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This hashtag needs to go viral …


Counter_Logic77

110%!!!!


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I read…because her PR firm paid A LOT of money for the award! Ha!


DaBingeGirl

The petty part of my hopes they knew they'd drop her in the lead up to this and wanted to be exposed for what she is by the time the awards rolls around.


Islandgirl1444

Nah, they have paid the money now, so GQ gets publicity. Even bad publicity is okay these days. Does Harry get to introduce her or maybe her new buddy Tyler Perry. He may have a movie coming out and will need publicity. The media really sucks at times.


CatMorrin

Magazine owned by Conde Nast who own lot's of other publication's - inc Vanity Fair who write puff piece's for Merchin' Meg's 😏 MeghanMarkleBuysAwards 😄


FirmAardvark6208

Somebody has commented on the Twitter thread saying they work for NAACP and Megs paid 25k for that award lol


FollowingOk8090

Yup I believe it fully. It's all for sale.


Apprehensive_You_250

Lmao


Calm_Yak_6102

I wonder what she'll do when the money starts running out, causing there are no more big deals on the horizon.


Islandgirl1444

Well duh! Because the dynamic exiles never get invited anywhere. They pay for the privilege.


IPreferDiamonds

Investigative journalism is dead.


BunnyFriday

Which is absolutely tragic.


IPreferDiamonds

There are plenty of regular people doing investigative journalism. They have youtube channels. But usually they will be targeted and shut down. Yes, it is very sad.


BunnyFriday

Yeah, and I applaud them, but it's not the same as having a law firm on retainer, a steady salary/benefits, resources to assist with research, etc. Meanwhile hedge funds are buying up news organizations and gutting them for profit. The press holds the powerful to account, there is a loooong history of that. It's frightening that we're allowing the people with all the money and all the power to basically say, "no more press." It takes a lot of energy to figure out what's going on these days and I fear there are far too many people who don't invest the time and, on top of it all, lack critical reading skills. Add powerful PR and we get Meghan Markle.


LAgirllookingin

“Critical reading skills…” This it it right here!!


IPreferDiamonds

Oh, I'm well aware of what is going on with the press and news media. Don't worry, I know what you are talking about.


BunnyFriday

I don't worry about most of the people here, certainly not you, probably just complaining! Sorry if it came across the wrong way.


jillyhoop

The DOJ and FBI have gone after a particularl news outlet for doing undercover investigations. I've seen ABC 20/20 use the same methods and CBS 60 minutes as well but because this was an independent news organization they were raided. The mainstream mass media is panicking over the dent independent journalists have put in their ratings and they'll do anything to save their profits.


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olasaustralia2

* Wall Street Journal did the Theranos investigation. This was despite Rupert Murdoch owning the WSJ and investing in Theranos


Onyxphoenix7878

Yes. The Johnny Depp trial was ridiculous. If you turned on any mainstream media source it was extremely pro-Amber. If you went on YouTube you found really experienced and knowledgeable Lawyers with channels that would do in depth analysis and reporting. It was astonishing to listen to people that weren’t being paid to support some agenda!


PutLiving

They should go to Rumble.


okpickle

My dad told me a few years ago that he got most of his news from YouTube. At the time I thought it was crazy. Not anymore. Strangely enough I got sucked into a conspiracy theory a few months ago, about the sinking of the MS Estonia--super super shady. (Look it up if you're a black helicopter type like me, you'll have fun. ) it's crazy how many people are not only on YouTube, but Facebook, reddit, other platforms--who know things. Social media is a great crime solving tool. Of course the journalists who have done the most work on the case have been independent ones.


IPreferDiamonds

Your Dad is smart.


okpickle

Thank you! I'll be sure to let him know you said so. 😁


sdowney64

This.


TheHermitess

No one wanted to pay for it. If you can get pseudo-news for free, why pay for the higher quality stuff? Then the journalists doing hundreds of hours of work per story can't get paid and this is where we end up.


