We probably should have noticed this sooner, but to be honest, keeping tabs on Mel Ve’s Con-the-Consumer Network isn’t high on our priority list. So it wasn’t until yesterday that intrepid reader and commenter Spiny Norman pointed out that CCN was off the air…and had been, apparently, since Monday last!
Yes, it’s true: we had noticed last week that APD’s Thursday show hadn’t happened (and there was much rejoicing)…but we thought that was just Angie being her usual incompetent, bone-lazy self. It didn’t occur that it could have been a system-wide failure.
One possible explanation: Mel said the other day that their 2016 “broadcast year” had ended, and it was time to break out the begging bowl for 2017. However, CCN’s crowdfunding page shows neither crowds nor funding:
Despite the hefty “broadcast fee” they charge each and every one of their suckers…er broadcasters, Mel and BigEars just can’t seem to make ends meet, so they must rely on public fundraising to help them defray the cost of posting their inane drivel on YouTube. (Which is free to use, by the way.)
We wonder, then, whether the current broadcast silence is some sort of blackmail ploy—give us money or we’ll stay off the air? (Note to Mel: as ploys go, this one is fairly weak. You might want to rethink your strategy here.)
Oddly, the usually garrulous Angie has had nothing to say about the current state of affairs at CCN; and Mel Ve is staying uncharacteristically silent as well. In normal circumstances we’d expect them both to be putting up their patented Wall’o’Sound’n’Fury™, their usual defensive rants when things have gone tits up and they can’t or won’t admit it.
We’re sure someone will eventually break down and explain what’s going on, but until then we leave you with MKD’s ode to this welcome moment of blessed broadcast silence:
As if as a response to our speculation, they’ve uploaded two new videos in the last few hours but I suspect that they’re several days old, maybe up to a week. The last live show advertised on Mel’s Farcebook page is from 1st November and the most recent show uploaded seems to be from about then too.
They’ve also just uploaded their programme guide for the coming week (as usual, inexplicably titled ‘CCN BROADCAST GUIDE 11 – 17 JULY 2016’). But then, they also did this last week, then stopped broadcasting the promised shows anyway. (Including ‘Angela’s Caches’, but as Mik pointed out at the time, “This cancelled episode is by far Angie’s best work to date.”)
And yes, one does wonder whether this is linked to Angela’s bizarre comment about a male “colleague” having difficulties and pondering on whether she should “go public” with it. Could Piggy Hobo be poorly, perchance? (Not that I’m wishing that, for the record – that’s not my style.)
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it’s also worth bearing in mind that they don’t upload all their shows, especially if they look back at it and realise what twunts they’ve made of themselves (possibly whilst drunk or high). I’m thinking in particular of that one a few weeks back where Mel and Hopeless Girl giggled their way through two hours of shite, including doing a tarot card reading.
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That may also go some way to explaining Mel’s blatant lie on the CCN “newsletter” about having over 17,000 shows when her own CCN YouTube page clearly states 14,454.
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Yes, good point. Inconsistency is their middle name.
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Interesting–I’d assumed she meant Rupert, not Bigwig…but of course it could really be anyone. Who’s pissed her off lately?
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I’ve pissed her off immensely, as you might have noticed, but I don’t think she’d describe me as a colleague. (A boy can dream, though.) 😀
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LOL!
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I don’t know why they’d be annoyed at your good self Roger. It’s not as if you ever wind them up or take the piss out of them or anything like that is it? 😉
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No, she wouldn’t describe you as a colleague. There are other words beginning with ‘C’ she might use though….just saying… 🙂
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Colin, perhaps?
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“Why do people not demand their refunds which are due to them by law?”
Er…maybe because they don’t wish to make complete tits of themselves, unlike some!
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Presumably Neelu doesnt use cash when she goes shopping.Bloke at corner shop must be pulling his hair out by now.Not sure exactly what her strong points are but in a process of elimination economics can be struck right off.
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Mel should get in touch with McKenzies Devils, she could get some tips about how to EDIT VIDEOS! that’s the key Mel, editing, who wants to watch two hours of some self obsessed drivel?
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Yes, that’s the kicker on their ‘live’ shows–they go on forever, but never get anywhere. Editing is the key. For instance I bet we could edit Angie’s epic moan-fests down to five minutes apiece.
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It does make me laugh when Mel spends so much time talking about how the ‘trolls’ aren’t getting to her at all and then proceeds to moan about them for the next 30 minutes.
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5 minutes is most chivalrous of you EC! A succinctly synopsis of all her outpourings to date can be whittled right down.
