Category Archives: Jan Moir

Stewart Lee responds to Jan Moir article

July 19, 2011 – 10:10 pm

Tweet Worth a read: Moir’s column about ‘foul-mouthed left-wing’ comics who hate Michael McIntyre is only to able to suggest two examples of this ‘cabal’, me and, bizarrely, Frankie Boyle, the paper’s default bête noir. Here we go, point by point, chop chop chop, Timber. Firstly, I am not ‘foul mouthed’. I swear once in [...]

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Jan Moir, Not Nice, But Very Dim

March 19, 2010 – 10:54 pm

Tweet I think it’s worth quoting Jan Moir’s piece on Tim Loughton today in full, because when you try to skewer somebody as being a bit dim you really should ensure that you’re not: Tory MP Tim Loughton. Just look at him. Tim Nice but Dim. Has a clever or coherent thought ever walked across [...]

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The Daily Mail Naturally ignores Stephen Gately Inquiry Outcome

January 22, 2010 – 12:14 pm

Tweet 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 [...]

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Boycott the advertisers, Destroy the Tabloid Press

October 17, 2009 – 10:42 pm

Tweet I’m sure everyone is now fully aware of Jan Moir’s hateful, ignorant and homophobic article about Stephen Gately. It was covered on this site and just about every other blogger I know so I will not go over old ground by repeating things that have been covered elsewhere. Instead I want to focus on [...]

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Jan Moir in the Daily Mail: Sickening Homophobia

October 16, 2009 – 10:49 pm

Tweet Hagley Road to Ladywood announced it last week: anti-gay propaganda is back at the top of the Mail agenda. Since Stephen Gately’s death last week, the Daily Mail has been desperately trying to dig up some dirt. In spite of official confirmations that the Boyzone star died of natural causes, the Mail has decided [...]

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