The Sun
Do 275,000 Swiss people engage in zoophilia?
(This has been cross-posted from Notjarvis’s blog.) According to the Sun: Up to 275,000 Swiss people — out of a population of 8million — have sex with animals, a survey claimed last year. A similar claim was also made by the Daily Mail… Read more
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Daily Mail uncovers the ‘truth’ about Catgate
What would you do if you were proved wrong? Recant and apologise? Or simply continue repeating the same untruth, hoping that no-one will notice your obvious stupidity? Well, as today’s front page testifies, the Daily Mail will do the latter and… Read more
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Sorry we called you an ‘HIV monster’
Here’s another complaint made against the Daily Mail which was resolved through the PCC: The National AIDS Trust and the Terrence Higgins Trust complained, on behalf of Nkosinati Mabanda, to the Press Complaints Commission that the assertion in… 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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The nasty coverage of Margaret Moran’s court appearance
You can be forgiven for thinking that the Mail’s coverage of ex-Labour MP Margaret Moran and her court appearance over alleged expenses fraud is more than a little on the nasty side: The article, bravely attributed to the anonymous “Daily… Read more
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When is an exclusive not an exclusive?
…When the same story is covered simultaneously by two different newspapers. (Hat-tip to @BethEleri and… Read more
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Devilishly stupid
Both The Sun and the Daily Express refer to Anders Behring Breivik, the man alleged to have perpetrated the terrorist attacks in Norway, as the devil: They’ve clearly based their comparison of Breivik with the devil on his wicked and evil… Read more
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Has the Sun been taking lessons from Ann Coulter?
Yesterday’s horrific events in Norway received the following coverage on the front of today’s Sun: As far as I can glean, the text accompanying the Sun’s splash reads: UP to 20 people were feared dead last night after two terrorist… Read more
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