Afriyie-Ankrah Debate Getting Overly Ridiculous

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DEFENDER 11 years ago

THIS WRITER IS SICK IN THE HEAD

THIS WRITER IS SICK IN THE HEAD
Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

How much has Afiriyie Ankrah paid these illiterate Journalists at this toilet newspaper to defend him?

How much has Afiriyie Ankrah paid these illiterate Journalists at this toilet newspaper to defend him?
Johnson Mensah 11 years ago

who does this toilet paper fool?

who does this toilet paper fool?
readi 2 dye 11 years ago

Who is dumber....Afriyie ankrah or don mahama Quixote...this mo'fucker arranged a million deal on a verbal contract and u have the nerve to call him honourable?..,,a powerhouse who cried like a baby during questioning...omg m ...
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Who is dumber....Afriyie ankrah or don mahama Quixote...this mo'fucker arranged a million deal on a verbal contract and u have the nerve to call him honourable?..,,a powerhouse who cried like a baby during questioning...omg mahama turned everyone in GH into a dummy...at least sarpong owned his comments...but u telling me all the journalists at the catalyst newspaper came together to write this little piece of shit?...all this dumb fucker had to do was pay the players when they got to Amsterdam or Florida or before the USA game in Brazil...a catalyst for Afriyie ankrah alright....just like mahama thinks he is smarter cuz he tweets n on Facebook...my people suffer for lack of knowledge.... Both mahama n elvis need to be slapped.
Albert 11 years ago

This is all you guys know: "How much has Afiriyie Ankrah paid these illiterate Journalists at this toilet newspaper to defend him?" Come back and tell Ghanaian you lied about the Minister and apologies and running away from t ...
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This is all you guys know: "How much has Afiriyie Ankrah paid these illiterate Journalists at this toilet newspaper to defend him?" Come back and tell Ghanaian you lied about the Minister and apologies and running away from the issues and hiding under the cover of darkness to tarnish people's reputations for political expediency. You can say whatever you want about The Catalyst, they are doing a great job in courageously exposing the wicked lies of people like you. Shame on all of you1
ADWEN 11 years ago

The inability for Ghanaians to learn and gain exposure and experience is killing all Ghanaians. What does this writer wants to achieve by writing this rubbish to defend thieves like Afriyie-Ankrah and his thief-in-command JOH ...
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The inability for Ghanaians to learn and gain exposure and experience is killing all Ghanaians. What does this writer wants to achieve by writing this rubbish to defend thieves like Afriyie-Ankrah and his thief-in-command JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA?
Does Ghana belong to Afriyie-Ankrah and his NDC dimwits? What is wrong with summoning this incompetent and unqualified Afriyie-Ankrah to account for his incompetence, sheer mismanagement and dubious and corrupt deals?
The writer wrote "He told the Commission that as the minister at the time, he accepts responsibility but cannot accept blame for others’ inability to deliver specific jobs assigned them". For Accountability to prevail, you just don't only accept responsibility, you must be held accountable to the people you failed to supervise to achieve the organisation's goals and vision (if Afriyie-Ankrah had any besides amassing wealth).
This writer was concerned with only the $9m amount, what about the back-hand deals, the fraudulent deals behind the scenes which all culminated in the poor performance of the Black stars. People like this write are really dimwits and myopic. They think they know much, but inexperience and folly is exhibited by them in all their rantings.
Akpene 11 years ago

I am wondering if on any day, an NPP government would take the steps Mahama and his NDC government are taking in matters like this. We saw what Kufuor and his NPP gang did to this country but at the end of the day, he told us ...
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I am wondering if on any day, an NPP government would take the steps Mahama and his NDC government are taking in matters like this. We saw what Kufuor and his NPP gang did to this country but at the end of the day, he told us rather shockingly that "corruption is from Adam. You people are not happy that your lies are being exposed at the Commission. That is a fact. you does not know that people like you steal from the state on a daily basis in their place of work and so on? Give us a break!!!
Maxwell 11 years ago

But this can and will never happen with an NPP government. Are you not ashamed by the revelations? This gross incompetence should not be displayed in this 21st century and openly divulged to the global village. I now wish thi ...
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But this can and will never happen with an NPP government. Are you not ashamed by the revelations? This gross incompetence should not be displayed in this 21st century and openly divulged to the global village. I now wish this should have been done in camera, it is a disgrace to Ghanaians!
Tilapia 11 years ago

Albert, these people are called football hooligans. They dont know any better because they cant think and I wouldnt worry too much about them if I were you. They are like headless chicken whose effusions will die out sooner t ...
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Albert, these people are called football hooligans. They dont know any better because they cant think and I wouldnt worry too much about them if I were you. They are like headless chicken whose effusions will die out sooner than later. They have very low IQ which prevents them from discerning what is right from wrong.