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Hmmm, so if I’ve understood correctly, here’s the choice: give up a chunk of my hard-earned salary to fund an incompetent, unreliable, FREE YouTube channel to continue broadcasting slanderous, ill-informed, barely audible bollocks round the clock to their audience of six…or not pay them anything and thereby get them to shut the fuck up for free…Ooh, it’s a toughy!
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I know. Agonising, isn’t it?
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Decisions,decisions
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I have some pristine one owner only youtube channels for sale, £1000 each or £200 per month if renting.
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Yeah, good luck with that, Nelly…
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Didn’t she have to pass some basic maths courses to become a pharmacist? Sad.
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Word salad. Who or what is “God Sky Earth”?
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Little Miss Libel’s going after the Archbishop of Canterbury now:
Two reliable sources? Nope – this “scoop” has come directly from…Wesley Hall! That Pulitzer is sooo in the bag!
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Ah, you mean Wesley “I’m just about to enter (yet another) uni programme, gimme money now” Hall?
Yes, completely reliable info.
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Yay! Why not celebrate with a nice cigarette, Angie?
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Or perhaps a cigar, Winston Churchill style.
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So long as it’s not Bill Clinton style.
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That would definately be pushing things a bit too far.
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Blimey, that must be a long commute to the RCJ!
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Conscious Consumer Network costs according to a founder 60,000 Euros a year to produce its quality output and its star-cast of broadcasters.
https://www.gofundme.com/FundCCNfor2016
Compare CCN to your Hoaxtead blog: you have more viewers; higher quality content; and well edited and interesting videos; it cost you zero.
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Should read $60,000 rather than Euros.
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Well said SV, this blog is far superior to anything Mel could hope to produce.
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The CIA/RD/HR should offer to buy them out.They must be worth at least a tenner.EC can operate from that stupid throne with a glint in his eye and the satisfaction of a job well done.
Mel can go back to outsize modelling(but not singing ffs),Bigears can get some fresh air and restore his sanity.Everyones a winner and can all live happily ever after.
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My one condition: could we repaint that room please? Purple makes me look washed out on camera.
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Thanks for the kind words, SV. Yes, we have put exactly €0/£0 into this blog since Scarlet Scoop founded it a year and a half ago.
On the other hand, if anyone really wanted to send me €60,000 I wouldn’t say no….
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We could start a go-fund campaign and ask the Satan Hunters to contribute, since they have enjoyed considerable publicity for two years thanks to Hoaxtead.
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What the F…? $60,000? that’s ridiculous.
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You have to take into account the cost of renewing the gold leaf on Mel’s throne.
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CCN ran into financial trouble in March 2016.
https://www.youcaring.com/conscious-consumer-network-535949
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It beats me why Angie and the other mugs bother with CCN at all. They don’t get much for their money – viewers in double figures if they are lucky. It’s like the worst sort of vanity publishing.
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It’s so Angie can pretend she actually works as a journalist on a TV Show.
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That’s exactly what it is, FS: vanity publishing for fruitloops. They get to claim they have a “show” on a “network”. Why this might be important to them is a whole other question, probably best addressed by mental health specialists.
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That TV show being something along the lines of ‘Drop the dead donkey’.
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They seem like well organised grifters but in the end, they are just very cheap low level con artists. This fantasy ‘network’- posting videos on Youtube- is a vanity publishing on an embarrassing level.
They remind me again of the odious Chris Fay who caused so much trouble. All he wanted was 100 quid here, 50 quid there and when the tabloids realised he was a con, a free lunch to supplement his pension.
With Mel Vd & Angie it’s that 25 quid, 50 quid if they are lucky, donation. Angie thinks she’s investing in her show and it will bring more donations. It will end in tears & probably quite soon.
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I’ve often speculated about Chris Fay. Newspapers were saying he was a ‘social worker’ but I could never find any evidence of that.
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Reblogged this on World Peace Forum.
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Tune in tonight between 5 and 7pm or catch up in archives in a couple of days to the latest episode of ANGELA’S CACHES ….the Word of their Testimony.
CATCH YOU LATER FOLKS…AMAZING GUESTS COMING ON, THE JAKE SITUATION IS SHOCKING, BOOTS ON THE GROUND NON VIOLENTLY IS WHAT IS NEEDED WHETHER THROUGH BALLOT BOX OR TRUTH TELLING….TIME TO GET YOUR BIG BOY/GIRL PANTS ON AND START SPEAKING TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT
Love an stuff
ANGIE
It would appear the old carcass is still blithering on.”Boots on the ground!!” ffs
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LOL…ooh, très military, Angie. We’re all so impressed.
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They’d look much better on Angie’s head.
