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In the public interest or the public are interested?

Post 21

Pink Paisley



Yes. THAT'S the point. And I'm sure that happens but I'm pretty sure I've never seen it reported.

PP.


In the public interest or the public are interested?

Post 22

Teasswill

Only if multiple deaths/injuries eg the refuse truck driver in Glasgow.


In the public interest or the public are interested?

Post 23

Baron Grim

"If it bleeds, it leads."


In the public interest or the public are interested?

Post 24

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Count Dracula coined that, right? smiley - winkeye


In the public interest or the public are interested?

Post 25

Baron Grim

Nope. It's a surprisingly new phrase, coined by a frustrated journalist, Eric Pooley, in 1989.


(I just learned this.)


In the public interest or the public are interested?

Post 26

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

smiley - doh

I was in China at the time. That's why I must have missed it....
smiley - whistle


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