George Galloway

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    Has a 'Russian State-Affiliated media' label on his account on twitter. Fair to say he's not particularly happy about it.

    Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke...

     
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    Even if I don’t like someone I always try my best to try and see things from their point of view but im struggling with this one. The guy literally has a show on Russian state sponsored TV. It was even in his Twitter bio before people pointed it out and he deleted it. Don’t see how he has a case here
     
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    Mildly amusing, but with sinister undertones.
    George Galloway is a moron and does indeed have a show on RT, but does Twitter now decide to label anyone with anything they see fit? I'm all for labelling posts/people with something that says "independent fact checkers do not believe this post is genuine" but is this a step too far? If it said "has links to Vladimir Putin" on it would that be fair?
     
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    He is a clown. Always has been and always will be.
    I knew him as a kid. Grew up alongside him in Lochee.
    Always an odd ball. Never changed.
     
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    If he has a show on a Russian state owned media network, how can he claim he isn’t affiliated to Russian state media?
     
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    If they have links to Putin, yeah that would be fair.

    If the label is accurate then I don't see the issue.
     
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    He's a nasty rascist,misogynist pig, and that's me being kind about him.
     
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    Ok so say I cut Putin's grass. Or my estranged sister is married to his brother. Or I once attended a party in his honour.

    Does that make me a friend of Putin or to be labelled as such? Does it mean I am in someway affiliated with his regime?

    I say it shouldn't, but I absolutely detest George Galloway so don't want to be accused of defending this label in his particular case.
     
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    I wouldn't say they are links to Putin. But Galloway is/was employed by Russian state media, so that label is accurate.
     
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    Twitter- we can’t be responsible for what people post, we don’t make editorial decisions about content.

    also Twitter- these people need a special symbol based on what we think about their content.
     
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    MeeeeeOW ;):)
     
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    It's hard to take someone seriously who gets on all fours on national TV to pretend to be a cat. To this day one of the weirdest ever TV moments on any show, including the one where Keith Chegwin got his willy out on.

     
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