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gedaliyah
lemmy.world

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/

Overall, we rate The Guardian Left-Center biased based on story selection that moderately favors the left and Mixed for factual reporting due to numerous failed fact checks over the last five years.

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Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER Factual Reporting: MIXED Country: United Kingdom Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Newspaper Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

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BombOmOm
lemmy.world

At no point did the article dispute that the man knew his license was suspended and that he therefore knew he was driving on a suspended license. Hell, his case was about him having done this before.

Don’t video call into your driving on a suspended license court case while driving on a suspended license.

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brbpostingreply
sh.itjust.works

Don’t video call into your driving on a suspended license court case while driving on a suspended license.

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Bellreply
lemmy.world

Are you defending the botched legal process and suggesting that it deserves more respect than the man who is in fact in the right? That we should continue to obey even when it's wrong?

The man also knew that his license was not in fact suspended in any legitimate way. If I was the victim of failed bureaucracy for months I would ignore it too.

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cdf12345reply
lemm.ee

Ignore it sure, but maybe not as you zoom into a court appearance

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Pipsreply
lemmy.sdf.org

It is the easiest thing in the world to not actively be driving while video calling in to a court hearing, regardless of what the hearing is for. He could even physically be in the car sitting in the passenger seat with it parked and be fine, but why take the risk? Especially when the consequence is jail.

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Llewellynreply
lemm.ee

He was videocalling while driving. It's a shit and dangerous behaviour on its own.

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LesserAbereply
lemmy.world

Might help if you try to understand where people are coming from. This guy was stupid for video calling while driving, period. That said, if my license was supposed to be reinstated two years prior, I think I'd be driving too (while being very careful about avoiding any complications with law enforcement). Comparing that to sovcit stuff isn't reasonable.

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jeffwreply
lemmy.world

I don’t think the article tried to exonerate him by any means.

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friendlymessagereply
feddit.de

Are you serious?

Corey Harris, 44, ended up in jail through no fault of his own

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NeptuneOrbitreply
lemmy.world

I think they mean the original articles that led to the viral story.

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Chrisreply
lemmy.world

It seems complicated.

  • He had a suspended license
  • He paid off his license back in 2022
  • Friend of The Court was supposed to send the state the info so his license could be reinstated but it hadn't

I don't recall why he was in court in the first place but during that time he was driving on a suspended license while video calling into court.

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AFK BRB Chocolate
lemmy.world

Update from today. He never had a valid driver's license. My wife just played me the whole session from today. Some interesting items:

  • His suspension wasn't lifted, not because of a clerical error, but because he didn't pay it.
  • The suspension was irrelevant anyway because he never had a driver's license. With the suspension, if he had gone in and taken the test to get a license, it would have immediately been suspended and he couldn't drive, but that's moot because he didn't have a license.
  • When the cops pulled him over, they asked if he had a license and he said no.
  • It turns out that he has a warrant out for his arrest for a driving violation in another county, so they took him to jail.

All the crap he said about being innocent was just lies.

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