Phillip schofield

Anyone whoever they are if they reach out and admit to being in a dark place they need help and support pronto.

How they got to be in a dark place becomes irrelevant until the darkness begins to lift and the person is able to function both mentally and physically once again

Yes I know the case Annie.
We cant not go ahead with charges of that nature because people may harm themselves.

She hanged herself in February, was to appear in court in March

FannyCornforth

Has anyone else noticed that the op, Nellenoxin, hasn’t returned to the thread?
I haven’t seen the name before.
I did wonder at the time if someone at HQ had perhaps started the thread, as we were quite late having a Schofield thread on here…

Could be anyone.

Someone from ITV?
Or BBC?

Bad publicity is better than no publicity.

She admitted hitting him. They were fighting for a caution.

If charged and found guilty?

If someone has been charged with any crime we all make some judgements about it. I take domestic assault very seriously. I think society should take it seriously too. Otherwise we go back to a situation where society sees it as just something that happens in some homes.

If the charges have been heard in court ?

Yes I make judgements about domestic assault.

The media report truth and lies, the charges against Caroline
Flack were not just reported, she was judged as Schofield is being judged and it’s brutal.

No one on this forum knows what he is thinking yet claim to know what he is thinking.

Has anyone else noticed that the op, Nellenoxin, hasn’t returned to the thread?
I haven’t seen the name before.
I did wonder at the time if someone at HQ had perhaps started the thread, as we were quite late having a Schofield thread on here…

There is much to truly understand here, media circus apart, including a whole culture surrounding various TV shows, but I'm not happy with comparisons with Jimmy Savile or Rolf Harris. They were long term evil predators on large numbers of vulnerable young people, and I don't think PS comes into that category.

Anniebach

No one remembers the criticism Kerry Katona received from the public and media for her slurred speech in that interview.

They do, Annie, which is why it should never have been allowed to go ahead. KK was very clearly vulnerable, and TM had a duty of care to her. The police can't interview someone under the influence for good reason, and her interview should have been pulled before it started.

I do wonder why the people who reported what they saw going on, didn’t go to the media to get something done earlier if they thought they were being ignored.
If we suspected a teenager (male or female) was being groomed by an older man, we would press for something to be done, wouldn’t we?
Well that is the crux of the matter, isn't it? People did complain, and were sacked or ignored. Schofield, for whatever reason, was treated as untouchable, and anyone who spoke against him suffered for their pains. With any luck, the enquiry will get to the bottom of why, but as it will be another case of the media investigating themselves, I think luck is what we will need.

Well yes the public often do that, Kerry katona appears to be a deeply damaged person who sometimes causes damage to others.
The media reported that Catoline Flack was charged with a domestic assault. Should they not have reported that? Should that kind of assault be kept hidden.

No one remembers the criticism Kerry Katona received from the public and media for her slurred speech in that interview.

Doodledog I agree about PS’s ‘clever’ PR strategy. As I said earlier, (12:03 yesterday), that interview should not have been allowed.
Innocent or guilty of offences he’s being accused of committing, I can’t see that doing a ‘pity me’ interview will help and certainly not if other things emerge.
Would we have allowed Jimmy Savile or Rolf Harris an opportunity for self justification?
Carolyn Flack’s mother is better placed than most of us on GN to know what impact trial by media can have.
(I’m sorry about your daughter Anniebach)

So why not just stick to the investigations, both of PS and the people behind the scenes who did nothing about what was reported. Time for a media frenzy when everything’s been revealed.
I do wonder why the people who reported what they saw going on, didn’t go to the media to get something done earlier if they thought they were being ignored.
If we suspected a teenager (male or female) was being groomed by an older man, we would press for something to be done, wouldn’t we?

Jodie Marsh is another one who Schofield humiliated.
She went onto This Morning to talk about freezing her eggs, and he asked lots of prurient and irrelevant questions about her sex life

No, Annie. You don't use your tragedy to gain advantage.

That is, of course why the man who taunted people like Kerry Katona on TV (and she has said that his interview with her affected her mental health very badly) brought up CF's suicide as a way of blackmailing the media into leaving him alone.

He was completely unconcerned about the people he taunted on his show, but when the spotlight is on him, he resorts to using someone else's personal tragedy to his own advantage.

That’s not what I meant Annie. Fanny explains my meaning well.

Sago I agree with much of what you say.
I think that ITV and Schofield now have an arrangement where he takes all of the blame.

Of course not Annie

Caroline Flack is irrelevant to Schofield’s narrative.
To bring her story into the media spotlight was an insult to her family and friends.
Fortunately for PS her mother has been sympathetic.
Caroline and her mother are yet more people (women?) that he is using and hiding behind.

I have refrained from posting as I have never watched the show and I have almost zero interest in Schofield and Willoughby.

What is interesting though is how the powers that be have thrown Schofield under a bus.

They were happy to turn a blind eye when viewing figures were high and S&W were national treasures.

They have not shown any care of duty, it has been a kangaroo court.

I hope the young man involved is receiving some kind of support, he must be going through hell.

I speak of my daughter’s suicide , cheap and unnecessary I suppose, to some

I thought the mention of CF was cheap and unnecessary.

Why not speak of Caroline Flack ? she suffered trial by media,

A 20 year old can’t make a mature decisions yet a 16 year old can choose to marry