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Daily Express lies about ‘our cash’ being spent on French Muslims
Today’s revelation from Desmond’s downmarket Daily Mail rip-off, the Daily Express, tells us that: Cyril Dixon, the hack responsible, explains: A FRENCH Muslim couple sparked fury yesterday by using a free legal service paid for by British… Read more
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Demonise the Muslims? Fine by us, says PCC
You may recall that, at the beginning of last month, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Star reported on a story involved two councillors who refused to give a standing ovation to a Marine who’d just been presented with the George… Read more
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Daily Star reporter resigns with a stinging letter to Desmond
Richard Peppiatt is a journalist who used to write articles for Richard Desmond’s Daily Star. I say “used to write” because Mr Peppiatt handed in his resignation letter this week – and what a resignation letter it was! Addressed to Mr Desmond… Read more
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Daily Star backs away from the EDL
Remember this Daily Star front page from last week?The article, which dubiously claimed that the English Defence League were going to become a political party, could not have been more sympathetic towards the far-right group.Not only was it entirely… Read more
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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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Is the Star backing the EDL?
There’s an interesting piece in today’s Independent that asks: The question is prompted by the front page of yesterday’s Daily Star, which ran a story claiming that the English Defence League wanted to become a political party: As I… Read more
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Daily Star and the English Defence League
Today, the Daily Star has decided to run with the following as its front page story: At first glance, the front page might seem like something of a departure for the Star. But if you look closely, you’ll see that all of the Star’s usual… Read more
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Inaccuracy and misogyny in today’s Daily Star
According to today’s Daily Star “exclusive”: The headline makes the very bold claim that the “crossbow cannibal” ate 9 “girls”. However, as the article itself points out: Police believe he could have eaten up to nine girls in his reign of… Read more
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