18-07-2023, 12:54 PM
(18-07-2023, 09:28 AM)bilky asko Wrote: Huw Edwards and Phillip Schofield are big household names and there was incredible amounts of news coverage over both of them, across newspapers, television, and online, over a long period of time.There was quite a lot last week and it was mentioned here too. Some more reliable than others though.
Dan Wootton is an gossip columnist whose career peak was 5 years ago, and the only real coverage has been in Private Eye. Coverage outside that only started last night in the relatively unknown, and not exactly the most trustworthy in moments past, Byline Times, timed to coincide with the start of his show on GB News. There was little prior period of gossip to pre-warn of an issue.
Byline are a relatively new and small outfit (well multiple ones in fact) but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not likely to be accurate. Apparently they've been working on the story for 2 years and seem pretty sure it's all backed up with evidence.
They have to be of course, getting it wrong would affect them more than other publications.