Farage gets away with more. Polanski still gets deserved scrutiny, that’s the media’s job.
Spamgrenade on
Should take a leaf out of Farages book and simply vanish for a few weeks at any sign of a problem. Always seems to make the media lose interest very quickly.
I’m not sure why he has to insist on on this. It’s clear as day. Media hates him and wants everyone else to hate him too.
Why ever could that be? Such a puzzle. Probably nothing to do with the owners. Ridiculous idea.
LeagueHot2171 on
well, just promise fat contracts to billionaires when you are in power and the media will do less digging. easy!
Vivid--Syrup on
Ok?
Its true though
The media spent a huge amount of time talking about the evils of him maybe owing council tax on a canal boat, brushing past and ignoring the fact that the council in question also wasn’t sure if tax was due since they hadn’t been collecting council tax from canal boats at all for years
Then briefly mentioned farage taking £5m skipping past the fact it’s an illegal bribe and he had been blatantly lieing about it
ReligiousGhoul on
How wonderful, two full of shit populists who are gunning for no. 10
Whataboutism turned up to 11 and refusal to take accountability, just want you want to see.
One receiving dodgy donations, another “forgettting” he had to pay tax for three years and thinks pointing a finger at the other will get him out of it.
AgeOfCardiff on
He’s right. He certainly gets more scrutiny than Starmer or Farage on /r/ukpolitics too.
RoadToHerald on
Ask yourself if Polanski’s reported controversies are as equally severe as Farage’s. If you believe they are, then his statement is correct.
It is not about being scrutinised. Being scrutinised isn’t the problem. At a certain point it becomes a question of coverage and intensity.
blue_rizla on
Why is every response saying “well he should be scrutinised”?
Can none of you read or are you just pretending to not understand?
Usually the problem is people on Reddit just reading the headline and not the story (which btw quotes Polanski as saying “it’s right that I’m scrutinised. It’s right that I’m asked questions”) and then commenting on what they’re guessing the story is. But this one is right there in the headline and people are *still* not using their brains and getting angry about something they’ve invented in their head. Christ people
No-Attitude4539 on
Farage has had decades of bad press, he was getting pressed by the media before Dave was even called Zack.
Rincethis on
Imagine if he had to explain how a crypto bro living in another country ‘gifted’ him £5m pounds? he’d be buried by now
quaxo_was_taken on
“It’s right that I’m scrutinised, it’s right that I’m asked questions. But the disproportionality at which I am scrutinised, and a council tax bill, for instance, that it still turns out I might not even owe, has been scrutinised, compared to the £5 million [donation to] Nigel Farage.”
I do not see how you can disagree with this. All politicians should be scrutinised equally.
I’m a firm left voter, though if a party of the right as a good policy in their manifesto, I’ll willing back it. I will also happily scrutinies left leaning politicians. I believe in equality through and through, and that applies to all forms of media scrutiny.
jajay119 on
Everyone gets more media scrutiny than Farage. It helps when your right wing mates control the media, of course.
NoTitleChamp on
Unfortunately he’s right. If the media gave half as much scrutiny to Farage Reform wouldn’t even exist.
ash_ninetyone on
He’s not entirely wrong but I’d more argue that he gets far more consequences from that scrutiny.
That council tax bill on his property has damaged him more than the £5m Nige got off a crypto-bro, or the stamp tax dodginess with his missus.
Smooth_Maul on
“Trees found in forest” lmao no shit the British tabloids are jumping down his throat, he’s a left leaning politician, they do it every fucking time one of them gets popular.
Quiet-Math-7841 on
Not a fan of polalnski or the greens but this is 100% true, the amount of coverage he gets compared to traitor farage is insane.
JamesFaisBenJoshDora on
If Zack did what Nigel did, he would get absolutely slaughtered.
shadrac72 on
He does. Farage gets a free pass, despite being a complete cunt.
Sad-Rent-9633 on
Hes right but its because he naturally sets higher standards for himself being a left wing leader.
A racist comment for example gets more clicks and is more newsworthy if it comes from the side it isn’t expected to come from.
Interesting-Bend-705 on
Well yeah, obviously.
Farage will only help the billionaires who run the mainstream media.
Polanski will make them instead do unbelieveably evil and cruel things like pay more in tax than a 20-year old McDonalds worker.
BraveClassroom9 on
I mean he is right, a £5 million pound undeclared donation to farage got the same coverage as polanskis couple of thousand pound tax dodge, obviously both are bad and should be reported on but one is clearly worse than the other.
waterswims on
I gotta be honest I don’t think the die hard fans of either are put off by the negative reports. I just think there are more die hard reform fans.
wkavinsky on
He does.
My wrinkly left scrotum gets more media coverage than Bad-Enoch and Farage do, as a relative comparison.
CurtisInCamden on
Polanski’s entry into the history books will be his enabling Farage to win the next election.
