THERE BE MONSTERS AMONG US

My own opinion of how my son's GCSEs were affected by click bait hungry Journalists and their 3 week Witch Hunt. Who thinks of the families when shit gets slung?

Despite trauma that not many people will ever experience. - (and I’m not saying there is not a lot worse in the world but this is my/our lived experience) - Good news!! My son last summer did well in his GCSEs and I couldn’t be prouder.

But he could have done better. I know he could.

That’s not me being a unsatisfied Dad.

He could have, but I know why he didn’t.

His life. He whole life was forever altered. Affected by people who he’ll never meet. For clicks and clout.

And it made me think, does anyone think about the families when they slaughter someone else? I’m curious. Because -

- when you’re in with the mob baying for someones blood.

when you “appreciate a precision take down”

Or you’re yearning for a person to be canceled and have their lives destroyed so you can be a hero and stand up for people you don’t know or may know, because THEY MUST be believed, just because they said it. And no matter what it must be true, because It fits the narrative of a person you dislike for whatever reason, and that person it was all said about must be removed from the fucking world now, before questions are asked, motives are revealed. Or before we even know their full guilt or innocence, or even if it’s criminal because they might strike again soon.

When you “try (but fail) hard not to be cruel, but you’d be lying if you said you didn’t enjoy watching someone you’ve formed a negative opinion about, despite having never met them in real life, get roasted by an internet horde. while you’re in the bear pit, eating nuts, enjoying the show.”

- When people are doing that.

Do they ever stop and think about their families? Their Parents? Their Little Children? Or does that not matter because they’re scum. You know they are. They must be. You were told by so many pure hearted, well intentioned others 😂, and so the family of any accused just has to deal with it?

Just a question.

My oldest son got his GCSE results at the end of last summer and the boy did good. He’s got three times the amount of GCSEs that I have and more A’s and B’s than an episode of sesame street.

But damn this kids been through a lot. After Sirin Kale and Lucy Osbourne’s in depth honest, unbiased and factual 3 week investigation. 😂

The kids life was changed forever, when his Dad went from movie/TV actor and 2x BAFTA winner to pariah overnight and had his life, his family and consequently the kids lives shattered. (Not that anyone gives a damn but for context.)

My Son -

- Was whipped out of School with minutes notice. We had to get away. We knew, and we were right that the press and paparazzi would be outside our door and they were for over 4 weeks. We called the schools and picked them up halfway through the day and just went.

When we were back. The same press protecting women hounded and followed my wife, to the point she had to report them to the police. (we have ring doorbell footage and crime numbers) I guess that’s okay because she’s not a woman worth protecting like their sources.

- My Son (and his brothers) had his life upended and he missed 6 weeks of school. 6 W E E K S. Knowing what he’d have to face when he went back.

- My Son had to see his Dad labelled as Public enemy number one on a world wide scale by the very industry he has loved and poured his heart and soul into.

- My Son had to see his mum’s face plastered all over the papers as well. And for what?

- My Son had his birthday 2 weeks after it all happened. Away from home in a hideaway, with no real gifts, no friends and parents who were not there mentally. although we tried to make it normal.

- When my Son finally went back to school he was on watch. We all know what other kids can be like.

- My Son had to start counselling and resilience sessions to cope.

- My Son had to watch his next brother down go through the same thing as him, including having his birthday alone too.

- My Son had to hear about his parents nearly losing the unborn child they had due to stress and complications, and then having the baby in secret. Having to keep it a secret for months as press were still hounding me and trying to get a photos of us.

- My Son missed out on various school trips and activities that year, and of course there were things he just wasn’t invited to due to his father being this “monster”.

- My Son’s had to watch his Dad and Mum suffer themselves due to everything that’s happened. Not seeing family as much and losing reams of freinds.

And all of this has happened to my Son when he hasn’t done a damn thing. Whether I was really Guilty or not. Why did my Son deserve that?

Collateral damage is fine is it? Where is the duty of care? for my wife? my kids?

