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steepholm ([personal profile] steepholm) wrote2010-05-23 07:29 pm
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Headlines You Won't See

Fraudster "devastated" after evidence of fraud comes to light.

Robber "devastated" at being caught by police.

Murderer "devastated" after being arrested for murder.

Single mother-of-two "devasted" after benefits cheat discovered.


Headlines you WILL see.

[identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com 2010-05-23 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I quite concur with your indifference. It just struck me that when the BBC reports entrapments that don't involve ex-members of the royal family (Lord Triesman, Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Margaret Moran, Lord Truscott, Lord Taylor... etc ad nauseam), it tends to be the corruption that they focus on, rather than how jolly bad they're feeling because of it.
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[personal profile] sheenaghpugh 2010-05-24 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I think there's an unspoken assumption among the great & good that Decent People, our sort of people, must be feeling bad because they aren't natural criminals... doesn't apply to Archer but then he's an admitted cad.