Monthly Archives: March 2011

Daily Mail polls readers on nonexistent EU car ban

March 29, 2011 – 11:13 pm

Tweet Minority Thought has already covered the Daily Express story that claimed the EU was trying to ban all cars from cities – a story that turned out – unsurprisingly – to be absolute rubbish. As stated quite clearly by the European Commission in the UK: Contrary to comments made by a government Minister today, [...]

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Anti-journalism

March 28, 2011 – 10:03 pm

Tweet ‘Facebook puts vulnerable children at risk of depression, warn doctors‘ [istyosty link]. From the article: ‘A lot of what’s happening is actually very healthy, but it can go too far,’ [Dr Megan Moreno] said… Parents shouldn’t get the idea that using Facebook ‘is going to somehow infect their kids with depression,’ she said. Too [...]

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Sources & plagiarism

March 28, 2011 – 9:44 pm

Tweet This Huffington Post story written on the 26th March was clearly attributed to Reuters, two days later and it appears on the Daily Mail website attributed to ‘Daily Mail Reporter’ without any mention of Reuters or the Huffington Post. Inputting the Huffington Post article into Churnalism.com and it shows that the Mail has cut [...]

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March 26th old news already

March 28, 2011 – 10:00 am

Tweet Today’s front pages: Daily Mail: ‘Fury over Bulger killer’s tryst with girl guard’, and a story about Princess Eugenie riding a bicycle. Daily Star: ‘JORDAN: If I revealed what REALLY happened Alex would be destroyed for ever!’, a small piece about Sian O’Callaghan and another about Coleen Rooney. Daily Mirror: ‘Back on the beach: [...]

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Shocking ‘journalism’ from the Mail on Sunday

March 27, 2011 – 10:03 am

Tweet A lot of people on Twitter yesterday predicted that the Mail on Sunday would cover the March 26th protests only in terms of violence or vandalism and they were not wrong: According to the Guardian more than a quarter of a million people marched – the vast majority peacefully – on London yesterday, so [...]

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