In Europe, similar people cause riots, damage public property and attack Black people and Asians on sight when their teams lose matches. They viciously act on crowd instinct and are as docile as butterflies when they are alone.

The truth of the matter is that our own brand of football hooligans are mostly venting out their unmanageable frustrations about the inability of the Black Stars to make it to the final rounds of the World Cup. And like children who do not know how to manage their moods, they go amok and start pointing fingers at the next most visible person in sight. This unfortunately happens to be the former Minister, Afriyie Ankrah, Nyantakyi and Kwesi Appiah, the coach.

Some of these recalcitrant miscreants, particularly the journalists, are also being paid by other shadowy characters who want to undermine the entire MOY&S and GFA structure so that they can also find a way to get a shot at having the opportunity to ensconce themselves in the GFA to steal public funds.

Of course in the organization and participation of huge events such the World Cup, it is inevitable that there will be shortcomings here and there as well as financial leakage of funds, due more to disorganization than an intent to steal or mismanage funds.

Much as I dont like the style of Afriyie-Ankrah and his govt, I do not really think that there was anything near massive fraud concerning our participation in the 2014 World Cup. Considering the administrative shortfalls of past participation in such events, I think that the Brazil 2014 has been relatively smooth and commendable.

The only problem that I still have about that tournament is the inability of both the Minister of Sports and the leadership of the GFA to really discipline those evil footballers who caused an upheaval in the team and subsequently our downfall in the tournament. They should have grabbed both Sulley Muntari and Prince Boateng when they were misbehaving, bared their bottoms and caned them well,well. Perhaps after that, they would have regained their senses. What they needed was physical therapy to extract the demons in them
Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

Illiterate fool

Idiot, it is not a committee investigating Afriyie Ankrah but a commission by the President, do you know the difference?

The legislature(Parliament) wanted a committee to investigate Afriyie Ankrah but t ...
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Illiterate fool

Idiot, it is not a committee investigating Afriyie Ankrah but a commission by the President, do you know the difference?

The legislature(Parliament) wanted a committee to investigate Afriyie Ankrah but the President because he is involved in this corrupt Brazil fiasco opted for a commission.

With a commission, whatever information gathered by them cannot be used to prosecute anybody including Afiriyie Ankrah so this exercise is just to flummox Ghanaians like Mahama is fighting corruption but he is not.

If it was a committee, the information gathered could have been used to prosecute all found to have misused Ghana's money.

Fools like you like to talk without any brains.

Susuka 11 years ago

Thanks but no thanks for educating all of us on the trivial point about committee and commission. Can we please get back to the issues at stake? And whilst you are at it, would you be brave and honorable enough as a man, to t ...
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Thanks but no thanks for educating all of us on the trivial point about committee and commission. Can we please get back to the issues at stake? And whilst you are at it, would you be brave and honorable enough as a man, to testify at the commission that the President is indeed involved in this corrupt Brazil fiasco and that, that is why he opted for a commission?
Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

Do you need to be brain surgeon to figure that out? Why did the President relieve Afiriyie Ankrah and put him at the Flagstaff house as a Minister of state without portfolio? What kind of secrets are they trying to hide?

I ...
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Do you need to be brain surgeon to figure that out? Why did the President relieve Afiriyie Ankrah and put him at the Flagstaff house as a Minister of state without portfolio? What kind of secrets are they trying to hide?

If the President really want to fight corruption, why did he denied Parliament to investigate Afiriyie Ankrah whereby what they uncover would have been used to prosecute him and others and rather set up a Presidential commission and waste taxpayers money when they cannot use the information they gather to prosecute him? Are you that brain dead?
KOZI AGBO 11 years ago

THE CATALYST WRITER IS SICK IN THE HEAD AND ALSO A DUMB JACK ASS HOLE. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE WRITER THE ARTICLE.

