The New York Times is again being criticised again, this time for its reporting of the London attack. Authors such as JK Rowling and Robert Harris among the notables taking to twitter.
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I live in Barking 
Yh I agree that those ppl need to be much better educated in general.
Nothing wrong with the NYTimes headline.
The UK was shook after the Manchester suicide bomber blew himself up next to victims which included a 8 year old girl and many teenagers.
That attack shook us and the last time a lot of people felt that way was on 7/7.
I hope they never release the names of the people who committed the attacks. They don't deserve the notoriety. I still flinch whenever I see any mention/picture of the cnut who was responsible for what happened in Manchester.
I know that there's a public desire for rubbernecking when something like this happens, but it's for the greater good not to sensationalise the individuals doing these things.
I know that there's a public desire for rubbernecking when something like this happens, but it's for the greater good not to sensationalise the individuals doing these things.
I am on my way to the testimonial. I won't lie I am a bit nervous after last night.
That's not going to happen. Also, I think the public have a right to know who they are, and we can't treat these guys any different to any other criminals. The reality is that IS (or whoever) will sensationalise this for their own means, the general public are not going to think any differently just because their names are released.
My heart goes out to those affected, yet again. I'm an open minded person, and I don't believe whatsoever that these horrible cnuts are representing the Islamic people or their religion as a whole, but something needs to be done. People who have known links to terrorism are the ones who are doing it. We simply can't take the risk.
Identifying potential terrorists should be our number 1 priority. Rather than just being on a watch list, we need to investigate them thoroughly and promptly and act before they do. There's even known hate preachers out there who are radicalising these young people, just fecking remove them.
The emergency police and ambulance services have been top notch, but now it's up to the people at the top to act. It's getting worse and worse, the attacks are happening more frequently and Europe has it's pants down.
Identifying potential terrorists should be our number 1 priority. Rather than just being on a watch list, we need to investigate them thoroughly and promptly and act before they do. There's even known hate preachers out there who are radicalising these young people, just fecking remove them.
The emergency police and ambulance services have been top notch, but now it's up to the people at the top to act. It's getting worse and worse, the attacks are happening more frequently and Europe has it's pants down.
I heard on BBC radio that there is a "ring of steel" around both OT and the cricket ground.
Sickened that people are using this to score political points already.
Theresa May is vile.
My heart goes out to the people involved in this attack and their families.
That former Police guy? Was a shocker
It's what politicians do. Also have, always will
I know all about SAS, good they were there.
What about the finances, is the police and special forces financed enough?
That's good news on yet another bad morning/afternoon.
Yeah, true but I meant in the sense if a regular police officer sees these guys wielding knives that he can react quickly.
@Classical Mechanic, thanks for the link.
Yes, him, Peter Kirkham I think his name was.
Same here. Best wishes to him and all the other people injured. Condolences to the families and friends of the deceased.
I don´t get this view. What political points do you score? The people vote. If they think you exploit this situation, have a poor character or don´t share your view, they are free to vote accordingly. At the same time if the majority of people vote for a person that wants to take a hardline stance against terrorism, that means the majority of people share this position. Did they order the three terrorist attacks as a campaign strategy? I don´t think so. So these are real events that occur in the current socio-economic-policial system.
Are we not supposed to talk about it, sweep it under the rug and hope the problem just goes away. That does not seem to work very well either.
The concert should have been cancelled. A lot of resources are being sent from other north west police forces to this event meaning there is a lack of manpower in many areas today.
They can just detonate at the point of the ring though as people are still forced into an area and a suicide bomber can just run up to them/the ring of steel and kill civilians and armed police, it's a no-win game once we're at the point of complete radicalisation.
What's happening there? @Raees ?
Is that where the police were raiding an Apartment block?
Or you get an officer faced with taking out three men in a chaotic crowd situation who is bricking himself and panicking.
Scoring cheap political points the day after just doesn't sit well with me. It's fine with you, and you're entitled to your opinion.
Not in my opinion no. Both our police and military are underfunded and undermanned
Yep, saw the piece in the Tel too. Still remember him turning up at a Credit Suisse event at an underground venue in sunglasses and wearing a mobile phone shoulder holster. Odd chap, but good heart. Get well soon.
It'll be where one of the suspects lives or where his family/friends live.
Police have arrested 5 in that area.
Good to hear, man. Must have shaken them up a bit surely?
Look man, again, I'm not voting Tory this time (frankly, I'm pretty fecking disillusioned with the options on both sides)
...but isn't the chorus of "Theresa May is vile, this is all the Tories fault, vote Corbyn" the exact kind of political point scoring we're talking about here?
I mean, fair enough if you don't like her or anything she stands for, but to make a statement this morning is pretty standard for a PM.
Not all Germans were Nazi's either, but this didn't stop people saying "feck all Germans" back in the day.
My point is that people aren't going to be thinking straight at the moment. People are being blown up and hacked to death on our streets and emotions are running high. Now is not the time to be condemning irrational comments imo.
That's a jaw dropping interview. Kudos to that man for telling the truth (assuming he is correct)
That's Kay Burley.Is that Kay Burley asking the questions?
Yeah they weren't far away at all from it all. Ten minutes either side and, well.
Yeah, I read it as a standard statement. The general election thread should just be renamed the Labour thread tbh. We need TBGB back for balance.