Media and journalism
Daily Mail accused of plagiarising from Slate Magazine
American journalist David Plotz, who writes for Slate Magazine, has noticed a curious similarity between an article from his magazine and the Daily Mail: Here’s the Slate article, which was published on Monday: And here’s the Daily… Read more
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Sorry we said you had sexsomnia
The PCC’s website currently lists no less than 11 resolved complaints from Stephen Davies and Eleanor Parker. According to the complaints, each paper had wrongly reported that Mr Davies, who was standing trial for rape, had defended himself by… Read more
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What a sordid circus
Do you remember when the Mail were criticising the BBC for showing a man’s death “for ratings”? The show in question was the BBC1 documentary, Inside the Human Body, the second episode of which showed a man dying from cancer. The man had… Read more
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Winterval alert: Melanie Phillips
I’ve just received another Winterval alert, this time from a column by Melanie Phillips: Phillips’s main subject this week is the Mail on Sunday’s dubious claim that the BBC have decided to stop using BC and AD in dates. After a few… Read more
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Muslim peace conference ignored by the Mail and the Sun
Last November, three Muslim men caused a scene during the trial of Roshonara Choudhry, who was accused of stabbing Stephen Timms MP. After chanting “Allahu akbar” and “British go to hell” in the courtroom, the men were ejected and continued their… Read more
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More absurd coverage of Amanda Knox from the Mail
Taking pride of place in Mail Online’s “So what?” box right now, alongside “news” about a Coronation Street spin-off show and X Factor, is this groundbreaking revelation: The flippant tone continues well into Nick Pisa’s underlying article,… Read more
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The Winterval myth is still going strong
Remember the myth about Winterval? As the legend goes, Birmingham City Council changed the name of Christmas to “Winterval” in 1997 and 1998 as part of a sinister conspiracy to stamp out Christianity from public life. It’s a great story, and one… Read more
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Mail still confused over the ECHR
When the European Commission’s London office sent the following note to several newsdesks at the end of the last year, they must have thought it was the end of the matter: Information note to Newsdesks: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is… Read more
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