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Written by Uponnothing
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Monday, 14 September 2009 18:01 |
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There are stories on the Mail website that you just know are going to attract vast amounts of outraged comments - it is both utterly predictable and depressing in equal measure. Today's story for attracting racism, ignorance and above all paranoia is: 'Asda launches Asian clothing in first ethnic fashion line by a High Street brand'. The story is deemed so important that it gets a large space on the website as the top story selected as 'Editor's six of the best', which I guess just about sums up the priorities of Paul Dacre when it comes to reporting 'news'.
Naturally the comments are full of paranoid racism from scared Daily Mail readers who see this as another step in the Islamic takeover of Britain. Many commentators state that they will boycott Asda because they want British goods in British shops, which I really think sums up the ignorance of those readers - boycotting an American superstore selling goods sourced from all over the world (including the majority of electronic products produced in China) hardly seems the quintessential British shopping experience.
But then again, maybe it is. The Daily Mail often look fondly back to the days of empire, but isn't this clothing range a direct product of empire? Our multicultural society was built by empire, as was our appetite for foreign products and produce which we still very much enjoy today. Whilst we may no longer rule vast parts of the world through navel intimidation we still enjoy the spoils of slave labour as sweatshops around the world make our clothes, accessories and electronic goods. As I have argued before, if we really wanted 'British jobs for British workers' we should demand an end to this exploitation of foreign labour and insist that eager Britons be given a chance to work in a 'British Sweatshop for British workers'.
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2009 21:04 |
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 10:51 |
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Mass hysteria, odds given as facts, headlines that don't match the content. At the Daily Mail they do anything to sell more copies.
"Swine flu: one in eight forced to take time off sick as pandemic spreads" squeals the Hypochondria Tribune a.k.a. Daily Mail today.
As Armageddon creeps in, the paper informs you, "the vast number of people off work could leave many businesses struggling to run as normal and cripple public services and transport over the summer".
But hold on a minute. If this pandemic is so bad, why is the same paper plastered with "boob-job bikini", "Michael Jackson's leg" and "Pamela Anderson's Playboy catalogue"? And also, I don't know anyone affected by swine flu. You probably don't either and nor does your neighbour. So where does this "one in eight" thing come from?
That's where the puzzled reader decides to delve into the article in order to learn more. Yet the picture that emerges depicts a totally different story and, above all, different verbal constructions.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2009 11:00 |
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Written by Uponnothing
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:07 |
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 Swine flu. How the Daily Mail is loving this one.The Daily Mail has made swine flu their headline the last two days, and I fully expect them to complete a hatrick of headlines tomorrow. The First day asked whether swine flu was 'already here', within 24 hours today's front page assumes that swine flu is already here and the battle is now simply 'containing it' (as an aside, I sincerely love the Mail for putting a plug for its 'Good Health' section in the top right corner of the front page that uses the headline: 'SWINE FLU: NOW THE BATTLE TO CONTAIN IT').
Perhaps then, it is no wonder that some people - those that cannot think for themselves - have been whipped up into a bit of an apocalyptic frenzy. The Mail website has continued to crank up the scare stories, with numerous photos of masked Mexicans and stiff-upper-lip Brits returning from sunnier climes. The message seems to be: these people are bringing the swine flu in,and we're all going to die as a result. I guess it is just one more reason for Mailites to call for the borders of the UK to be closed. Yesterday I posted on how the Mail was lying about Barack Obama's supposed brush with Swine Flu (which they have now changed to try and cover up the lie - not successfully), today I'm just really trying to get my head around just how the Mail is reporting the overall swine flu scare. Luckily, I think I have found the story that sums up just how the Mail is reporting this event: Swine flu panic sweeps UK as public rushes to buy facemasks (but will they actually work?). |
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