Angry the Clown Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 This is a rather amusing link sent into my inbox today. It features an array of genuine front page headlines from 2005 as featured by The Daily Mail/Daily Express - what can only be described as Britain’s most right wing tabloid newspapers driven by their absurd scaremongering headlines and articles. http://bigdaddymerk.co.uk/mailwatch/mwvote/ Personal favourites: Murder by Playstation Tick the Box if you Want to Die Popadom Madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 You Can Kill a Burglar You Can Kill a Burglar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainmaykr Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Most of those look photoshoped. They even spelled "gypsy" two different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 They're incredibly poor images (looks like it's due to really cheap upscaling from tiny originals). But they're honestly not photoshopped; I've actually seen the originals of most of the worst offenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Mmm they are, sadly, legitimate as I too remember most of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Most of those look photoshoped. Sadly, nope. Welcome to the UK tabloid news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonJam Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Wow, you guys have 300% more gypsy-related headlines than we do. On the other hand, we have 1200% more headlines with some combination of the words "Brad", "Angelina", and "Jennifer" in them, so there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainmaykr Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Depending on the gypsies, we win. :rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitlope Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Germans want the queen to say sorry for war :rotflmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan FB Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 I voted for #23, as it has just about every British tabloid cover stereotype jammed into one nice little package: Gypsies John Prescott Princess Diana You will die from cancer if you do not read this FREE GARDENING GIFTS WORTH ?120!!!* You also might get a kick out of The Daily Mail-o-Matic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 On the other hand, we have 1200% more headlines with some combination of the words "Brad", "Angelina", and "Jennifer" in them, so there! If I went out and purchased any of the tabloids from the past week or so, and scanned them for your perusal you’d swiftly retract this statement. It's just as bad here for coverage of such inane 'news' that is of no consequence to anyone. You also might get a kick out of The Daily Mail-o-Matic. Great link. A particular favourite is: “DOES GORDON BROWN INFECT YOUR DAUGHTERS WITH AIDS?” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Is there some British obsession with Gypsies that we should know about? Two headlines there and Little Britain had a Series 3 sketch about gypsies that I didn't really get either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 When the news is rather quiet it’s fairly typical of the ultra right wing journalists to take a swipe or ten at the gypsies/travellers to fill their pages. They’re generally seen as a nuisance, parking up where they shouldn’t in their mobile homes, and dumping their rubbish all about the countryside. There’s no doubting many can be a great irritation, but the likes of the Daily Mail will take their disdain for them to another level by branding them all filthy, inbred thieves and the like, “and because this is Britain rah rah rah, we’ll have none of that sort here thank you! Rabble, rabble, rabble”…. And so forth. It’s a right wing tabloid way of covering up a form of racism by claiming to be patriotic I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I did not want to create a thread just for this article so I thought it would work well here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549217/posts 'I'm not a pervert' No, just insane. :eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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