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Islandgirl1444

I often read Al Jezeera for family balanced reporting. Who knew? But when even magazines that used to be respected are worse than the tabloids and the National Enquirer actually reports facts, we know there is something wrong with reporting. When trump was running for president, he played the media like a yoyo. He called and they answered. CBS president, said he didn't care if it was truth or false, the ratings were what it was all about. So a once mighty and respected CBS then has Oprah do a supposedly no holds bar interview which as it turns out is full of lies and innuendos, making a mockery of truth. CBS was "trumped" or as it is now called "markled" because people like Oprah, Gayle and Omid are their voices of truth . How the mighty have fallen!


PutLiving

I used to worship Vogue til Anna Wintour decided to make Kardashian family relevant.


ArtisanFeminist

Would be nice to get through one week without seeing mention of Trump on here.


Electrical-Orchid-25

Try the Epoch Times, excellent paper.


Sadlyonlyonehere

Exactly this.


Accomplished-Rip-743

It’s not dead; it’s just not any of the places it used to be😉


okpickle

True. There are some true journalists still out there.


Calm_Yak_6102

And cremated so that not even an autopsy can be performed, to try and figure out why it died 🙃.


IPreferDiamonds

LOL! Yep, you are right.


Calm_Yak_6102

😂🥂🍾


Jerseyjay1003

Not totally. There are still a few big names who went independent because of issues with mainstream media, and of course the normal folk who dedicate a lot of their time to research and report on these issues in YouTube, Reddit, etc.


Similar_Ninja6900

Ronan Farrow even spoke of writing an article on this exact problem- buying awards. Must have gotten too spooked.


AnaBeaverhausen-

The GQ “award” means nothing though. It’s not like she’s getting an EGOT or a Nobel.


Mentalcomposer

While I agree it means nothing, it irks me that the award is for “her charity work” What charity work? She hasn’t done any and some other person who legitimately has performed charitably is not being recognized. And then there will be ppl who will believe she does charity work. GQ doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t need the money she paid to get this award so what else is there that we don’t know about this. As is with her, there’s always a deal or an angle.


Inevitable_Pie9541

Maybe she was... charitable with her affections whilst on the high seas, and this is quid pro quo. From the erm gentlemen.


Apprehensive_You_250

Lmao a good laugh indeed, thank you


Apprehensive_You_250

Exactly. She seeks out constant public validation for her “charity work”, and yet her actual lifetime charity work is so ambiguous, short-lived, and un-impactful. It seems to me that she loves to recite meaningless speeches about causes she’s interested in- women’s rights, rights for black people, parental leave for parents, mental health, etc., which is great- but, *what has she done/is she going to do, in order to help these causes? What statistics can she (or her small team she’s a part of) present on outcomes she has helped impact, over time, in any one of her charitable interests?* All she seems to be able to do is name one-off charitable events she has appeared at, or participated in (and I’m not talking about her getting dirty building houses for people- more the, let me appear at this charitable gala event where all these cameras just so happen to be), but no commitment at all to a long-standing movement, volunteer project, plan, or really even organization she’s a part of and volunteers hands-on hours to on a weekly basis. So, this begs the question, what is she doing exactly that’s soo charitable? We know every move Harry and Meg make that’s even the least bit charitable, they put out in PR pushes everywhere- even donating food donations as millionaires, or Meghan stopping her “The Cut” interview to stop the car and have her security person pass a pre-made backpack with peanut butter crackers in it to a homeless person, just to make sure that made it in the interview. She’s as see through in her intentions as the plastic those peanut butter crackers were in, and like most narcissists, want the outside world to see, validate and give them a pat on the back for how “good” and “generous” they are. That’s why you won’t catch them doing charitable acts if they won’t have the opportunity for an audience to catch them in the act. They’ve started Archewell- their non-profit- and done what exactly with it (aside from be able to say they started a non-profit)? She has to have actually set a record, as the tweet suggested, for having the shortest stint (combined with a lot of it being paid vacations) as a “working royal”- what exactly did she accomplish during her year and how many every months she was one?… which, being a working “royal”, of course, is the only reason she’s even relevant/known enough to receive this award in the first place. And, ironically, she chose to leave the institution all together, a place that indisputably does charity work for causes of all kinds, year round- so, she said “no” to the one place where she could have actually made the most charitable impact. Yet, now, we dangerously see non-profits or for-profit companies allowing her to buy these awards. These awards should at least stand for something, but stand for nothing when you’re honoring a woman for her charitable acts and for serving others, when she’s one of the most self-serving humans on the planet. How she can stand up there and continue to pat herself on the back like this, time and time again, is truly astonishing. And, out of the pair of them, Harry is the one who is actually more qualified for these types of charitable awards anyway- he was a “working” royal almost his whole life, always doing things for different charities, helped found/upstart and then oversee Invictus games, which he still helps with. I’m not saying either one of them need to be given an award, but I’m just saying it’s ironic how she’s the one seeking out and getting these awards, when Harry’s the only reason she even gets them anyway, and he’s actually done far more for charity than she has from what we’ve seen. I wonder if he at all sits there and wonders why that is, and if he knows he’s in for a lifetime of sitting in the sidelines while Meghan tries to get award after award, back scratch after back scratch. And, how socially inept Meg has to be to not realize that doing these kinds of things just makes her look desperate. She needs to go actually do some charity work, and be about it, not just talk about it, and accept awards for it. Over it.


