Rachel Riley doubles down on claim Australia attack due to Gaza

Rachel Riley and Julia Hartley-Brewer’s responses to the bloodbath in Australia have been stuffed with compassion and tolerance.

We’re solely joking – in fact they weren’t. They have been stuffed with rampant hate and Islamophobia.

Hartley-Brewer: sustaining her fame

On 13 April, a person wielding a knife stabbed and killed six individuals, injuring a number of extra. Police shot and killed the attacker who was later named as Joel Cauchi. The BBC reported:

Authorities stated the assault was most definitely “associated to the psychological well being” of Mr Cauchi.

Requested whether or not she believes he was focusing on ladies, New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb informed reporters on Sunday it will be “an apparent line of inquiry”.

However she added she wouldn’t describe the stabbings as an “act of terror”, reiterating that police believed there was “no ideological motivation”.

Often, skilled apply on social media is to chorus from speculating on the motive of an ongoing assault because it’s unfolding. Within the UK, nonetheless, you don’t have to act professionally to be employed by the company media

Enter Julia Hartley-Brewer of the Rupert-Murdoch-founded Discuss TV:

Large mouth strikes once more

As could be seen above, Brewer’s response obtained a group notice highlighting her poor journalistic apply. She later apologised:

My tweet beneath was incorrect. The assault in Sydney was not an Islamist terror assault, it was carried out by a person the police have since named as Joel Cauchi who they are saying had psychological well being issues not an ideological motive. I doubt that might be a lot comfort to the households of… https://t.co/IkHkuvZehN

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) April 14, 2024

Her level about it not being “comfort to the households” betrays how she views politics. Occasions occur, and you then scrabble round making an attempt to show the way it backs up your world view. She misplaced the sport this time, however she reassures herself it gained’t console anybody else.

In case you suppose that’s studying into it an excessive amount of, that is what she tweeted subsequent:

Oh, and the rationale I did not retract sooner was just because I used to be out and busy all day yesterday having fun with the sunshine with my beautiful household and did not take a look at Twitter or the information once more till this morning. You guys ought to strive that someday. 😊

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) April 14, 2024

Individuals with feelings like empathy or humility don’t often tweet ‘suck it, haters’ as a part of their public apologies.

Brewer obtained a great deal of criticism for each the unique tweet and her later back-peddling:

‘A lie will get midway world wide earlier than the reality has an opportunity to get its pants on’.
That’s how individuals like Hartley-Brewer steal a residing from the gullible. https://t.co/cf2AbMWVkF

— Mark Cockerton Don’t Go to Rwanda (@CockertonMark) April 14, 2024

You could have a following of 468,200 individuals, Ms Brewer.

468,200 individuals that you simply introduced blatantly incorrect info to since you went with the worst doable situation.

You’re alleged to be a trusted supply of reports and knowledge, however, as is sort of all the time the case you… https://t.co/qlCl1gIcyA pic.twitter.com/7jnkuCOsFc

— Iratus Ursus Main 🇬🇧🇿🇦 (@i_iratus) April 14, 2024

If the motivation of the killer does not matter to the households of these killed, why did you make it the principle level of your authentic tweet?

— Frances ‘Cassandra’ Coppola (@Frances_Coppola) April 14, 2024

You must strive journalism someday 🤣🤣🤣

— Ray (@Armsman47) April 14, 2024

Rachel Riley: maintain my beer, Julia

Nevertheless, everlasting supply of hate dressed up as candy and harmless genius, Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley, managed to go one additional than Hartley-Brewer:

For six months now, individuals have been out on our streets proudly calling for ‘Intifada Revolution’.

If you wish to know what ‘Globalise the Intifada’ seems to be like, see the Sydney Mall.

5 victims stabbed to dying and eight transferred to hospital, together with a child, as a consequence of one man and a… https://t.co/S5sP5sFLuM

— Rachel Riley MBE 💙 (@RachelRileyRR) April 13, 2024

Why did she go one additional? As a result of when the reality – not right-wing racist conspiracy – got here out in regards to the alleged assassin in Sydney, she did the one factor she is aware of the right way to do: double down:

International condemnation for the assault that has now claimed 6 harmless lives, together with a 38 12 months previous Mum defending her child.

And no, the attacker being named as Joel Cauchi doesn’t change my opinion that it’s incorrect for individuals on our streets to be calling for mass terror assaults…

— Rachel Riley MBE 💙 (@RachelRileyRR) April 13, 2024

Individuals on X have been rightly calling her out:

Rachel Riley is despicable pic.twitter.com/dT7zf5YV00

— Osita Mba (@DrOsitaMba) April 14, 2024

Numerous individuals have been calling on Channel 4 to take motion in opposition to Riley – in addition to Discuss TV over Hartley-Brewer:

Hello @Channel4 are you planning on doing something about Rachel Riley? She’s since doubled down on her racist and inciting Tweet too. Similar query to you @TalkTV about JHB.

Can’t tag anybody for Lee Kern as a result of no one will make use of him. https://t.co/P3DPQtCAUv

— Darshan Sanghrajka (@chiefchimpanzee) April 14, 2024

Whereas it’s unlikely Channel 4 will do something about their favorite Evil Princess – it’s even much less seemingly that any of Hartley-Brewer’s employers will act.

Julia Hartley-Sewer

Based on her blurb on the Telegraph web site – an outlet she’s written a number of items for:

Julia Hartley-Brewer is a journalist, broadcaster and talkRADIO presenter. A former political editor and LBC Radio presenter, she is a daily on TV reveals comparable to Query Time and Have I Obtained Information For You, and on Radio 4’s Any Questions and the Information Quiz

That’s loads of gigs and media appearances for somebody who has:

What about now? You’ve been awfully quiet since he was arrested for rape and sexual trafficking

— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) December 30, 2022

Rivers of sewage

When you have a job, you won’t perceive how Riley and Hartley-Brewer preserve getting work. In correct industries, you may’t fuck-up day-in, day-out and keep on incomes a paycheck. In most jobs, you may’t get away with it as soon as.

The context you might want to put issues into place is that the British company media and broadcasting is an open sewer. As such, the stink of dangerous journalism and even worse opinions is unimaginable to detect.

The opposite factor to know is that whether or not it’s Discuss TV, the Telegraph, Channel 4, or the BBC, it doesn’t matter how incompetent an worker is, simply as long as they’re incompetent in a style which advantages the institution.

Featured picture through Wikipedia/TalkTV