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New Wed 2 Feb 11 18:45 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Iffy
There's no point in having a prejudice if it cannot be reinforced now and again.

Those of you who are not loyal readers of Britain's finest newspaper will enjoy this blog.

It's from a site which specialises in highlighting bad journalism.

I'm afraid the blog is rather long, but no one said hating the Daily Mail was going to be easy.


nosleeptilbrooklands.blogspot.com/2011/01/true-story-of-daily-mail-lies-guest.html



Go on then, I'll give you all a summary.

It's about a public relations consultant who played for a Female feature story about women who had left their partners and the city to move to the country.

She did it for the publicity, but it looks as if the published story was not quite the publicity she wanted.
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 19:17 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - CGNorwich

Daily Mail April 2008

Max Mosley bears a name that carries a disturbing World War II resonance. His father was Sir Oswald Mosley, the odious Blackshirt fascist leader and Hitler sympathiser.

Daily Mail July 1933

Oswald Mosley leads a well organised party of the Right ready to take over responsibility for social affairs with the same directness of purpose and energy of method as Hitler and Mussolini displayed’.






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New Wed 2 Feb 11 22:42 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Bromptonaut
Quite a good story & the same blog's critique of Melanie Phillips on 'Gay Maths' is brill!

I'd not normally quote the mail and have to contain my gag instinct at the barely covered racism but this article tickled me tinyurl.com/68grxe9 (Apparently f*rting is to be an offence in Malawi)
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 22:48 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - FocalPoint
Thanks for that, Iffy.

I don't have an axe to grind with the Daily Mail simply because I ignore it, along with several other newspapers I never read, but newspaper journalists as a whole are a breed I relegate in my mind to a position somewhat below used-car salesmen, bankers and estate agents.

The story and its deconstruction are repellent and fascinating.
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 23:08 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Dave_
>>nosleeptilbrooklands.blogspot.com

If you like that sort of thing, you'll probably appreciate

enemiesofreason.co.uk/

and

ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 23:15 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Bellboy
somewhat below used-car salesmen, bankers and estate agents.
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interesting
now then, your glasses on a string, do they ever get caught in your shorts when you bend over while wearing jesus sandals as your polo doesnt start?
:-)
stereo types dont you lurve um
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New Thu 3 Feb 11 00:18 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - FocalPoint
I meant to say, of course "...a position somewhat below used-car salesmen, bankers and estate agents - present company excluded."

Better now? :-))
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New Thu 3 Feb 11 09:49 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Iffy
The Mail - and The Sun - are in official hot water over publishing a picture online of a murder suspect with a gun.

They did so during his trial, and the accusation is the jury could have been influenced against the defendant had they seen the picture.

The trial judge decided to press on, and the defendant was convicted and is now doing a life sentence with a tariff of 14 years.

Both papers have since been charged with contempt of court:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-12350859
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New Thu 3 Feb 11 19:55 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Kevin
Shock, horror!

Ex newspaper-worker agrees to Daily Mail interview in the hope that "I would have a nice bit of publicity in a national newspaper with which to promote my business."

Despite working in PR and aware of the need "to confirm that I’d quoted him/her correctly and in the right context" she neglects to request the same courtesy.

She becomes,

"..alarmed by the line of questioning during the interview, which seemed entirely focused towards the number of men I’d been out with.."

but then racks her brains,

"..for romantic encounters following increasingly probing questions from the journalist.."

and agrees to a photo-shoot where she poses "..on bales of hay brandishing pitchforks."

Just goes to prove that there's still one born every minute!

Kevin...
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New Fri 4 Feb 11 21:18 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Kevin
Shock, horror yet again!

Another poor woman deceived by the gutter-press.

"I was a fool really to agree to be photographed in a sheet, I didn't really think through the implications, I didn't know I was going to be photographed in a sheet until I got there."

Kevin...
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New Sat 5 Feb 11 01:36 
 One for the Daily Mail haters - Cockle
But to be honest that picture of Sally Bercow is much more tasteful than the one of Sam Cameron in the Torygraph today of her in a blue polka dot see through number.

As SWMBO said, ' Not good, what possessed her to wear a white bra under that!'
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