search the Mail Online. Or, if you head down to the Showbiz forum, you'll find a thread on her which is years old, still running and current, where all these will appear chronologically
Yes - they made valid points.
That's what I thought - she's the perfect choice for the rest to pack against, even though some of them have probably enjoyed reading 'the dirt' on other people or even been party to getting nonsense about themselves in the rags.
Hating drugs is one thing. Being openly vocal about an individual is another. Her 'journalism' is very personal, critical and often hurtful to individuals.
Hates drugs? Well there is this tale about a Halloween party, and a missing Mumsnet thread........ :cool:
(all down in Showbiz)
But surely as a columnist that's her job - have a "controversial" opinion to sell newspapers
I don't remember any of them saying anything negative about any of the negative things the others had done. Also, if Lionel couldn't help throwing an insult her way, it would have been nice if he'd evened it out a little with a simple "but I do think it was good that you highlighted the impact celebrities are having on drug culture amongst young people".
She's not just controversial - she's downright nasty. Take her spat with Holly Willoughby and her "oh but I said she was a goddess" in tonight's programme. She fails to mention that when she wrote an article about a previous appearance when she was spouting that women only have babies to get a year off work she said that she wasn't sure whether or not Holly was either pregnant or had just given birth (neither was the case - she was just being bitchy).
And I bet her poor maligned family (especially sister Sue) are cheering at the television screen!
Liz Jones is a poor actress and a failed journalist, who has run out of lines. She frequently admits to doing anything to have a newspaper column, including getting married so she "could write a column" about it.
Read her appalling DM articles before you waste your energy feeling sorry for her.
And as for her "deafness" it is very selective. She says she won't wear a hearing aid but can hear sharp intakes of breathe on her mobile phone. And in the CBB diary room Either it's a medical miracle or as is more likely, she is lying. Again.