Oh, how I love the Daily Telegraph. Every so often, there's a jewel among the rough of Conservative propaganda, and I think I've found it this week.
I actually found this article by accident while looking for an article I read a few years ago about the dangers of Tinder, and though I am in no way technophobic or opposed to online dating, this piece really does sum up how risky meeting up with someone who you've met online can be.
A woman, Warriena Wright, visiting Australia on a two-week holiday from New Zealand, matched with a man via the online dating app Tinder, and when things became heated (and not in the way you'd expect) she found herself on Gable Tostee's balcony separated from him by a locked glass door. Allegedly Wright had become violent after a few drinks and Tostee had no choice but to restrain her, yet recordings from Wright's phone tell a different story, with snippets like Tostee's very complimentary description of 'you God damn psycho bitch' suggesting Wright had felt threatened and tried to climb down from his balcony when she fell, resulting in her death.
Surprisingly, this article holds no apparent bias - it tells a factual account of the events, lets Tostee's lawyer have his say on the matter and even reports uncertain details of the event in quotation marks, letting the audience know there is nothing but facts, facts, facts in this article. The author, Jonathan Pearlman, seems to be an all-round reporter, writing straight-forward articles about the ins and outs of Australian news. Though this is as far from a humorous article as you could get, I must guiltily admit that my favourite part of the piece is, and this is a direct quote:
[they returned] to Tostee’s apartment, where they were recorded talking about God, ninjas and the film Forrest Gump.
A fine first date conversation if I ever heard one.
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