Jack Monroe #366 The campaigner Jack Monroe was particularly unwise to pursue this course of action

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I think that’s a fair response from the BBC. You’re never likely to get a less diplomatic response than that, wouldn’t expect there to be
 
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Hello Canal!
I am a VERY long time lurker who has finally taken the plunge and signed up - mainly so I can share with you this little gem that I've just found on the Daily Mail website... Clearly unrinsed, but, new recipe ideas...?

Sorry.

Can I also add how brilliantly hilarious you are on here - I have snorted tea through my nose (nothing else, cheeky!) on many an occasion whilst grunking, and had to explain it away to Mr. T. as, 'I've just read a funny tweet...' as he hates Tattle and loves Jack Monroe.

Keep up the Stirling work my lovelies! As you were.


 
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The thing is, there isn’t ultimately any one thing - no pedestal - from which JM can tumble. It’s not like despite the suspicion of dishonesty she’s risen to the very top of her career, and a big reveal would get her rightfully removed. She’s just kind of placed herself into a cultural niche, and cleverly done so in a way that leaves her kind of untouchable. So blogs and tweet threads etc can only succeed to the extent that those who are open to changing their minds may well do so if they see enough evidence. There’ll be no sacking from a regular slot, no show not being renewed, no column being cancelled. It’ll just be a barely perceptible drying up of media opportunities as the right people see it. And if the patreon and PayPal ends up still being donated to by idiots who consider themselves fans despite all the evidence, that’s up to them

I like the way it says Jack is a 'poverty campaigner' rather than 'anti-poverty campaigner' really makes you think...
as Christopher Hitchens said of Mother Theresa; “she loves poverty, not the poor”
 
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I’ve only got this far, so may have been commented on, but she’s constantly moving and shifting things around. I guess he’s had the ‘bubble buddy’ bed and room?
 
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I’m hoping for one from the charity commission or the ICO
 
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Christ..

ETA.. I'm not 'Christing' you, Triangulation Station!
 
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To be fair to the AM threads, I've spoken to friends about JM's suspect behaviour in the past and they've pooh-poohed it as gossip and nonsense. They also wouldn't come and look here as Tattle is painted as (rightly or wrongly depending on who you speak to and which threads you submerge yourself in) a nasty troll site. The AM thread is another avenue, and quite possibly, regarded as a more reputable platform. I really don't want to talk Tattle down but I know from experience that some people will flat-out refuse to even look over here. I think the AM profile needs to keep up the calm, factual drip-feeding aswell as the potential in-depth written piece. I'd imagine it's very difficult to find a balance between looking like a *hater* and sharing discrepancies because of genuine concerns.

The only real problem I see with the recent Twitter activity is the number of new accounts that have been created purely to comment on or about JM. THEY pose more of a distraction and are easily labelled as trolls, in my opinion.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
 
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The tide is definitely changing. The social media engagement is falling through the floor. Guardian seem to have gone off her. Alienated the whole celeb chef community. Only getting scraps of TV work. She's burnt more bridges than the Germans rolling up on St Petersburg in 1942.
 
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I think people are getting too excited about Molly’s blog and expecting some ‘Jack was on the grassy knoll’ type revelation, when she’s prob just going to condense everything from places like here.
I think posters here forget how truly shocking most people will find Mollys posts.
The threads have, using her own words, shown Monroe to be a liar. Even the most devoted of her fans no longer deny it.
The blog appears to be moving one step further. It seems to be pulling everything together and pointing out troubling inconsistencies and a very real lack of transparency. Putting it all in one place will be a hugely, hugely powerful thing.
Tattle has always been the smoking gun and Monroe has always known that but everything here is scattered and punctuated with long discussions about Walruses. There’s too much white noise. Molly is distilling everything into a coherent narrative.
We are the grassy knoll
 
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When the landlord tried to hike the rent of the body shops head office they upped and moved in 6 weeks, and that included actually finding somewhere and getting the infrastructure set up.
 
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I am actually dreading Jack discovering aspics. I think I'd have to have a sabbatical from the canal as I have a slight phobia of jelly.
 
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I think people are getting too excited about Molly’s blog and expecting some ‘Jack was on the grassy knoll’ type revelation, when she’s prob just going to condense everything from places like here.
What with the miasma of absolute shite she comes out with on a daily basis, Jack’s less grassy knoll, more gassy hole if you ask me.
 
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completely agree. I don’t mean to be mean about this place, but despite the wealth of evidence here, I wouldn’t even point my wife or a close friend to this forum to convince them, because I know that while I’ve got patience and an enjoyment of an occasional rabbit hole dive, and am forum savvy enough to be able to seperate in-jokes and rants etc from the substance, many people would look at the sheer amount of posts here and instantly make a snap judgment “it’s a group of obsessives focusing on one person, not for me, thanks”. But a good blog post without any baggage- that’s something that really cuts through.
 
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The new accounts are spreading the message. They drive up engagement and help keep up the momentum. Plus TBH, I like reading them
 
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I really don't want to talk Tattle down but I know from experience that some people will flat-out refuse to even look over here.
Who are these boring, uptight saddos? What do they think would happen if they looked? Would their teeth suddenly crumble?

Joking, of course. I guess some threads are awful (although I’ve never really seen it) but Tattle is so much more than that.

Guarantee the people who refuse to look here don’t have the same qualms about the DM sidebar…

(I know you know this, @Feck, I’m not directing this at you )
 
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