TheMightyQuinn said:
hilts said:
fair play to you lefty
-- Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:46 pm --
as it always been the same the mail? i dont remeber it having the same rep years back, dont read it myself but have seen a few writers on question time and they do seem like they are holding back the full extent of their views
I've no idea what it used to be like but for the past few years one of the girls I was living with bought it on a daily basis. I'd flick through it whilst making my tea reading the sheer panic and horror as the journalists tried their level best to scare the complete shit out of me. It worked until I actually stopped and thought and realised it was just scare mongering aimed at middle Britain.
My favourite article was written by a 40+ yr old man who complained that 'within 40 seconds of registering on Facebook posing as a 14yr old girl I received sexually explicit messages from men I've never met'.
There was also an hilarious article about London 'street kids', 2 in 3 carry knives apparently but my favourite aspect of the article was how obviously made up the names and quotes were!
The Mail in a nutshell
WE'RE FUCKED! WE'RE ALL DOOMED!
IT'S IMMIGRANTS FAULT AND MUSLIMS!
FACEBOOK IS USED SOLELY BY PAEDOPHILES
PAEDOPHILES ARE EVERYWHERE 1 IN 2 PEOPLE ARE PEADOPHILES
SOCIALISTS/COMMUNISTS ARE RUNNING THE COUNTRY
ALL BLACK KIDS WANT TO STAB YOU THEN SHOOT YOU THEN RAPE YOU IN THE BULLET HOLE
ALL ASIAN KIDS HATE BRITAIN AND WANT TO BLOW YOU UP
ALL GAY MEN HAVE AIDS AND FANCY YOU
ALL LESBIANS ARE EVIL MONSTERS
VOTE TORY
GRASS YOUR NEIGHBOURS (JUST IN CASE THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL)
Actually, just imagine any Chris Morris Brass Eye sketch, times it by 20000000 and you have The Daily Mail.
I've highlighted only the headline examples which are complete bollocks
Let's take today and look at a few real ones
THE JUNK FOOD GENERATION - Admittedly a boring subject
GAME, SWEAT AND MATCH - Two pages about the tennis, again boring
THE LUNCHBOX SNOOPERS - Years ago did you ever think we'd hear about 'guideline daily amounts' every time we dare eat or drink something, whether it be 5 fruits a day, 21 units a week, 6 grams of salt etc, the Government can and do take a militant view to this
PAYOUT TO SUPERBUG CHIEF IS BIGGER THAN AWARD FOR VICTIMS Looks to be true to me, the woman claiming is in my eyes scum and stands for everything that is wrong with our 'me, the victim' culture
MY CREEPY-CRAWLY DIET, BY SALMA THE SUPERSTAR - Boring trend developing for following the Sun down the celeb gossip route but mercifully a short story
YOU MIGHT NOT GET A PENSION UNTIL YOU REACH
70 - I think they were actually being quite optimistic with the word might there.
THOUSANDS ON BRINK AS CREDIT CARD DEBT PILES UP - Can't see that theres anything false about this either.
Cba to do anymore, there is another one about the nationalities of the German squad, just pointing out that some have Turkish or Brazilian names / backgrounds etc, this would probably be the one jumped on and turned into the racist, did you know they supported Hitler in the 30's tired old BS but in reality, it's just a light hearted article.