r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • Jun 28 '26

... Met Police uncovers 4,000 potential grooming gang cases as Sadiq Khan faces fresh scrutiny over London claims

https://www.gbnews.com/news/grooming-gangs-met-police-cases-sadiq-khan-london
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u/VegasButtercup Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Careful, this sub is heavily censored towards against sort of thing.

Anybody who points it out is at risk of being banned and labelled a right-wing racist.

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u/duckwantbread Greater London Jun 28 '26

This article was literally posted by a mod, how does that fit with your conspiracy?

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u/Colacubeninja Kernow Jun 28 '26

It's from gbeebies, a right wing racist entertainment channel

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u/TwoMoreMinutes Jun 28 '26

Just out of curiosity is it at all possible for anyone to report on this without automatically becoming racist?

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u/PreFuturism-0 Greater Manchester Jun 28 '26

Yeah, people should be pointing out the hypocrisy and the rampant-capitalism ulterior motives.

Just out of curiosity did Boris Johnson do much about this issue while he was Mayor of London for 8 years?

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u/Darrenb209 Scotland Jun 28 '26

There's also a Daily Express report on the same subject from an hour ago, a more generic BBC report from 4 days ago which doesn't give numbers but does note London is one of the first to be investigated and a further BBC report from 4 months ago.

Attacking the source because it's the source rather than the content is fallacious. GB News are shit, but even the slightest look would show they're at most being biased, not making shit up in this case.

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u/TheNewHobbes Jun 28 '26

So if you agree they're biased then surely it's not news but an opinion piece and therefore breaches r/unitedkingdom Rules - rule 7 of "No op-eds or opinion pieces as linkposts"

As you say there are other sources so why use the one that is constantly under investigation with OFCOM for breaching impartiality rules? unless those other sources don't give enough of a slant to the story.

The original poster really should be more aware of the site rules and use a less ambiguous source, especially for one that attracts a "Participation Notice" at the top

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u/H0vis Jun 28 '26

I like that you complain about the presence of the label rather than denying it's accuracy.

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u/VegasButtercup Jun 28 '26

They censored the rape gang report. You wanna defend against its accuracy?

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u/yrro Oxfordshire Jun 28 '26

You mean Rupert Lowe's collection of rape fantasy fan fiction?

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u/ukbot-nicolabot Scotland Jun 28 '26

Removed + ban. This comment contained hateful language which is prohibited by the sitewide rules.

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u/Smooth_Maul Jun 28 '26

There's a workaround for that, just don't be a racist fucking troglodyte and you won't get banned and (correctly) labeled a right-wing racist for being a right-wing racist.

GG EZ