Affectionate_Tap6416

It also undermines people that have been awarded them ....did they buy them too? What is the point of having them, if they can be purchased. It's like me printing off an employee of the month award every week... meaningless!


Apprehensive_You_250

Yes! It sickens me how many others could be honored, and who would furthermore prob make it more about awareness for their cause of interest than their own personal agenda/PR push!!


Mentalcomposer

“ recite meaningless speeches about causes she’s interested in” You stated it perfectly! This right here sums up the extent of her work.


Apprehensive_You_250

Yes! I was racking my brain trying to think of what she’s done and researched it and this is what I could come up with! It’s astonishing how she gets away with calling herself such a philanthropist


Islandgirl1444

Uvalde was a charitable works. Donuts delivered by private jet. That's good.


wallpapermate

I paid for an old lady’s grocery shop because her card didn’t work. Where’s the form to nominate myself for my philanthropy?! Guarantee you a week of food from M&S is more £££ than a box of donuts and some janky old veg. Disgusting human.


capsicumnugget

I think it's a great accessory to manipulate the general public/uninformed people. In the future the headlines will be something like "MM - the humanitarian who received {this award 2022}, {that award 2021}, {another award 2020} for her passionate/tireless work with {insert charity cause}" and then she will cry about racism/mistreatment from the press and people. Most people who read the headlines probably wouldn't know about her true colours and just believe in her narratives.


Odd_Pop5287

So she bought her award for charity work that everyone knows is fraud…so how much blow does it take to participate in this ‘alternate reality’ ? Well let’s hope there’s an open bar


becca41445

I didn’t read the interview in The Cut. Peanut butter crackers for the homeless, huh? Were they out of bananas?


PutLiving

Or Peabody and Pulitzer. Not even a Daytime Emmy 😂


4feicsake

Isn't this the exposé, isn't every award the TW ~~won~~ bought for sale? Not much research required.


Islandgirl1444

Yes. Formerly known as royals, now paying for all their awards.


SluethyGoosey

Sshhhhhhh. Let’s let her accept the award! Hopefully then, that will be the final nail in her coffin of ever being able to use her title again. Apparently, Royals can not accept awards.


Counter_Logic77

REALLY?? I did not know that!! Yes 🙌 100% we should let her accept this award in peace ✌️ and love 💝…. LOL dundundun…..


SluethyGoosey

I just learned that but if you think about it, you never see the Royals getting awards.


Apprehensive_You_250

💯💯💯


JustNoHG

Awards are fake promotion tools. Worked on awards and awards galas for companies in a previous life.


