Why I hate the Daily Mail, as distilled into one edition

It's true I think we have the best police service in the world, not perfect by any means, just not as bad as everyone elses. And it's totally plausible that some copper gave the wrong advice to Klasse (and a lot of them think like the DM that it's all gone too far in the criminals favour and it'd be wine and roses if we could just give them a clip round the ear'ole like in the good old days and so could have deliberately told her some nonsense) but that doesn't change the fact that Mylene Klass made an terrible album of classical piano and should not be trusted.

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http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-same-old-bbc-hating-mail.html

this was a good spot, from the mail's science correspondent:

one soon forgets that zombies, so far, exist only in the imagination.

re Tim, UK's comment reprinted there ("the UK IS STILL WHITE AND STILL ENGLISH SPEAKING!") - is there any or has there ever been any BBC programming that's not in English, Gaelic or Welsh?

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he obviously didnt read the mail's helpful and non-judgemental guide to voodoo therapy last month.

a lot of them think like the DM that it's all gone too far in the criminals favour

Missed this (no doubt it'll come round again in a couple of days) but I think that's part of the problem. The self-defence laws haven't changed recently, in fact they possibly haven't changed ever, but thanks to the Mail there's a perception that they have - which leads to coppers giving silly advice and other folk making well-documented stupid decisions. Don't round up a posse to beat people's brains out, or shoot them in the back, and generally you'll be fine.

is there any or has there ever been any BBC programming that's not in English, Gaelic or Welsh?

BBC Asian Network has some programmes in Urdu, Gujurati and other foreign nonsense.

ah right. THEY'RE TAKING OVER.

re Tim, UK's comment reprinted there ("the UK IS STILL WHITE AND STILL ENGLISH SPEAKING!") - is there any or has there ever been any BBC programming that's not in English, Gaelic or Welsh?

would love the BBC to start boradcasting in Brythonic just to call a bluff or two.

(xxxpost) I had an interesting argument with someone about that recently:

someone (preparing to froth at the mouth): "You can't even chase a burglar out of your own house without getting into trouble with the police!"
snoball: "No, you can't chase burglars out of your house, chase them down the street, and then beat them with a cricket bat and a metal pipe."
someone: "oh..."

Well, this is it.

99 times out of 100, there's some little 'detail' that changes the situation..

sure this is it though

No, you can't chase burglars out of your house, chase them down the street, and then beat them with a cricket bat and a metal pipe.

though i will rep for this as a position if anyone is bored

i'd be impressed if someone was actually chasing while carrying both bat AND pipe

I think they actually chased the bloke in a car, so it's possible.

Time was you could administer a hiding with a rolled up daily mail, yet these days the paper is not made up of strong enough fibre to be up to the job.

what a cop out xp

back in the days a daily mail would wrap up a fish supper nicely, now the fish literally just collapses through the paper onto the gutter

It's the EU that's regulated a thinner page. I say let the best paper win, no matter how thick it is.

How about the thickness of it's readers?

You'd think but no! Once again we see it's one rule for newspapers and another rule for racist creeps like me. GET A GRIP GORDON.

http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-same-old-bbc-hating-mail.html

― anyways when I'm chopped, dip always kicks my ass lol (stevie), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 07:27

How had I missed that Littlejohn's daughter is now "writing" for them? The horror, etc.

^she pops up underneath one of my friend's FB status updates sometimes and I do a double take every damn time - also she has possibly the worst Twitter I have ever seen in my life http://twitter.com/missglittlejohn

bet she makes a rubbish potato farl

Hang on, Lynda la Plante's stuff has always been on ITV. Because she's a bit shit.

Rain! Makes a nice change
12:24 PM Jan 14th from web

@Amelle_berrabah fabulous bkinis, beach babe! Enjoy the rest of your holibobs!
1:18 PM Jan 8th from web

PURE EVIL

tbf this is more an indictment of Twitter

holibobs

twitter doesn't kill people

twitters do

I seen it in a documentary on BBC2

@melissasuzanneh Favourite? I'm always torn between a Crunchie, a Flake or a Double Decker :o)

Crunchie? Seriously?

Why not have all three? Then tweet to let us know how it went?

nothing wrong with crunchie wtf?

yeah, crunchie ftw!

Why? BECAUSE IT'S CRUNCHY!

is it a spelling thing, as i'm very sure it's crunch'ie'

Crunchie sucks CraigG OTM

twitter don't kill posters, sb's do

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/super-cali-fragilistic-ex_b_440054.html

Daily Star:

NAZI GERMANS ARE NAZIS http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/119278/Germany-bring-back-the-the-black-shirts-/

HUMOURLESS GERMANS ANGRY AT OUR NAZI JOKE http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/119495/Germans-go-to-war-with-Daily-Star/

oh fuck off.

LOL at the DS calling Bild a "downmarket German neewspaper" and a "rag". Takes one to know one.

oh and Bild calls the DS "a trashy English tabloid"

» MORE 'NEWS' HERE...

'news' is truthful at least.

Piss off fish & chipheads !!!!!!

is it a spelling thing, as i'm very sure it's crunch'ie'

― ice cool HOOSicle (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 15:28 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No, we love Crunchie BECAUSE it is Crunchy.

Meanwhile over in the Mail - gobsmacking hypocrisy...
Damning verdict on MMR doctor: Anger as GMC attacks 'callous disregard' for sick children.

Briefly considered finding all the Mail's pro-Wakefield articles and posting them in comments thread, but sanity prevailed.