THE CATALYST WRITER IS SICK IN THE HEAD AND ALSO A DUMB JACK ASS HOLE. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE WRITER THE ARTICLE.
maubs 11 years ago

Look there is a place and time for expressive and rather rustic language. what is the point of the article?how many readers can get some of the rather colourful and verbose language used in the article.The writer of the artic ...
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Look there is a place and time for expressive and rather rustic language. what is the point of the article?how many readers can get some of the rather colourful and verbose language used in the article.The writer of the article comes across as angry, decietful and ridiculous and self centred. You convince no one with this rather lame attempt to obfuscate, confuse and decieve. Apketeshie argument is no good journalism
Albert 11 years ago

You can suit yourselves, prejudice minds

You can suit yourselves, prejudice minds
maubs 11 years ago

if the point of the article is that Afriyie Ankrah saved some money for MOY so he is blameless then may i refer the writer to the biblical parable of the talents. The one who saved his talent was condemned just as the one who ...
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if the point of the article is that Afriyie Ankrah saved some money for MOY so he is blameless then may i refer the writer to the biblical parable of the talents. The one who saved his talent was condemned just as the one who wasted
his. The only one who won praise was the one who invested it wisely or did what he was supposed to do in the first place.
oyiwa 11 years ago

mr article, if the service charge paid to caterers of $17500 was your money ( food stuffs and utensils, etc having been borne by the committee) would you sit back and clap for a good job done? my friend come back and write a ...
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mr article, if the service charge paid to caterers of $17500 was your money ( food stuffs and utensils, etc having been borne by the committee) would you sit back and clap for a good job done? my friend come back and write about that one. one man also came to the committe and said the caterers were paid $5000 . you said you will be back . i am waiting for you.
Albert 11 years ago

look here, man! That is neither here nor there. Why are u jumping the gun? Wait and let the committee finish its work and let's see how it goes. This prejudiced mindset of yours is exactly what The Catalyst is talking about. ...
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look here, man! That is neither here nor there. Why are u jumping the gun? Wait and let the committee finish its work and let's see how it goes. This prejudiced mindset of yours is exactly what The Catalyst is talking about. You wait, I believe the paper will come back with more sensible articles for the likes of you to be exposed. Why are you running away from the facts and hanging onto tangential issues? If there is conflict between two figures, the Commission will state the right position at the end of the day. You are not qualified to tell Ghanaian. You people did the same thing when you lied that the supporters were sleeping on the streets of Brazil, starving and lining up in queue to go to toilet. Now it is clear that you have been exposed. So, cleverly, you are trying hard to shift the goalposts. Inst it ridiculous?
Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

Idiot, it is not a committee investigating Afriyie Ankrah but a commission by the President, do you know the difference?

The legislature(Parliament) wanted a committee to investigate Afriyie Ankrah but the President becaus ...
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Idiot, it is not a committee investigating Afriyie Ankrah but a commission by the President, do you know the difference?

The legislature(Parliament) wanted a committee to investigate Afriyie Ankrah but the President because he is involved in this corrupt Brazil fiasco opted for a commission.

With a commission, whatever information gathered by them cannot be used to prosecute anybody including Afiriyie Ankrah so this exercise is just to flummox Ghanaians like Mahama is fighting corruption but he is not.

If it was a committee, the information gathered could have been used to prosecute all found to have misused Ghana's money.

Fools like you like to talk without any brains.
Ben Mensah 11 years ago

THIS IS NEITHER A REPORTAGE OR FAIR-MINDED FEATURE. ELVIS MAY HAVE A CASE IN PART (AND LIKE ALL HUMANS BE WRONG IN PART) BUT IT IS STRIDENT, UNSOLICITED (OR 'SOLIFIED')LONG-WINDED ARTICLES LIKE THIS THAT MAKE SOME WONDER. UNT ...
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THIS IS NEITHER A REPORTAGE OR FAIR-MINDED FEATURE. ELVIS MAY HAVE A CASE IN PART (AND LIKE ALL HUMANS BE WRONG IN PART) BUT IT IS STRIDENT, UNSOLICITED (OR 'SOLIFIED')LONG-WINDED ARTICLES LIKE THIS THAT MAKE SOME WONDER. UNTIL THE COM'S VERDICT COMES, LET ALL HOLD FIRE.

Ossify, USA 11 years ago

You've been paid to write this stuff!

You've been paid to write this stuff!
Asempa 11 years ago

First, it was Elvis who was stealing Ghana money. Now it is The Catalyst which you claim "You've been paid to write this stuff!" Who is next on your tall list of allegations? I now understand why the paper says people like yo ...
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First, it was Elvis who was stealing Ghana money. Now it is The Catalyst which you claim "You've been paid to write this stuff!" Who is next on your tall list of allegations? I now understand why the paper says people like you are prejudiced.
SAM BODE 11 years ago

No wonder your print media is one of the worst in the country. The paper is myopic to state that it is not bothered by the English grammar.

