Women

[tiggerblue10]

Get blamed for things even when they're 100 miles away it seems.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56615521

[emmie]

i also saw this on the online news, they have to find fault, even though she was no where near.

[emmie]

Marwa Elselehdar is Egypt's first female ship's captain -
good for her i say..

[Zacs-Master]

It was just social media rumours. No one with any authority blames her. In fact the Arab news article praised her for getting as far as she has. Complete non news story.

[douglas9401]

Cor, wot a stunna. :-)

[Jackdaw33]

Why is the ship referred to as Ever Given when its name is Evergreen?

[douglas9401]

Evergreen is the name of the company, not the ship.

[Zacs-Master]

Lazy journalism. Probably an auto correct which no one checked.

[tiggerblue10]

Evergreen is the name of the company that owns the Ever Given and other vessels. Found that out a couple of weeks ago when I made the same observation.

[Zacs-Master]

Fair enough.

[emmie]

its as much a news story as any. I wonder if she gets the same pay scale as her male counterparts.

[10ClarionSt]

She can prove she was 100 miles away and had nothing to do with it. Why the fuss?

[emmie]

Rumours about Marwa Elselehdar's role on the Ever Given were largely spurred by screenshots of a fake news headline - supposedly published by Arab News - which said she was involved in the Suez incident.

[10ClarionSt]

She can, and has, proven that she was not involved. I ask again, why the fuss?

[Zacs-Master]

a few people posting lies on social media does not make a news story. It must be a slow news day!

[emmie]

maybe because in that part of the world women don't usually get to such dizzy heights.

[Zacs-Master]

Em, why have you taken to copying and pasting chunks of journalists copy? The words you have copied contain the word ‘fake’ which only backs up my point about what constitutes news.

[tiggerblue10]

Because it was a news story.

Take a chill pill ;o)

[Zacs-Master]

It’s not news tho, is it!

[tiggerblue10]

Maybe someone could move it to the Jokes category as it's unwanted in News. Apparently...

[emmie]

no leave it where it is. there is often a load of carp that's supposedly news that gets through. Tiggs im with you on this..