Craig Thomson

Just worked out why his wife and ex are supposedly standing by him... it's because he pays the girls so well (but with other peoples money!). ;-)

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

This is an interesting slant on it. Don't agree with it all, but he makes some interesting points: Craig Thomson sentenced and immediately appeals

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Dear lord and heaven help us all. Well I guess someone was bound to create a side with the poor Mr Thomson at some point. Unbelievable.

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

Bugger my English!! I was under the impression that NOT Lying to parliament was crime.

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:Rolling::Rolling: I love it!!!:Rolling::Rolling:

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I think imprisonment would mean the loss of your seat in parliament.

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It does, but CT has already lost his seat via the ballot box.

The hide of the man for even standing for re-election! :mad:

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Originally Posted by ugu80

He is free on bail pending an appeal against the severity of his :eek2: sentence.

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David Rowe have the knack to describe the situation well :D

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Originally Posted by DT-P38

Dear lord and heaven help us all. Well I guess someone was bound to create a side with the poor Mr Thomson at some point. Unbelievable.

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The Independent Australian - not exactly one of the shining lights of unbiased fact-base investigative journalism..

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Originally Posted by Pinelli

The Independent Australian - not exactly one of the shining lights of unbiased fact-base investigative journalism..

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That's true, and I don't agree with it all, but it was the first story I have seen discuss the way the charges against Thompson were changed during the trial and that may provide the grounds for a successful appeal, so that's interestng information. There will be a lot of astonished people if Thompson wins his appeal because the prosecution was bungled.

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For a while it looked like the first time ever a Labour Party MP could be proven to have been able to organise a f*ck in a brothel.
However, sadly, it seems he is even denying that as he claims to have only 'talked' with the escorts.

The problem is that it appears lazy journos. have not properly reported the court case, leaving the public unaware of many facts.
The same thing happened in the Ashby vs Slipper case, and people were astonished when an impartial judge threw out the case against Slipper as a political conspiracy and an abuse of court, because people had only been fed one-sided journalism.
I did a lot of court reporting in another life, so I know how this works. Many journos are not properly trained in court reporting and just turn up, grab an easy quote, stitch up a superficial story and go away. Comprehensive and balanced court reporting takes a lot of hard work, but editors just want a quick fill and move on. The result is the real story doesn't get reported.
If the Thompson trial has been bungled, as the IA report claims, then this will become another example of biased and sensationalist journalism keeping the public in the dark.
None of that is about whether Thompson is guilty or innocent, its about the media not doing its job properly.


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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The problem is that it appears lazy journos. have not properly reported the court case, leaving the public unaware of many facts.
The same thing happened in the Ashby vs Slipper case, and people were astonished when an impartial judge threw out the case against Slipper as a political conspiracy and an abuse of court, because people had only been fed one-sided journalism.
I did a lot of court reporting in another life, so I know how this works. Many journos are not properly trained in court reporting and just turn up, grab an easy quote, stitch up a superficial story and go away. Comprehensive and balanced court reporting takes a lot of hard work, but editors just want a quick fill and move on. The result is the real story doesn't get reported.
If the Thompson trial has been bungled, as the IA report claims, then this will become another example of biased and sensationalist journalism keeping the public in the dark.
None of that is about whether Thompson is guilty or innocent, its about the media not doing its job properly.


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To add to his, last year I spent 8 days in the supreme court for a friends manslaughter trial. On the first day I was sitting next to two people who were taking down notes.

I asked them if they were reporters and yes one was with the Shepp News and the other Win TV.

On every day when we went to lunch, the reporters never returned for the afternoon session, yet that night Win news would report the days court proceedings, and the paper did the same next morning.

Any one not in court would never have known that it was only the morning session being reported.