time 8,597 Posted February 22, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted February 22, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 22, 2012 there are reports that she was decapitated by a tank shell. wierd knowing that when i was watching her on tv just last night. brings it home how awful things must be in syria.the world must do something! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted February 22, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Always the way . With the high amount of scum journlists in the world one of the few good ones dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted February 22, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Always the way . With the high amount of scum journlists in the world one of the few good ones dies. Sadly, the scum journos never leave the safety of their PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted February 22, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Always the way . With the high amount of scum journlists in the world one of the few good ones dies. I know a lot of journalists and the vast majority of those I know are decent people so be careful who you're calling scum when you clearly know fuck all about journalism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted February 23, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Always the way . With the high amount of scum journlists in the world one of the few good ones dies. I know a lot of journalists and the vast majority of those I know are decent people so be careful who you're calling scum when you clearly know fuck all about journalism. Hacking dead school girls phones and laying down in gutters to take photo's up a girls dress doesn't sound scummy at all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted February 23, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Always the way . With the high amount of scum journlists in the world one of the few good ones dies. Sadly, the scum journos never leave the safety of their PC. The decent ones always pay the price i remember when terry lloyd died covering the iraq war he was one of the best journlists . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted February 23, 2012 The decent ones always pay the price i remember when terry lloyd died covering the iraq war he was one of the best journlists . A question that remains is that of causality. Do decent journos pay the price because they're decent, or are they decent because they pay the price? regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted February 23, 2012 Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is reported killed in Homs, Syria, after the house in which she was staying was shelled.French photographer Remi Ochlik was also killed. Colvin was the only journalist for a British paper in the city. Shit, that's sad, I know knew her, one tough woman who'd already lost an eye in Sri Lanka. She was never the type to report from across the border like others do. She wanted to be where the action was so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. RIP Marie. Always the way . With the high amount of scum journlists in the world one of the few good ones dies. I know a lot of journalists and the vast majority of those I know are decent people so be careful who you're calling scum when you clearly know fuck all about journalism. Hacking dead school girls' phones and laying down in gutters to take photo's photos up a girl's dress doesn't sound scummy at all. Nothing wrong with the odd "up shot". Most of the crotch shots I've seen involve shamless b-listers who'll do anything to promote themselves. I wouldn't defend phone hacking; that was shabby. My point is that only a small minority of journos were involved in that, not "many". A lot of this stuff that's shocking people is not just about the methods used to get information but also about the targets and the personal nature of the stuff disclosed. I'd be happy to report the hacked phone traffic of the Syrian military as some have done today, and I could see why some might monitor police frequencies. Sometimes you have to use technology to find stuff out. The question is whether the stuff is in the public interest or not. I don't think there is a public interest defence in listening to a hacked telephone conversation where the future King of England is describing himself to his mistress as a tampon. Or maybe there is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted March 1, 2012 Wasn't too sure to put this in here, internet celebrities, or create a new topic for "fat racist shit-for-brains", but Andrew Breitbart's own websites are announcing that he died last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted March 1, 2012 Wasn't too sure to put this in here, internet celebrities, or create a new topic for "fat racist shit-for-brains", but Andrew Breitbart's own websites are announcing that he died last night. Could be him proving that the LAMESTREAM LIBERAL MEDIA LIEZ, but hopefully he is actually in a pinewood box for real. Good riddance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted March 1, 2012 It's cool that this perpetually angry, morbidly obese alcoholic died of "natural causes". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 8, 2012 Popbitch brings us news of a suicidal Sun employee Two people arrested in a blaze of publicity then go on to try to commit suicide, one very publicly... sounds like the perfect story for The Sun? Not when the people involved were their journalists and the arrests occurred as part of Operation Elveden, it isn't. So it's unlikely you'll read a word about Virginia Wheeler's recovery in the Priory or that chief reporter, John Kay had to be talked down from Blackfriars Bridge by the police. That said, maybe the paper thinks it simply isn't news. This is, after all, Mr Kay's seventh unsuccessful attempt (at least) - six of which happened shortly after he killed his wife in the 1970s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 10, 2012 BBC news reporter Helen Fawkes, 40, is suffering from an aggressive form of ovarian cancer, which was caught in the early stages. She thinks her chances of survival are 50/50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted March 16, 2012 Edwin Boorman, who owned a small newspaper empire in Kent, dead at 76. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/march/15/tributes_pour_in_to_km_group.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted April 9, 2012 Cassandra Jardine, a unique pick for my DDP line-up, has written her first article in over five months, detailing how her absence from work was down to her stage IV lung cancer, that it has spread to other parts of her body, but conversely this is good because it means she now gets a new trial medicine. Being as this is lifestyle journalism for the Torygraph, she mentions the fact that she makes her own tortellini twice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 18, 2012 One I'm surprised none of the DDP's Google Alert crew picked this year: former ITN reporter Ellie Jeffrey, who spoke about her metastatic secondary breast cancer in a Telegraph interview last year, has died aged 28. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 29, 2012 Cassandra Jardine, a unique pick for my DDP line-up, has written her first article in over five months, detailing how her absence from work was down to her stage IV lung cancer, that it has spread to other parts of her body, but conversely this is good because it means she now gets a new trial medicine. Being as this is lifestyle journalism for the Torygraph, she mentions the fact that she makes her own tortellini twice. Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 29, 2012 Cassandra Jardine, a unique pick for my DDP line-up, has written her first article in over five months, detailing how her absence from work was down to her stage IV lung cancer, that it has spread to other parts of her body, but conversely this is good because it means she now gets a new trial medicine. Being as this is lifestyle journalism for the Torygraph, she mentions the fact that she makes her own tortellini twice. Dead Jardine leaves a husband, the actor William Chubb, and five children Oliver, Eliza, Dido, Christabel and George. The middle classes, huh? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted June 18, 2012 The Daily Star's chief football writer Danny Fullbrook has lost his three-year battle with cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted August 4, 2012 Irish sports journo Con Houlihan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19128296 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted August 4, 2012 How long before David bond gets his head ripped off by one of the athletes ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 28, 2012 Photojournalist Malcolm Browne has died aged 81. That's a unique hit for Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
