Monthly Archives: January 2010

Detecting a Bogus Fear Story

January 31, 2010 – 12:01 pm

Fear is one of the staple products of the mainstream media. Whether it be everyday products giving us Cancer, paedophiles around every corner or terrorists waiting to detonate around us: fearful is the default emotional state that we should be in. Today an article on the Daily Mail website caught my eye, largely because it [...]

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Pick the face that fits

January 26, 2010 – 12:02 pm

There are two very unsavoury rape stories currently on the Daily Mail website. The first story is this: ‘Boy, 13, who raped woman in front of his friends is jailed for just three years… because he said ‘sorry’”. The second story is this: ‘First picture of teenager who sexually assaulted girl, 9, while on bail [...]

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A few good links

January 24, 2010 – 11:04 am

Haven’t done a list of links for a while but I read an awful lot of stuff online so I should do this more often. If you are interested in some of the things I read online I post the better stuff on Twitter so feel free to follow me if you aren’t already: @uponnothing. [...]

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The Daily Mail Naturally ignores Stephen Gately Inquiry Outcome

January 22, 2010 – 12:14 pm

We all know about the huge response that Jan Moir generated with her article: ‘Why there was nothing ‘natural’ about Stephen Gately’s death’ (now retitled: ‘A strange, lonely and troubling death’). We also know about the total lack of coverage that followed in the Daily Mail and most other mainstream media outlets. The Daily Mail [...]

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Mail’s Recession Crimewave hasn’t happened

January 21, 2010 – 12:17 pm

Throughout most of 2009 the Daily Mail – and James Slack in particular – were either reporting on a crimewave that was already underway or predicting a massive rise of crime due to the recession. Here are just a few headlines: January ‘The credit crunch crimewave: Increase in burglary and robbery is fuelled by economic [...]

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