Double standards
Daily Mail looks up women’s skirts
Did you think the Daily Mail, that bastion of conservatism and Christian morality, was immune from the so-called ”up-skirt shot”? Well, they’re… Read more
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If it’s good enough for them…
According to the Mail on Sunday: They say that: A government department has been criticised after advertisements for high-cost loans and credit cards appeared on its website. The advertisements targeted visitors to the Department for… Read more
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Is the Daily Mail embracing political correctness?
Yesterday, the Mail were bringing us the following story: As the article says: It may be a classic rock song but 26 years after it was first released Dire Straits hit Money For Nothing has been banned from radio. According to the Mail,… Read more
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Chris Jefferies and a loss of faith in the morality of the British press
The media’s coverage of the investigation into Joanna Yeates’ murder has been distasteful, to say the least. As Greg Reardon, Miss Yeates’ boyfriend, has said in a statement released yesterday: Jo’s life was cut short tragically but the… Read more
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A tale of two stories (about which I hope I’m wrong)
You may remember that, on last Friday, the Daily Mail published the following story: The article was about Joan Wakely who was born in Vancouver to an English mother and a Canadian father. Joan was brought to Britain when she was six months… Read more
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Daily Mail (the pot) versus Phil Woolas (the kettle)
This post is an expansion of something I tweeted last night: This is the front page of today’s Daily Mail: The main story is about two Labour MPs whose behaviour the Mail claims is “shameful”, and indeed it is. Paul Farrelly MP… Read more
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Mail is worst in Fleet Street at geography
From today’s Mail:The first point to make is that the headline is somewhat misleading. As the Mail’s helpful table shows, the UK is actually “one of the worst”, and not simply “the worst”:I know that’s only a small point but I’m a firm believer that… Read more
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Mail’s hypocrisy on online adverts
The recent news that Joanne Lee and Stephen Lumb planned their suicide on an Internet discussion board is truly tragic, but there’s more than a whiff of hysteria and hypocrisy to this story from the Mail:For anyone that doesn’t know, Google enables… Read more
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