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Express.co.uk, homophobia and a lack of moderation
The Daily Express website currently carries a story about two homosexual men who were thrown out of a pub for kissing. According to the paper: James Bull and Jonathan Williams puckered up during their first date at a pub in Soho – at the… Read more
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EU/ECHR confusion: We expect better too
Yesterday, the Mail website carried this headline: Now, if you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has recently ruled that the UK must allow prisoners the right to vote and that, on Thursday… Read more
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The Sun don’t know their EU from their ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is part of the Council of Europe, which is an entirely separate institution from the European Union. However, this is a distinction of which many newspapers seem to be unaware. A number of publications… Read more
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Mail Online – searching for an excuse for shameless self-promotion
As the excellent Angry Mob has already pointed out, the Mail Online is using the release of the Google Zeitgeist 2010 as a shameless attempt at self-promotion: According to the anonymous Daily Mail Reporter: Take That ticket sales, the… Read more
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When the war on health and safety defies common sense
The tabloids are well-known for their rather unhealthy obsession with health and safety, or “‘elf ‘n’ safety” as it’s sometimes cretinously referred (a pathetic meme for which I believe we have a certain Richard Littlejohn to thank…). Whether… Read more
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Express is on another planet
The latest edition of the Sunday Express led with a story about EU funding: The article, which poured scorn on the EU for “wasting” money on the European space programme and for helping to fund “explicit films”, was picked apart by Atomic… Read more
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“Food police” don’t order anyone to do anything
Let’s get a few things out of the way: There is no such thing as the “Government food police” A study that lists a few suggestions or recommendations is not an “order” It’s because of this silly article from the Daily Mail that I felt… Read more
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‘I’m not a Nazi but…’
For once, the most striking thing about this article from the Mail is not the article itself, but the comments it’s gathered: If you’ve ever visited the Mail website, you’ll probably have noticed that you can vote each comment on an article… Read more
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