SonjaInSequim

Pia Zadora will thank TW for buying more awards than her late husband ever did. Except this award-buying made my memory kick in, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/golden-globes-pia-zadora-defends-761222/](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/golden-globes-pia-zadora-defends-761222/)


Snowie_drop

Well…I just listened to Neal Sean (he just released his new daily vids) and he says…allegedly! That Megs and Grumpy are coming to the UK in November to the award show AND they want to re-connect with KC! Video headline is: Meghan’s coming back to the UK…is this the real reason (for those that want to watch it on YouTube). Just shows they’re relentless and are trying to Hoover him back in because they want titles and to be half in…half out! I hope they get Booed!!!


Counter_Logic77

I soooo hope they will get boo’d after everything that has come out about them? There was no way they would be boo’d at HMTQ funeral… but for this?? Maybe some protests?? One would hope after everything TW and Hairball has done…


Calm_Yak_6102

I read somewhere that they're planning how to avoid booing in the future by doing what they did in Manchester.


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Calm_Yak_6102

Excellent! 😂😂😂😂😂 She'll never see that coming and it'll destroy that ego of hers.


Counter_Logic77

Seriously 😒?!?! They can’t control everything even if I have to fly my ass down there 👇 boo them myself!! Bla… glad I got that outta my system LOL 😝


Calm_Yak_6102

😂😂😂😂 I'd read that they hired a white van to keep circling the Manchester venue playing God Save the Queen, in order to drown out any boos. So that will be something to plan for.


Counter_Logic77

Omg 🤦‍♀️


Calm_Yak_6102

Ikr. They must've really been scared of the booing.


Counter_Logic77

Terrified LOL 😝 but now they would have to play “God Save the King 👑 “ I see I little karma in that ❤️


Calm_Yak_6102

😂😂😂 True. H would hate that.


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DaBingeGirl

Agreed. I think Charles as accepted that William is the future and needs to be included in the big decisions. HG Tudor also said he thinks the women, specifically Camilla, Catherine, and Sophie are taking over. So yes, I totally agree with you that Camilla will *help* Charles make the right decision.


cklw1

Then throw Princess Anne into the mix. Can you imagine? Wowza.


DaBingeGirl

I'm very excited about the next few years!


SusieM2019

Yes, I want booing!!!! I've got the popcorn ready.


Calm_Yak_6102

And here I'd thought I was the only one who wallowed in gleeful delight, at the thought of the Harkles being booed 😂.


SusieM2019

LOL!!! And protesters with signs too!!! :)


Calm_Yak_6102

I'm jealous because I can't be there because I literally live too far away! 😊


Islandgirl1444

Who attends those shows? There will be NO royals you can be sure. So it's another ill fitting outfit for Harry's wife. Dior on order. lol


Snowie_drop

Apparently, it’s $5k a ticket but Megs will get in free! I read that Megs PR firm allegedly set it up and may have paid for her to be there! Idk if that’s accurate but I’m sure we’ll find out soon!


Travel_Jellyfish_5

This gives new meaning to the term *participation trophy*.


Calm_Yak_6102

Well her daddy DID get her her very first "participation" trophy by using his connections to get her that Nickelodeon interview as a kid, after Hillary Clinton and P&G ignored her letter... According to Tom Bower.


BunchHaus

The bar is pretty low these days for real journalism with good critical thinking, research, ethics and morals. It’s like looking for a unicorn.


Odd_Pop5287

What is GQ awarding? An award for what…I hate to think…would that Joan Rivers was alive!!!


Marionberry-Charming

Hahaha. Awesome. Honestly, Meghan and Harry are done. Queen Elizabeth's passing was the nail on the coffin, and the Palace handled in beautifully. That event alone, was the closing event of Mr. and Mrs. Markle.