JOKE, ANGIE. SHEESH
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For any erstwhile souls.Hopefully MK `s Devils will do the usual potted version for those with lives to lead.
https://livestream.com/accounts/10784589/CCNLIVE
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Mystery solved: Here’s what they’ve posted on their defunct YouTube channel now:
“We no longer stream on YouTube. This does not mean we have stopped broadcasting true FREE & INDEPENDENT MEDIA. If you click on the Watch Live link on our YouTube Homepage you will be taken to our Live Feed. Or you can visit http://www.consciousconsumernetwork.tv/ccn-live . Looking forward to seeing you there.
“All broadcasts / shows will be archived on You Tube.
“For those who miss shows or need to pause the LIVE stream, please use the DVR function to pause or rewind.
“To see what is on and when, please check out the broadcast guide
http://www.consciousconsumernetwork.tv/broadcast-guide
“We thank you for supporting FREE & INDEPENDENT MEDIA”
Odd that it never occurred to them to make any sort of announcement, but there you are.
Also, our guess is that they want to stream live independent of YouTube so they can harvest people’s IP addresses (all 8 of them), so we’d suggest you use protection if you decide to watch. Use a VPN, and stay safe out there.
Oh, and yes, Angie is on.
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Thanks, EC. I wonder whether her ‘Chasing Rainbows’ from last Thursday is on there somewhere.
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At beginning Angie said she could not do last Thursday because she was knackered from saving the world.
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Can’t see her on Youtube at the moment.
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Not on YT Hugh,see EC link/advice(just above)
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Well the view count is currently on 4.One is me and theres the guests…there is an acute sadness involved in this derangement.
Tracey Morris prattling on and Jacintha something in usual denial of any personal responsibilty for their shit.
I am surviving so far by simultaneously working my way through a particularly hot Lamb Vindaloo.
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Angie has 2 Special Needs Children now Adults, Wow, Wow.
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And that woman who sounds just like Tracey and of similar behaviour is a right one!
Is this the calibre of Angela’s guests?
I’m one of the 4 viewers and I’m getting through it by looking at holidays online at the same time!
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I wish Angela would get on to Jake.
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Thanks, Fanny – I’ll never get that image out of my head now, 😮
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Is Angie acting like the bride who ensures she is the prettiest girl in the room by picking really ugly bridesmaids?
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Its not exactly Vogue magazine territory is it.
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♫ Why are we waiting
For that voice so grating? ♫
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OK, I’ve found it. Thanks for the link, EC. Oh shit, it’s Tracey Morris. Curse you, EC!
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Its seems obligatory for guests to have voices that affect the human brain in the same way that injecting razor blades would.
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HYE NYE BRYNE KYE!
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LOL!! Cackles in glee and rubs hands…er, paws together*
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Angieballs: “I am not exactly a legal eagle but I know laws are being broken left,right and center”.
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NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!
NOT IN A MILLION FUCKING YEARS, YOU BULLSHITTING HAG…
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Tracey Morris on about how she prevented the courts putting a gagging order on her.Hmm, only because they havent invented industrial strength megagags just yet.
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Interesting, as the courts DID put a gagging order on her, the lying bint!
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That woman at the bottom – how nice of her to expose her child to two hours of swearing and abuse!
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Just saying.
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“Sabine Berry”?
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Yelch!!Sounds like a henious fruit unfit for human consumption.
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Angie’s claim that Susan Kellner Johnson has been sectioned to stop her promoting homeopathic medicine has made me lose the will to live. She could at least have had the decency to titter under her breath as she was saying it.
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If Angela wants people to do a peaceful vigil, she needs to get her arse over to Luton and with a bit of luck get herself sectioned.
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When she’s in there she’ll meet all the other people who shot JFK.
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Plus she will have the opportunity to meet and greet half a dozen messiahs,a triad of Napoleons,an assortment of pothead pixies,someone terminally fixated about everyone trying to steal his biscuit and if she`s fortunate a f`ing partridge in a pear tree.She will be right at home AND wont have to pay the bill.
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Sorry, I’ve had enough. This is much more intellectually stimulating:
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Cheers Spiny,that really revitalised the grey matter after a 2 hour celebration of undiluted cretinism.
Angie should give serious thought to going back to school as it certainly did`nt work first time around.
“Journo Angie” my arse.
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Some troofers do ‘ave ’em.
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Oh Lordy.
The only reflection or discernment she engages in is weighing up what she deems will score virtue points and self aggrandizement tokens.She appears to have a complete absence of capacity to pause and reflect with any degree of objectivity,humility or genuine consideration for others.The only credo she is nailed to is that of self possessed,unfettered inanity.
The bore that doth babble on (and on and on and on).
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