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The Times and Harry The Owl

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vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 08/08/2020 22:11

Oh, well, this is interesting

twitter.com/WeAreFairCop/status/1292160071208706054

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Aesopfable · 09/08/2020 00:29

It might be a red flag but not one the public are going to get excited over. There is a lot of worrying stuff out there but unless you know the back story it doesn’t hit home.

Nomnomarrgh · 09/08/2020 00:27

Very poorly written article. Not at all clear what on Earth it was trying to say.

OvaHere · 09/08/2020 00:21

It's not an easy article to follow unfortunately. Probably because the subject matter is a bit dry. However it's actually quite disturbing if I've understood correctly.

Mermaids at the invitation of Hatchette decided that students should not be allowed to read the complete ruling of a high court judge because they didn't like it. So they censored/changed it to suit them better.

It's yet another huge red flag about censorship and democracy.

Redshoeblueshoe · 09/08/2020 00:20

There is a share token on the Fair Cop thread

FreezerBird · 09/08/2020 00:16

Yes the headline is dreadful. No share token here, but going by what is visible and fair cop's tweets, it looks likethe judgement in Harry Miller's case was to be included in some sort of text book/resource for people studying law and Mermaids were invited to review/edit/censor it, presumably to the point of making it sound like the judge said Harry was a wrong 'un and the police jolly well ought to be checking all our thinking.

(I might be extrapolating that last bit.)

compulsivesnacker · 09/08/2020 00:15

I’m not sure it was worth the soup. Confused

compulsivesnacker · 09/08/2020 00:13

So article written to explain Harry’s ruling and Mermaids were asked to ‘tone’ it by JKR’s publisher. Author pissed off.
I’m irritated that education is being directed by Mermaids, but it’s not overstep in this case - they were literally asked to review it by the publisher.
I don’t really get it.
I don’t really understand why A level students were receiving an article about the ruling either. Was it part of a comprehension exercise?
Confused
I need to read it again.

Melroses · 09/08/2020 00:13

Yes totally different issue altogether - and M thing rather than an S thing Smile

FloralBunting · 09/08/2020 00:11

This, erm, how can I put it, isn't the S related thing. Wink

YesILikeItToo · 09/08/2020 00:11

I think The Times have fluffed it with that incomprehensible headline.

Doyoumind · 09/08/2020 00:10

Yes, underwhelming.

BoxhillBertha · 09/08/2020 00:10

yup

nauticant · 09/08/2020 00:09

Considering the weeks of build-up, I'm finding it distinctly underwhelming.

BoxhillBertha · 09/08/2020 00:09

oh thanks. No share facility on my phone

BoxhillBertha · 09/08/2020 00:08

How do you post a screenshot

BoxhillBertha · 09/08/2020 00:05

Nothing...

Doyoumind · 09/08/2020 00:03

Any updates?

TBHno · 09/08/2020 00:02

What is it then? Smile

nauticant · 09/08/2020 00:01

"We'll have an interesting story for you in the next week or two" would have covered it nicely compulsivesnacker. This game playing is almost guaranteed to undermine what might be positive news.

compulsivesnacker · 08/08/2020 23:51

The previous one irritated me. I was also a bit irritated by this one in all honesty. I keep wanting to give Harry a smack and tell him to keep his powder dry, rather than putting a big flashing neon ‘get your publication injunction here, roll up roll up, be quick’ sign up everywhere. Goading powerful organizations never goes well, and he’d do better to gloat after the event, rather than preventing it himself by being cocky.
All that said, I hope he has managed to contain himself long enough to pull this off.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 08/08/2020 23:47

Yep

TBHno · 08/08/2020 23:43

What? So there was meant to be a Stonewall expose, and it never materialized?

boatyardblues · 08/08/2020 23:42

Hoping... is the missing word in my last post.

boatyardblues · 08/08/2020 23:42

I’m one of you night owls can post a sharetoken. 🙏