I wonder what she'd have written if he only cared about himself?

 

 

up himself, pop idol reject (her article's phrase), recording career gone t*ts up and using the WE as an alternative to I'm A Celeb etc. blah blah blah ?

 

Am I close, do you think?

I think you've got it absolutly spot on.

The fact that Darius did care enough to put himself out for the other kids in popstars, was one of the things which drew me to him, despite the dreadfully biased editing.

Me too. He was the only one who didn't concentrate on themselves.

If you read the parts of the DM article without the personal spin, it's clear that what Darius said/tried to say to her was much the same as his interview with the Telegraph but they read entirely differently.

 

Her hatchet was obviously well ground before she met him and the only place it seems she was intending to bury it was in his back.

I'm glad people don't know anything about my teens. Think what they could do with that if they can try and destroy someone for singing a song.

We were the lucky generation. There were fewer people to witness what we did and if anyone wanted to pass it on, it wouldn't get far by word of mouth before it was old news.

I don't think there was this global desire to ruin people's life until the last ten years.

It started with the politicians. The media found they had the power to destroy the careers of government ministers.

 

Their readers then thought it was fine if not great sport to hunt someone down and the anonymity of the internet has made the process so much easier. A totally untrue destructive rumour can be around the world in minutes.

And there's very little anyone can do about it.

Sadly, I think it is irreversible.

 

There was an article recently which said George Clooney once read some things including comments about him on the net and was shocked by how nasty everyone was. He said he never bothered again. He preferred to live in ignorance of it.

 

I can't imagine why people would want to be vicious about George Clooney. To me he seems one of the most decent in all senses) actors in Hollywood.

 

Do you think like D, he gets it because he is a well mannered hard-working celebrity and the "chavs" detest that?

I think it's just because people can do it. Before the internet you'd know who it was and they could be taken to court. Now they can just bully and damage and no one can get to them.

I think someone on ds said the site had been taken to court by an actor in one of the soaps because of the things which were being said as facts about him. So obviously something can be done in certain circu,stances.

but not every one.

Kate garraway has won substantial dmages against themirror for things they printed about her and anton du beke. I guess its a case if whether you can afford to do that and the tabloids know that but I cant understand why they are allowed to get away with it.

They can't but some cases are much easier to prove in court than others.

 

In Kate Garraway's case, it was a straightforward accusation of having an affair and she is married.

And it was in a physical newspaper not just a random post on the internet.

If people think you don't know their name, they'll go further - it's like the kids in the street. They're less bold if they think they're identifiable. The anonymity of the internet is positive encouragement to say things they'd never say in real life.

An opportunity for the small and defenceless to turn into bullies too.

One thing which does worry me is that those who are bullies anyway, now use text messages and e mails to pursue their victims where in the past that victim at least had some respitefrom them, also this thing about humiliating others and posting it on youtube - they should be stopped.