What is the agenda really, when a alledeged proffessional Journalist like Kale says “Yeah! Justice” and “Fuck it, let’s do it.”

Or does that just not matter?

Let’s assume everything was real. (Let’s play that game) Why was my wife plastered all over the place? What the fuck does it have to do with her? She’s not even and actor or anything so if anything she would be a victim too right? Why did some (Not all) put pics of the kids up? How is that fair?

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I’m starting to wonder if in general journalists only care about things like that when it’s happening to them? because believe you me. When the print MSM get their REAL industry moment and their skeletons come out. It’s going to be epically rough, and their bosses and financiers will cut them off and move on like it didn’t happen and still publish the next day.

Especially with this new legislation coming in.

Coming into force on 26 October 2024 with the introduction of the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (“Amendment Act”).

https://tinyurl.com/yck2dcmw

Which means that employers have to PREVENT things like bullying and harassment happening or can be held liable for it.

And with what an abundance of Journalists have told me in the last 4 years, allegedly the Guardian is not exactly above reproach when it comes to this. Even with their own staff that don’t agree with them.

It’s happening for a reason

Moore - https://unherd.com/2020/12/why-i-had-to-leave-the-guardian-2/

Freeman - https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/hadley-freeman-leaves-guardian-sunday-times/

Ditum - https://freespeechunion.org/guardian-writer-boycotts-newspaper-for-airbrushing-biological-sex-in-report-on-transgender-murderer/

And of course let’s not forget one their very own team although they’ve pushed it to the Observer - Nick Cohen.

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/observer-guardian-nick-cohen-apology/

All very nice of them to apologise but did they also pay him off and agree not to talk anymore about it while smashing other peoples lives?? Is the below true or just hearsay?

And he’s not isolated. The paragons of Puritan virtue (love that phrase) don’t want you to hear about this one they’ve kept nice and quiet. You think they’d do a story about celebrating catching someone in house. Instead the online versions of this from other papers have mostly disappeared.

At least there is no way they could have known about this. It’s not like one of their journalists could have allegedly been told ages ago but refused to act on it because the Chulov was a Guardian Journalist.

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/martin-chulov-byline-page-deleted-by-guardian-after-exit-from-title/

And this is the paper that protects women?

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I’ll be honest. It’s dangerous times. I don’t Envy Employers having to see things before they happen. It all sounds a bit Minority report, and I can see a lot of things going wrong for a lot of people. but it will be what it will be.

The real problem is a lot of journalists now believe they are untouchable (not physically, there is no threat here so don’t try that. I know you’re reading) but just that they are protected (and they are) That they can say what they like and are beyond being questioned, that it doesn’t matter if they make errors or were fundamentally wrong because nobody can ever come for them. So they push, and deceive, and Bully, and embellish, and manipulate, and coerce, and lie, and fabricate, and conspire, and kill (or at least are responsible for people dying like Caroline Flack) to get that story and nobody can pull them up on it, because very few people have the means to do that.

I’ve learnt a lot more than I wanted to the last few years about all this, and it’s all very interesting.

Truth is most papers now just want to keep their heads above water, because, for every paper you read. There are 5 competitors in print or online, just, baying, praying, wishing and waiting to take them down. And with many reasons to do so. It’s all about timing. isn’t it guys?

“People in Glass houses” and all that.

Anyway. Back on track from that tangent.

The positive of it all is. My son pushes on.

My son went through all of that, is still going through it, and although it’s clear that he’s affected by his slight changes in personality, he pushes on. He tries to get past it so he can go back to having a semblance of normality in life that they affected so badly.

My Son worked hard, focused and tried to shut out the noise by staying home a lot. He’s getting a bit more social now and done incredibly well despite the nightmares.

Despite the difficulties.

Despite the trauma.

Despite the monsters.

Because there are monsters among us but I’m sure as hell not one of them.

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"There is no peace for those who are evil," says the Lord

Isaiah - 48:22

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