Comment on Britain’s far right enjoys unparalleled impunity on Telegram
ianovic69@feddit.uk 3 months ago
As riots swept the U.K.
fringe social network Telegram.
Yep, you need not read further.
They did not “sweep” and Telegram is far from “fringe” in the UK.
They did the same thing with Blackberry Messenger and the last set of riots. They made it sound like the rioting was everywhere, but I was in a pub in Manchester and there was maybe a couple of hundred of nobheads outside who kept running past the other way whenever someone saw the plod coming
Also someone set fire to a bin near my house - that was about the high watermark of the downfall of civilisation that time.
I was living in SW London then, I even joined Twitter hoping to get news on local trouble more quickly. I did see a few very dodgy looking chaps hanging around in twos and threes but nothing happened.
Oh except a shop front glass got smashed over in New Malden high street. It was big news until the reports confirmed it was the owners had an accident.
It’s not like the old days when we could have a proper riot like in Brixton or Toxteth. Ah those were the days…
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 months ago
“Sweep” might be a stronger term.than I’d use but it’s not unreasonable given the number of riots.
And, for the general reader (which Lemmy users tend not to be) they’d consider Telegram to be fringe compared to the big players in social media, if they’ve heard of it at all.
ianovic69@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Pockets, and with the further threatened riots being closed down by anti racism demonstrators. It’s over egging it for views.
Telegram clearly has much less users in the UK, but I don’t think it’s nearly as unknown generally as the article declares.
My issue with these points is not that they’re inaccurate, but that the article uses them in a sensationalist manner.
It’s poor journalism and it removes credibility.