No wonder your print media is one of the worst in the country. The paper is myopic to state that it is not bothered by the English grammar.
Albert 11 years ago

You don't get it. There is nothing wrong grammatically with stating ..."three world cups." That is why the paper is not bothered by someone saying that ..."three world cup appearances" is the right English. Where did you peop ...
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You don't get it. There is nothing wrong grammatically with stating ..."three world cups." That is why the paper is not bothered by someone saying that ..."three world cup appearances" is the right English. Where did you people attend school? Please stop disgracing yourselves. The paper is correct in writing "three world cups." You deciding to put it in another way does not make the paper wrong. You are rather the ones who are myopic.
NDC SLAPPER 11 years ago

U FOOL U SOUND LIKE AN NDC FOOL,IF U SAY "THREE WORLD CUPS" IT MEANS GHANA HAS WON THREE WORLD CUPS BUT WE'VE NOT.

U FOOL U SOUND LIKE AN NDC FOOL,IF U SAY "THREE WORLD CUPS" IT MEANS GHANA HAS WON THREE WORLD CUPS BUT WE'VE NOT.
Tilapia 11 years ago

Albert, they are not myopic, cant you see? They are mentally retarded illiterates who have picked up a few letters of the alphabet and want to show that they also know some English.

Albert, they are not myopic, cant you see? They are mentally retarded illiterates who have picked up a few letters of the alphabet and want to show that they also know some English.
Concerned Citizen 11 years ago

SAM BODE, you seem not to get what is going on. The paper may not be bothered by the grammar because someone is deliberately drawing attention from fact with this Grammar issue. The mistake being referred to is no mistake at ...
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SAM BODE, you seem not to get what is going on. The paper may not be bothered by the grammar because someone is deliberately drawing attention from fact with this Grammar issue. The mistake being referred to is no mistake at all so why should one be bothered about that. By the way, take time to read the article and address issues. We can't pronounce the verdict ahead of the Commission-that would be pure prejudice- a canker killing public spirit
Samuel 11 years ago

Good job, The Catalyst. We want to see more of this. Your English is perfect. How can right thinking knowledgeable person say "three world cups" is bad English? Where did the Sarpong person attend school? Truth is, the truth ...
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Good job, The Catalyst. We want to see more of this. Your English is perfect. How can right thinking knowledgeable person say "three world cups" is bad English? Where did the Sarpong person attend school? Truth is, the truth is out and these prejudiced people cant take it. We know them 'fri titi'.
Sports Fan 11 years ago

Mr Journalist, why waste our time to chastise the English Teacher? You are still writing "...... money giving to him ....." and a couple of sentences later ".... for given them the opportunity". A JSS student will fail his BC ...
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Mr Journalist, why waste our time to chastise the English Teacher? You are still writing "...... money giving to him ....." and a couple of sentences later ".... for given them the opportunity". A JSS student will fail his BCE if his does that at the WAEC exams! You failed to take on board the helpful comments Sarpong made, because you have taken a particular viewpoint about the whole Elvis affair and do not want to entertain any diversionary suggestions!
You yourself do not want to try to understand why Elvis spent the most part of the first half of 2014 in Brazil sorting out these problems, but still the supported failed to get to the venue of one of the only three matches for which Elvis had wasted so much of our already scarce resources to organize. Have you asked yourself why Elvis decided to waste more resources to shuttle between Brazil and Accra just for a media call which was all over in about 60 minutes or less? What was in the information he delivered on that day that he could not have got one of his deputies to divulge to the public? That alone would have earned him a visit to Teshie Shooting Range during Rawlings' good days!
Can you not see that this contour about the cedi equivalent in Dollars that had to be exchanged into Dollars, thus losing a whooping $500,000.00 of its value even before the plane left Accra, does not make any good sense? How much was lost in exchanging the whole amount to Brazilian currency and back again? Elvis failed to tell us whether the $4.4 million he claims to have returned to the ministry’s coffers were in cedi equivalent or not, and how much more would be lost in reverse conversion and bank charges! Whoever was involved in this convolution would also have had a trip to Teshie in those good old days! Just before the world cup began, Elvis presented his $20 million budget to the nation in Dollars and the government settled on half of that amount, also in Dollars. How come Elvis is now talking about cedi equivalent? I remember the government promising $9 million (or was it $10); how come it turned out to be #9.4 million cedi equivalent? I bet if all had gone well with the team, the point four million Dollars would have found its way into loose change? All these indicate the corruption for which Elvis and co have to face the law and fury of the land!
There are more worrying issues about this whole Brazil 2014 failure that cannot be overlooked, but you have taken a stance which seems to suggest that you are of the opinion that: "Honourable does no wrong!" You are supposed to be a journalist; so detach yourself from issues before you sit down to comment. Unless you were with Elvis throughout the first half of 2014, you cannot hold brief for him on any issue, because the way things are going, the matter will not end with the commission! In this day and age when all we are occupied by are the wanton waste of the country’s resources in judgement debts, how can a minister indulge in a multi-million project without any written document? Come on, you are a journalist, and I suppose you have a code of conduct to live by! Do not be a partisan reporter/commentator on corruption issues.
Asempa 11 years ago