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Farage gets away with more. Polanski still gets deserved scrutiny, that’s the media’s job.
Should take a leaf out of Farages book and simply vanish for a few weeks at any sign of a problem. Always seems to make the media lose interest very quickly.
I don’t see how he is wrong here, [Farage got £5 million in dodgy crypto donations](https://www.google.com/search?q=farage+5+million+gift) and you only get left-of-center or the BBC reporting on it. Search up [“Polanski council tax”](https://www.google.com/search?q=polanski+council+tax) or [“Polanski red cross](https://www.google.com/search?q=polanski+red+cross) and you get headlines from virtually every mainstream newspaper under the sun. It’s complete night and day in terms of coverage and cut through, especially considering the severity of the £5 million donation.
I’m not sure why he has to insist on on this. It’s clear as day. Media hates him and wants everyone else to hate him too.
Why ever could that be? Such a puzzle. Probably nothing to do with the owners. Ridiculous idea.
well, just promise fat contracts to billionaires when you are in power and the media will do less digging. easy!
Ok?
Its true though
The media spent a huge amount of time talking about the evils of him maybe owing council tax on a canal boat, brushing past and ignoring the fact that the council in question also wasn’t sure if tax was due since they hadn’t been collecting council tax from canal boats at all for years
Then briefly mentioned farage taking £5m skipping past the fact it’s an illegal bribe and he had been blatantly lieing about it
How wonderful, two full of shit populists who are gunning for no. 10
Whataboutism turned up to 11 and refusal to take accountability, just want you want to see.
One receiving dodgy donations, another “forgettting” he had to pay tax for three years and thinks pointing a finger at the other will get him out of it.
He’s right. He certainly gets more scrutiny than Starmer or Farage on /r/ukpolitics too.
Ask yourself if Polanski’s reported controversies are as equally severe as Farage’s. If you believe they are, then his statement is correct.
It is not about being scrutinised. Being scrutinised isn’t the problem. At a certain point it becomes a question of coverage and intensity.
Why is every response saying “well he should be scrutinised”?
Can none of you read or are you just pretending to not understand?
Usually the problem is people on Reddit just reading the headline and not the story (which btw quotes Polanski as saying “it’s right that I’m scrutinised. It’s right that I’m asked questions”) and then commenting on what they’re guessing the story is. But this one is right there in the headline and people are *still* not using their brains and getting angry about something they’ve invented in their head. Christ people
Farage has had decades of bad press, he was getting pressed by the media before Dave was even called Zack.
Imagine if he had to explain how a crypto bro living in another country ‘gifted’ him £5m pounds? he’d be buried by now
“It’s right that I’m scrutinised, it’s right that I’m asked questions. But the disproportionality at which I am scrutinised, and a council tax bill, for instance, that it still turns out I might not even owe, has been scrutinised, compared to the £5 million [donation to] Nigel Farage.”
I do not see how you can disagree with this. All politicians should be scrutinised equally.
I’m a firm left voter, though if a party of the right as a good policy in their manifesto, I’ll willing back it. I will also happily scrutinies left leaning politicians. I believe in equality through and through, and that applies to all forms of media scrutiny.
Everyone gets more media scrutiny than Farage. It helps when your right wing mates control the media, of course.
Unfortunately he’s right. If the media gave half as much scrutiny to Farage Reform wouldn’t even exist.
He’s not entirely wrong but I’d more argue that he gets far more consequences from that scrutiny.
That council tax bill on his property has damaged him more than the £5m Nige got off a crypto-bro, or the stamp tax dodginess with his missus.
“Trees found in forest” lmao no shit the British tabloids are jumping down his throat, he’s a left leaning politician, they do it every fucking time one of them gets popular.
Not a fan of polalnski or the greens but this is 100% true, the amount of coverage he gets compared to traitor farage is insane.
If Zack did what Nigel did, he would get absolutely slaughtered.
He does. Farage gets a free pass, despite being a complete cunt.
Hes right but its because he naturally sets higher standards for himself being a left wing leader.
A racist comment for example gets more clicks and is more newsworthy if it comes from the side it isn’t expected to come from.
Well yeah, obviously.
Farage will only help the billionaires who run the mainstream media.
Polanski will make them instead do unbelieveably evil and cruel things like pay more in tax than a 20-year old McDonalds worker.
I mean he is right, a £5 million pound undeclared donation to farage got the same coverage as polanskis couple of thousand pound tax dodge, obviously both are bad and should be reported on but one is clearly worse than the other.
I gotta be honest I don’t think the die hard fans of either are put off by the negative reports. I just think there are more die hard reform fans.
He does.
My wrinkly left scrotum gets more media coverage than Bad-Enoch and Farage do, as a relative comparison.
Polanski’s entry into the history books will be his enabling Farage to win the next election.