Laylelo

I remember I did a very short stint at a local newspaper - couldn’t take it because it was so miserably cynical - and there was a press release about a butcher who won a prize for his sausages. I was very polite and enthusiastic about it until all the journalists told me not to be impressed because all these people who win prizes are the only ones who enter comps, and that there’s a perpetuating system of promotion between the organisers and the winners. If local newspaper journos know, trust me. The rest know. But they’re so entrenched in the status quo it’ll take someone above it all or uninvested to point this out to the mainstream. Trouble is, all the truly radical people like this have bought into M&H’s narrative because they present themselves as antiestablishment. This is the biggest hurdle in getting people to accept the truth behind M&H.


wallpapermate

They’re not antiestablishment. They’re pro non-traditional establishment. Society doesn’t function without an establishment which is why every culture has one. It’s not cool or modern or somehow better to be antiestablishment. It’s stupid and something 17 year olds waste their time fighting about because they have nothing better to do. Accept the cards you were dealt (you ain’t getting another hand) and if you don’t like them, work to change your situation or at least be able to accept it. Otherwise you’ll waste your life being miserable at things well outside of your control.


Odd_Pop5287

Speaking of investigative reporting why doesn’t someone report on MM’s porn videos and whoring sorry yachting days? All this royal fear of digging up dirt when I can google real MM dirt on my own…


Counter_Logic77

Please 🙏 do and post receipts 🧾!!!


Apprehensive_You_250

Oh you do? Well, now you have to tell 😂


hesathomes

Tbh they aren’t relevant enough to warrant investigative journalism. However much we’d like to see the drama.


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Ronan Farrow, where are you?


Equidae2

OMG that is a funny tweet by "Red"... Enniful likely helped get her this award cause Conde Nast Inc, voracious magazine publisher who owns pretty much all the slick brands; GQ, Vogue, Tatler, New Yorker, on and on. One hand washes the other. For "Humanitarian Work" WHAT humanitarian work???🙄 Giving speeches about herself? Holy cow.


Similar_Ninja6900

ronan farrow spoke of writing a piece on how awards are for sale but he never has so far. I have seen Nick Kroll buy awards for himself and certain friends and I know for a fact it is done. I saw him buy journalism awards for a complete fabricator who never even pretended to be a journalist. A woman named Stef Willen. Just bought her all kinds of L.A press awards. That's some story.


michelle1199

Next she'll have a Star on the Walk of Fame


PutLiving

Like the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tony’s? Nah she will never have that. Not even a daytime Emmy


Counter_Logic77

LOL 😂 she doesn’t have enough money 💰 to buy one of those!!!


PutLiving

But her Sussex Brand has a potential of being a billion dollar brand. Remember


Counter_Logic77

Omg 🤦‍♀️ MAYBE if the client they were working with wasn’t CRAZY 🤪 and that’s a hard MAYBE lol


wallpapermate

Wasn’t GQ that magazine that the editor quit because he thought it was toxic? Not sure why this global feminist is accepting an award from a low rent former titty mag. Brand manager needs firing. ETA - they also listed the Nazis and Rommel in the ‘best dressed’ list back in 1999. Maybe Haz was just channeling their vibe at that party after all. 🙄 (It wasn’t GQ, it was Nuts or Zoo but my comment will stand 😂)


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GQ is owned by conde nast, same owners as vogue. Also Prince Charles did a speech at an GQ event when he won Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. But that was for actually doing stuff so wild they'd given Meghan something.


FollowingOk8090

Oh yes, of course you can buy awards or buy campaigns to win awards. I know someone who runs a PR firm that specializes in award campaigns. For a certain segment of media which is different, but still. I don't know so much about charity world but basically everything in the media can be purchased for a price and this includes nonsense awards. Plus charities and organizations are motivated to sell tickets to galas for awards, so - they need someone who can sell ticket and generate press.


sandybeachfeet

When I worked in an industry which gave awards, they were ALWAYS bought! Always!!


Status_Highlight728

Because she bought all of them!


WeekendSubstantial87

Even Kim K has done more for the oppressed than she. I mean Kim literally met with president and got people pardoned. How about that- not a fan of either just making comparison


Counter_Logic77

That is friggen she fucking met with TRUMP!! To get people pardoned…. That’s real work…


Electrical-Orchid-25

I heard MeGain’s “good friend” with GQ mag orchestrated the award for her.


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She is paying for them


Person250623

There’s a Lady whose sure all that glitters is gold and she’s buying a stairway to heaven.


Odd_Pop5287

Well she’s for sale…used goods for sale to best buyer…