First of all, Sarpong did not know that "three world cups" is good English. That is bad of an 'English lecturer.'You have no point in trying so hard to discredit the English I am reading here. Check your NPP newspapers and se ...
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First of all, Sarpong did not know that "three world cups" is good English. That is bad of an 'English lecturer.'You have no point in trying so hard to discredit the English I am reading here. Check your NPP newspapers and see how horrible the English is.

Secondly, this is another warped logic of another prejudiced mind. Has the Commission finished its forensic audit for nobody to conclude that actually, $10,000,000.00 was what was given to Elvis, or transferred into the MoYs account?
Secondly, all your conclusions are so cheap that one wonders what kind of 'objective' analyst will write this kind of thing.
and who are you referring to as "you"?

Observer 11 years ago

Asempa, the article was addressed to Mr Journalist, so any reference to the second person is to Mr Journalist. I wonder whether you yourself know when to use giving or given!
I bet you, Mr Asempa, could not understand the g ...
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Asempa, the article was addressed to Mr Journalist, so any reference to the second person is to Mr Journalist. I wonder whether you yourself know when to use giving or given!
I bet you, Mr Asempa, could not understand the gist of the comments Sports Fan made. Just take your time and re-read it, and then come back and make your comments if you have any!
chris 11 years ago

You are at the wrong place fucker. How much were you paid to write this nonsense? People like you make democracy useless. In some coureies you should be arrested and your certificate taken away from you. Shuaaa, you are a dis ...
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You are at the wrong place fucker. How much were you paid to write this nonsense? People like you make democracy useless. In some coureies you should be arrested and your certificate taken away from you. Shuaaa, you are a disgrace to your family. Who born you by mistake?
Akpene 11 years ago

As for you, you are completely lost in this whole debate. Are you drunk or something? Prejudiced NPP man

As for you, you are completely lost in this whole debate. Are you drunk or something? Prejudiced NPP man
The bane of this country 11 years ago

How much did Elvis pay you? I need my 10%

How much did Elvis pay you? I need my 10%
Wofa Kofi 11 years ago

For me this case must end up here. As you spend our money without reciept.You offer Jobs without contract. How would you account for all what you collected. Is it Afriyie's personal property?

For me this case must end up here. As you spend our money without reciept.You offer Jobs without contract. How would you account for all what you collected. Is it Afriyie's personal property?
the truth 11 years ago

I stopped reading when i encountered the word "ignoramus"

I stopped reading when i encountered the word "ignoramus"
Kwame Boafo 11 years ago

Is this article an editorial from the catalyst newspaper or what? What a disgrace. Your sales shall decline that's if you even have any and your arrogant self shall crawl back into the gabage you came from. We shall be back ...
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Is this article an editorial from the catalyst newspaper or what? What a disgrace. Your sales shall decline that's if you even have any and your arrogant self shall crawl back into the gabage you came from. We shall be back indeed. Nonsense!
Mark 11 years ago

I have read with keen interest this piece. The composition of the queens language was very impeccable however I will like to share my views on the vacuums left unattended.
1. The writer shouldn't think he is already in heave ...
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I have read with keen interest this piece. The composition of the queens language was very impeccable however I will like to share my views on the vacuums left unattended.
1. The writer shouldn't think he is already in heaven. He is on earth with people of varying views on issues. Some who will laugh with you but within him want your fall. Is part of our society and i will be surprise if he is unaware of this.
2. As i read the piece my mind was on how the writer was going to expose the truth as against the falsehood. There is absolutely nothing of that sort in his writeup.The question from my corner is this: was due processes followed in the awarding of contracts ie airlifting, caterers, website designer, etc
saint33 11 years ago

I think the writer don't he is saying so i will padding him for that lies

I think the writer don't he is saying so i will padding him for that lies
KWAKU OBENG 11 years ago

No matter how you journalists twists the issue because you have been given some money. The facts are that the minister messed up big time, he could not supervise things well and misappropriated a lot of the country's monies a ...
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No matter how you journalists twists the issue because you have been given some money. The facts are that the minister messed up big time, he could not supervise things well and misappropriated a lot of the country's monies and should not be a minister any more. No amount of CRYING and story twisting would help him. He is useless and you stomach journalist should stop defending the indefensible.

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