Monthly Archives: August 2010

The abnormal fatty, not once but twice

August 25, 2010 – 8:17 pm

I had never heard of Nikki Blonsky before her name and picture popped up on the Mail website the other day*: For the Daily Mail wearing a bikini is news, particularly if you are female and have what they consider: A, a great figure; B, are too skinny or C, are too fat. In this [...]

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Juxtaposition

August 24, 2010 – 3:04 pm

The Daily Mail sensitively covers the story that Whitney Thompson ‘wants women to love their bodies’ and ‘beat eating disorders’ by placing the story directly above an article thanking (‘That’s better, Sadie!’) Sadie Frost for being less fat and pale then she was two years ago: As well as concern over Mariah Carey’s ‘ever-fuller figure’. [...]

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WTF?

August 20, 2010 – 3:00 pm

A (moderated) comment on today’s  Littlejohn column: I cannot find the words.

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Mind how you go, Richard

August 20, 2010 – 9:44 am

Another day, another lazy ‘Mind how you go’ section from serial bullshitter Richard Littlejohn. This week he casually claims that: In Suffolk, the police are giving stolen bikes to young offenders to help them look for work. Of course, this is not true and if Richard could be bothered to try and remotely justify his [...]

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Daily Mail: Firmly aligned with the far-right

August 19, 2010 – 2:48 pm

I first heard the news that seven HMRC employees had been sacked for racial discrimination via the BBC yesterday and I was curious to see how the Daily Mail covered the story. Not surprisingly they cover it in a way designed to invoke outrage against the ethnic minorities who were the victims of racism, rather [...]

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