I have deleted my previous tweet, as Reeves never said that like this. 👇 (never post before your first coffee) The Times is deliberately misquoting her here. Shifting the Overton window further towards Trump. So the world is going mad, but maybe Reeves not yet. ;) - ThreadSky

annettedittert.bsky.social • 34 days ago

I have deleted my previous tweet, as Reeves never said that like this. 👇 (never post before your first coffee)

The Times is deliberately misquoting her here. Shifting the Overton window further towards Trump.
So the world is going mad, but maybe Reeves not yet. ;)

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pollik.bsky.social•33 days ago

Fair point, but I don't see her as a force for good.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-resign-economy-margaret-thatcher-b2681375.html

curious33.bsky.social•34 days ago

Well....
That's just a few Rounds of Golf at Sunningdale is all.

vircantium.bsky.social•33 days ago

The media misrepresenting people? Of course they do - just like when they suggested Musk did a Hitler salute.

Oh, but you believed that one didn't you?

louise33andathird.bsky.social•33 days ago

So you saw the video and … ?

ellydavis.bsky.social•34 days ago

Does anyone know what the quote was?

judpo.bsky.social•34 days ago

ellydavis.bsky.social•34 days ago

I found it on another site

"When asked if the country could learn from US president Donald Trump, she replied: “Yes, I think we do need more positivity. "

So the question didn't mention positivity and the answer didn't mention Trump but we'll mash 'em up and make it sound like that's what she said

gsspider.bsky.social•33 days ago

Since this is behind a paywall - can you take a screenshot so we can see what has actually been said in the article?

shoshanade.bsky.social•33 days ago

She never cited Trump.

Just agreed that the UK could “need more positivity”.

The fcking TIMES deliberately misquoted her.

smazak.bsky.social•33 days ago

You can pretend to be stupid but we are not obliged to go along with it

gsspider.bsky.social•33 days ago

They did. Quelle surprise.
Out-fcking-rageous as per

PS I've now found the article without the paywall. Not strictly true... others found for me 😂

sloanefragment.bsky.social•33 days ago

you are in denial.

roswingrove.bsky.social•34 days ago

The so-called paper of record is just a ranting mouthpiece for the Tories and other fringe groups.

owenk77.bsky.social•34 days ago

Crikey. This really isn't Twitter, is it!

lazlovictor.bsky.social•34 days ago

Well done for deleting and reposting. I was so depressed seeing this headline but we should never stop at the headline - too many people do. Not what she said. Times is as much a rag as the Sun. Don’t buy either, don’t believe the Murdoch LIES.

steve-wood.bsky.social•34 days ago

Unfortunately, as it's behind a paywall, I'll only ever see the headlines that people post on here.
I certainly wouldn't go looking, let alone pay, to read The Sun or Times.

catanonim.me•34 days ago

See my TL for an 'archive' full version.

catanonim.me•34 days ago

evanitamushroom.bsky.social•33 days ago

Well hurrah - my timeline full of people who are gleefully condemning her on the basis of the headline. Can’t help feeling quite a lot is deliberate pretending to be faux shocked?

hughshanahan.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thanks for following up and clarifying that.

goldcaro.bsky.social•34 days ago

I saw the headline and thought ‘Naaahhh’. Thank you for confirming, Annette

judpo.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yes, I always wait for the dust to settle. Otherwise we’re doing the job for them (whichever right wing paper it happens to be).

theglassisempty.bsky.social•34 days ago

So Reeves will issue a strongly worded statement saying this is untrue and completely disavowing Trump’s economic policies. Surely? 🤷🏻‍♂️

hereinmymind.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yeah, she's got nothing better to do than correct every single thing published in the right wing press. Just read what she actually f kin said. 🙄

kerrymead.bsky.social•33 days ago

Same treatment from The Guardian 🙄

elimuann.bsky.social•34 days ago

What? A Tory mouthpiece deliberately misrepresenting the truth? Surely not…🤷🏻‍♀️

garethd.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is what I suspected. A Press twist. She should be straight on everywhere to put it straight. Will she? Not holding my breath @kerry10.bsky.social

benrobins.bsky.social•33 days ago

The increasingly personal and targeted attacks on Reeves, tells me that she's doing something very right.

