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Crossing the line.




The Daily Mail has just been deleted from my "news sources" list. This "newspaper" is today (12th September 2012), filled with more obnoxious, biased articles and associated comments from moronic "readers comments" contributors, than I have ever seen. Editing or failing to publish comments in order to promote the Proprietors political or personal view has long been part and parcel of the media circus and thus is an accepted part of debate on the issues of the day. However, when reporting of events becomes no more than a vehicle to promote and champion attacks on working people, or Trade Unions, or Disabled, or individuals then such a "newspaper" crosses the line between decency and obscenity. Today the Mail crossed that line. Another worrying feature of the Mail over recent months is the way in which articles have been so constructed, that an Israeli attack on Iran is not only justifiable but is also encouraged as a righteous action, be it by Israel or the United States or both. In leaning towards this view, the Mail is clearly on the side of aggression as an acceptable option. The attacks that the Mail has orchestrated and led on the Labour Party since the election of Ed Milliband as leader are and have been almost hysterical in their vitriolic rantings. A common feature of the Mail's hatred against people, is their ability to make gross generalisations and to create the illusion that the exception is in fact, the norm and that this country is riddled with benefit scroungers, illegal immigrants, Islamic Terrorists, Left wing Trotskyite trade unionists and un employed lay abouts. The Mail sells more than two million copies per issue, giving it one of the largest circulations of any English language daily newspaper, and the twelfth highest of any newspaper in the world. as from today, it has one less.



Footnote From Wikipedia.Harold Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 3 December 1967), styled The Honourable Jonathan Harmsworth between 1978 and 1998, is a British newspaper magnate. He ranked 51st in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 with an estimated wealth of £1,00 million. Lord Rothermere is non-UK domiciled for income and capital gains purposes, so he does not pay UK tax on his offshore income and capital gains.
Rothermere is a supporter of the Conservative Party leader David Cameron.
 
 

 


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