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Daily Star and the EDL – the plot thickens

Following years of printing Muslim-baiting articles, the Daily Star this week threw its support behind the English Defence League (EDL). On Wednesday, they ran an uncritical and sympathetic front page story about how the EDL might form a… Read more

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Daily Express plays the race card over NHS doctors

A charming story from today’s Daily Express: The article is ostensibly a complaint about doctors who can’t speak English, which is indeed a serious problem. But the Express, ever willing to add its own brand of nastiness to any story, has… Read more

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Papers push the MigrationWatchUK agenda… and don’t bother mentioning it

This post originally said that Professor Coleman’s membership of the Galton Institute, formerly known as the Eugenics Society, was of some relevance to his announcement and that the papers should have mentioned this. However, Oli pointed out in… Read more

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Johann Hari versus Richard Littlejohn

Once upon a time, the Daily Mail’s “star” columnist, Richard Littlejohn (who was then still scrawling for The Sun), had somehow managed to acquire himself a live talk show on Sky News. On one particular episode in 2004, Johann Hari, a journalist… Read more

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When the debate on immigration becomes plain, old-fashioned racism

On the issue of immigration, at what point is the line crossed from healthy debate into filthy prejudice? This article from the Daily Mail is a perfect example of that line being well and truly crossed: The article begins as follows: Just one… Read more

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Too good to be true?

Is it just me or does this comment left on Black British couple give birth to white blue-eyed blonde baby girl from the Mail Online seem too good to be true?  On a normal day, a comment like this would have been voted down by an overwhelming… Read more

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What’s your name and where do you come from?

Probably one of the “best” parts of a Daily Mail story is the comments section. It is here that you can find a perfect snapshot of the minds of typical Daily Mail readers. It’s the great arena where outrageous comments fight for votes against… Read more

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