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Ex-Fifa VP uses fake 'The Onion' article to defend himself against corruption claims

Does someone want to tell him?

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A FORMER FIFA vice-president has used a fake article from satirical news website The Onion to defend himself against corruptions claims laid against him.

Jack Warner surrendered himself to to police in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday but has maintained his innocence all week. He was released after paying $400,000 in bail.

Now, in an eight-minute video uploaded to Facebook, Warner attack the United States for its investigations into Fifa that have indicted him and eight others.

“All of this stems from a lost bid to host the 2022 World Cup,” says Warner.

“They lost to Qatar, a small country, a Muslim country …. No country in the world have divine right to host the World Cup.”

 

Warner uses a spoof article from The Onion, titled ‘FIFA Frantically Announces 2015 Summer World Cup In United States’, to bolster his argument.

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“If Fifa is so bad, why is it the USA wants to keep the Fifa World Cup? Why is it that games began on May 27th, two days before the Fifa election? Why is the US authorities sought to embarrass Fifa in Zurich? Something has to be wrong.

Yes Jack. Something is indeed wrong.

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- With reporting from © -AFP 2015

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    Mute Emily Elephant
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:49 AM

    Silly boy. Should just have got an injunction. Problem solved.

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    Mute Hermes
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    Jun 1st 2015, 2:16 PM

    “I really up the Injunction” – Was it The Clash or The Squeez ?
    Both are apt in many ways !

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    Mute Maris Newsome
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    Jun 1st 2015, 2:29 PM

    Squeeze, Up the Junction

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    Mute Hermes
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:56 AM

    People whose sole purpose in life is the collection of money sometimes become so single minded that they quite literally loose many other vital cognitive functions – like intelligence and moral compass for example.

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    Mute von
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:15 AM

    @Hermes. That also goes for DOB just thought id get that in there as we can’t comment when its actually about him.

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    Mute Hermes
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    Jun 1st 2015, 2:14 PM

    I can’t comment about the story that is covered by an injunction but I can comment on the injunction obtained by Denis O’Brien preventing a story about him being reported on .
    This makes me mention Denis O’Brien injunction or not and I have broken no law .
    I can ask why does Dennis O’Brien seek an injunction with a from whatever source clause in it – has it not sought to close the basic legal principle of “in light of new evidence” ?
    What Judge would grant such an injunction ?- again a question not covered by the injunction .
    Would injunctions with such far -reaching powers not give protection to Catherine’s Murphy’s source as well and surely if someone is bad-mouthing anyone in IBRC then that person would want them caught and let them out ion the open rather than try and silence them so they aren’t caught ?
    What has the Judge – a person Independent of politics , despite being politically appointed,, done to our International Community in the Legal and Journalistic spheres ?
    What would Mrs. Clooney, for example, think of Denis O’B rein’s legal team who brought the injunction ?
    What would she think of R.T.E. and its legal team for lying down under such an injunction ?
    What would she think of Catherine Murphy ?
    Would she meet Enda ?
    Would George meet Enda ?
    All this spotlight in the International Community and it all down to the Troika , Fianna Fail , The Greens , Fine Gael , Labour , Financial regulator (old and new), Judgey Wudgey, Attorney Gnerals and Michael D. (very quiet and he swearing in front of nothing in particular to uphold the Constitution- what if it was a Labour Party politicians in Catherine Murphy’s place – would he comment then ?- He should he played that soldier for long enough – with little success it must be noted and never goiugn near the Courts either !

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    Mute David Thomas
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:00 AM

    Shows how corrupt fifa is when he thinks they’re even that corrupt

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    Mute Stephen Doyle
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:58 AM

    DOBs spokesman must have used Waterford whispers listening to his interview on radio 1 yesterday

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    Mute Eddie Byrne
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:21 AM

    Yeah Stephen i heard the show and that DOB spokesman call Catherine Murphy a thief and a lier but i think RTE commentator Richard Crowley and Michael Martin got the better of him.

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    Mute Richie Notpayingforwater Mc Dermott
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:55 AM

    Dob

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    Mute UndercoverGarda
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:58 AM

    Denis O’Brien

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    Mute Onepz
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:51 AM

    He should have just hired one of the many resident legal experts hanging around in the Journal comments section.

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    Mute Mr Phil Officer
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:54 AM

    Onepz, how are you so sure that CM is lying?

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    Mute John
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    Jun 1st 2015, 12:15 PM

    Then why not give the Winter Olympics to Qatar? Climate you buffoon. Qatar bid for a summer World Cup and when the won (bought) the bid they moved the whole thing to a winter World Cup. This is not what was bid for so it should be void. It’s like applying for planning to build a bungalow and when you get it you build something completely different. I’m astonished nobody has challenged the Qatar bid in the courts on this alone.

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    Mute Brian Gormley
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:03 AM

    If he and fifa are that squeaky clean why talk about it, why not wait for the investigation to finish and then use the yanks

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    Mute right wing
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    Jun 1st 2015, 10:47 AM

    Nothing to see here move along

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    Mute An Ciarraioch
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    Jun 1st 2015, 12:08 PM

    Warner should hire Denis O’Brien to show him how to do this the right way !

    Use Corrupt Government , manipulate Courts & Banks – buy up Newspapers so that they cannot speak about him – Give huge Donations to Political Parties – the list is endless what Denis can do for FIFA too !