unacceptapaul.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thank goodness for that. I remember when the Times was a serious paper. I miss those days.

paulstenton.bsky.social•34 days ago

Same goes for the Twatagraph. A 1½ generations of decent into the gutter.

mostfoolhardy.bsky.social•34 days ago

this is another pretty massive cost of ubiquitous news paywalls.

catanonim.me•34 days ago

My TL has an archive version.

isabelrollings.bsky.social•33 days ago

Thank you!

deborahstort.bsky.social•34 days ago

To me, Trump's boosterism can be reduced to an empty slogan 'Make America Great Again' but everything he says and does is very negative.

jim1132.bsky.social•34 days ago

The Times editor is big chums with Britain's premier liar, Boris Johnson, so it's not unexpected.

jwripple.bsky.social•34 days ago

Gallagher has transformed what was still recognisable as the newpaper of record into a cheerleader for the hard-Right. A Murdoch boy through and through.

bartiddu.bsky.social•34 days ago

Don’t think Lammy was though

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-inauguration-lammy-war-b2682704.html

andrewjsa.bsky.social•34 days ago

So, the Times headline is a misrepresentation of the facts. What a rag.

indy.bsky.social•34 days ago

Times quality control noticeably getting worse recently

groverxv.bsky.social•34 days ago

Google who is the editor of the Times and where he worked previously in Murdoch’s empire.

The decline in the quality of the Times is concurrent and consequential.

templeofhate.com•33 days ago

Here's the full article sans paywall. Sharing Times articles without an unlock code is, if you don't mind me saying that, an exercise in futility.

sanfele.bsky.social•33 days ago

She"s a complete fool. There is nothing positive about Trump or his policies. Its all based on people being miserable and hateful. What planet is she on?

juneussell.bsky.social•33 days ago

Have you read the post you’re replying to?

sanfele.bsky.social•33 days ago

Sorry, I'm not sure which post this refers to. I'm new to this and can't navigate back very well!

hereinmymind.bsky.social•33 days ago

She didn't suggest there was. She didn't mention Trump. The Times are lying.

sanfele.bsky.social•33 days ago

Thanks for clarifyin

sloanefragment.bsky.social•34 days ago

it doesn’t matter.

sloanefragment.bsky.social•34 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/sloanefragment.bsky.social/post/3lgksj4dfi22v

aardgoose.info•33 days ago

Stop with the lies

hereinmymind.bsky.social•33 days ago

That's not what she said. Stop lying, this isn't Xitter.

sloanefragment.bsky.social•33 days ago

that is what she said.

you ppl are in a weird cult.

sloanefragment.bsky.social•33 days ago

i literally posted the exact god damn quote.

hereinmymind.bsky.social•33 days ago

Which DIDN'T include the words "Trump's positivity" did it?

jotberlin.bsky.social•34 days ago

Admitting and correcting mistakes always shows greatness.

mikedugdale.bsky.social•34 days ago

I much prefer to see the original tweet with a correction/retraction comment or retweet. Just for context and transparency.

dlynch.bsky.social•34 days ago

Would love to know which are the 4 universities, mind.

baronsusistrange.bsky.social•34 days ago

So what did she say that the Times is basing this on?

disqualified.bsky.social•34 days ago

The times base everything on Tufton think tanks and owner propaganda. They have a different demographic than the Sun… I find it embarrassing that some of my fellow citizens are only just working it out. Always follow the owners.

dlynch.bsky.social•34 days ago

Nothing...

judpo.bsky.social•34 days ago

Glad to see you deleted. The Times is not a reliable source.

benmitteoeko.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thank you for this correction.

2primates.bsky.social•33 days ago

It's exhausing, trying to keep your head above the rising tide of disinformation, from the former paper of record, from the actual tabloids, from the Tabloidised Telegraph, from a BBC that lifts its news agenda from the press, from ex-Twitter (now essentialy govt-funded fake news).

amgreen.bsky.social•34 days ago

So they need to start formally calling the press out for this - because it’s been written and done will take it as gospel

hereinmymind.bsky.social•33 days ago

Any attempt to 'call out' the press would be interpreted as censorship.

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