Comments on: Marr was Wrong http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/09/marr-was-wrong.html Conservative Commentary Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Benjamin Gray http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/09/marr-was-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-1000 Benjamin Gray Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:56:35 +0000 http://benjamin-gray.com/?p=1029#comment-1000 For every true story there are dozens of rumours floating round with very little evidence supporting them. When a mainstream journalist turns it into a question, it gains credibility regardless of merit. Brown's denial won't do anything to dispel the myths, as "he would say that wouldn't he". All it does is circulate an unfair rumour further. If it were a case of dispelling rumours, Number 10 could have done it in all manner of other ways than on Marr's show, where it became a dominant news story. For every true story there are dozens of rumours floating round with very little evidence supporting them. When a mainstream journalist turns it into a question, it gains credibility regardless of merit. Brown’s denial won’t do anything to dispel the myths, as “he would say that wouldn’t he”. All it does is circulate an unfair rumour further. If it were a case of dispelling rumours, Number 10 could have done it in all manner of other ways than on Marr’s show, where it became a dominant news story.

]]> By: Eileen Spalding http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/09/marr-was-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-999 Eileen Spalding Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:13:13 +0000 http://benjamin-gray.com/?p=1029#comment-999 Benjamin, You say- "Yes, Brown may have depression, yes, he may be taking MAOIs, yes, he may be unfit to govern as a result. But quite equally he may not. We simply do not have the evidence to suggest that he is." However, if the truth has not been verified one way or another, how on earth WOULD we know? I think it is something that it is in the public interest to know; and similiarly I thik it was right of Marr to have asked it out-right. Otherwise, the 'gossip' circulating round the internet may well have gone on...and on...causing more 'damage' to the PM then giving him the ability to give an 'offical statement'. I do however think it was wrong for Marr to ask at such a time, and given his own desire to keep personal information hidden! On a jovial note, "Use of MAOI anti-depressants is essentially a private matter and may only be of public interest if there is clear evidence that their use seriously impairs the conduct of a public official." - Have you been paying any freakin' attention to Gordz for the last 12 years?! (evidently I work hard at the ASI) Benjamin,
You say- “Yes, Brown may have depression, yes, he may be taking MAOIs, yes, he may be unfit to govern as a result. But quite equally he may not. We simply do not have the evidence to suggest that he is.”
However, if the truth has not been verified one way or another, how on earth WOULD we know? I think it is something that it is in the public interest to know; and similiarly I thik it was right of Marr to have asked it out-right. Otherwise, the ‘gossip’ circulating round the internet may well have gone on…and on…causing more ‘damage’ to the PM then giving him the ability to give an ‘offical statement’.
I do however think it was wrong for Marr to ask at such a time, and given his own desire to keep personal information hidden!

On a jovial note,
“Use of MAOI anti-depressants is essentially a private matter and may only be of public interest if there is clear evidence that their use seriously impairs the conduct of a public official.”
- Have you been paying any freakin’ attention to Gordz for the last 12 years?!

(evidently I work hard at the ASI)

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