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    Mute gavin ward
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:00 AM

    I’ll write dob and I’ll get some thumbs up. A smug sense of knowing I understand what’s going on, I’m down with the cool leftie side, ohh and I’m not paying for water cause that’s what the cool hip kids say I should do .. Think for yourself ya fool

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:09 AM

    Carry on with your fingers in your ears shouting “la la la la la la la la la la la”, it’s a technique used sucessfully by many Government supporters.

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    Mute Avina Laaf
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:15 AM

    Writing “DOB” in an unrelated comments section is about as much use as sticking your fingers in your ears and going “La la la la la la la la la la” anyway….

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:21 AM

    Not really….you noticed it.

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    Mute von
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:21 AM

    @gavin. Why do you think that other people can’t do the same as you, i think for myself, don’t need other opinions i listen but don’t follow, you seem to think we don’t have a brain.

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    Mute von
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:22 AM

    Should be don’t always follow.

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    Mute CitizenSmith©
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:23 AM

    I’m about as right wing as you get on the journal and even I understand that one mans wish to keep his taxpayer subsidised loan dealing private doesn’t outweigh the fundamental law of this republic.

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    Mute Avina Laaf
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    Jun 1st 2015, 11:45 AM

    I’m sure plenty of people have noticed it, but has it changed anything? The vast majority of people (who aren’t complete morons) know what’s going on anyway without needing spam comments on every article to tell them.

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Jun 1st 2015, 12:29 PM

    I’m pretty sure the whole idea of highlighting this as often as possible is to get journalists to re-examine their role in their chosen field of work.
    My idea of a journalist was someone who investigated a story and presented the facts that they have found, on the other hand, if as a journalist you cannot investigate because of constraints or if you allow your own political beliefs to interfere with what you report then you cannot report the truth, in that case you are just a fiction writer or a spin doctor…not a journalist.

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    Mute Avina Laaf
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    Jun 1st 2015, 1:42 PM

    Journalists are currently precluded by a court order and run the risk of contempt of court proceedings and/or having their asses sued. That court order will be challenged by RTE and the Irish Times in the coming days, and if they win (as I fully expect them to) there will be an explosion of stories on this.
    Either way, all anyone has to do is look online at outlets like the Guardian, or even look up oireachtas proceedings to find out about the story. Spamming comment threads is childish and pointless.

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Jun 1st 2015, 4:10 PM

    Journalists are not precluded from reporting what TD’s say in the Dáil. Just like the DOB you are trying to make an injunction against a single RTE program cover the entire media….which it does not.

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    Mute Avina Laaf
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    Jun 1st 2015, 4:16 PM

    “Journalists are not precluded from reporting what TD’s say in the Dáil”
    That’s your opinion, which won’t carry much weight in the high court.
    The court will be asked in a few days to clarify whether or not the injunction applies to reporting of comments made under Dail privilege. Until that clarification is made journalists risk being in contempt of court if they publish the comments. Like it or not, that is the reality.

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    Jun 1st 2015, 12:36 PM

    Now that Switzerland is trying to combat curroption maybe it’s time that FIFA moves its headquarters to a state that not only allows corrupt business people to flourish but activity encourages the use of brown envelopes. We will need to send out our best man for the job someone who plays golf in Kilkenny. Has more contact with government ministers than labour Backbenchers. Someone with a good track record in cur root payments. Someone who has fought hard that a man can never be guilty when he donates to political parties and gives jobs to pensioners. It’s time to bring out the big guns amazing he has stayed out of the headlines when his greatest success is in trouble. It’s Lowry time.

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    Mute Joe Travers
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    Jun 1st 2015, 12:58 PM

    Keep talking jack. I’ll even throw you a bigger shovel.

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    Mute Chris
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    Jun 1st 2015, 1:06 PM

    This man is stupid but not nearly as stupid as the Malteser. A can of worms has been opened and he us doing everything he can to fix the lid back on. But it was he who opened that can in the first place, now he has drawn huge publicity and scandal upon himself and his buddies in FG. They are squirming, he is desperate, injunctions after injunctions follow, our fundamental right to democracy enshrined in our constitution is under assault. Now his buddies are cornered and are raging that they had anything to do with him because they were doing so well in the polls and all. Even Mehole is making them look really bad by defending our constitution and destroying the Malteser shill – Morrissey live on radio yesterday. You know you are fooked when that happens lol. How can they continue with KPMG investigating SiteServ?,will Kenny tell DOB to fook off and stay away from interfering in our democracy, will he distance himself from DOB ? His own party colleagues like Paschal are saying this is totally unacceptable, former colleague Lucinda Russell is saying this is an outrageous attack on our democracy, even the hugely unpopular ex minister Michael McDowell is piping in. Enda you cant keep quiet for much longer, you are our glorious leader, we need youvnow more than ever…please don’t “toddle off”..*wink*..*wink*!

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    Mute gavin ward
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    Jun 1st 2015, 12:10 PM

    @von, fair comment and I was not really having a go at anyone specific, for the record I think it’s worrying that a billionaire with a degree of media control can silence debate
    But I think that a lot if people who don’t think fr themselves jump on the bandwagon of what’s the populast point if view, on many issues
    Don’t pay for water , all politicians are corrupt, belief in god is stupid , etc etc

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