Originally Posted by Venetian:
“And I would expect so. There are times when Steve should remain silent, he just relishes nastiness on occasions, why does he think it is interesting? I know you can't answer that Paul but it's not good broadcasting as far as I am concerned.”
It's interesting I suppose in the same way as you used to get the gossip pages in the paper who had some dirt about someone which they knew they'd probably get sued for if they ran the whole story
So they'd said for example which supposedly straight 35 year old soap star was seen on the town with a lad who only looked 15 !!
Obviously that's not a real scenario but you get the idea
That kind of thing is still alive and well even on DS
There's a thread in entertainment called
100% ALLEGED showbiz blind items and gossip
It's full of that kind of thing
It works by virtue of the fact that people INFER stuff
Sadly some people are gormless enough to think that if they go down that route it leaves them Scot free if something they posted went to court ..it doesn't .. Steve said exactly enough so as not to cross that boundary
You ARE right it's not good broadcasting in the same way as its not good journalism but it sells papers