Monthly Archives: October 2009

What is worse than the tabloid press?

Tweet The fuckwits that repeat their lies. Yesterday’s short post on the ‘parents banned from playing with children’ story in the Daily Mail tried to point out that the story was absolute bollocks and the council had tried to make this as clear as possible in a clear statement. However, the factual accuracy of a [...]

Contrary to Media Reports…

Tweet Hat tip to the Mailwatch forum for the truth about this story in the Daily Mail: ‘Parents banned from watching their children in playgrounds… in case they are paedophiles‘. The article states that: Parents are being banned from playing with their children in council recreation areas because they have not been vetted by police. [...]

The Make-Believe World of Tabloid Journalism

Tweet Another day, another story twisted out of all recognition by a tabloid press dissatisfied with merely reporting facts. Today’s story is covered by the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror; the Daily Mail goes with: ‘Pub regular banned from drinking Stella died after downing six pints of water in protest‘; whilst the Daily Mirror [...]

Daily Mail show you the meaning of ‘bare-faced hypocrisy’

Tweet I often ask myself why I bother writing this blog. Every now and again the futility of it all strikes me and I just can’t think of any reason to keep plugging away at the Daily Mail for the horrific and dishonest worldview that it feeds its readers. Today for example Suzanne Moore has [...]

Carlsberg Don’t Make Idiots…

Tweet But if they did, they’d probably make Daily Mail readers. To lure the idiots into making a comment the Daily Mail just needs a pointless story like: ‘Schoolboy banned from buying pack of Wine Gums… for being too young to drink‘. You don’t need to worry if the story makes it clear that it [...]

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