He took the words right out of my mouth. And then he removed most of them, added a lot more and changed their order.
― StanM, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 10:19 (sixteen years ago)
Daily Mail prints a story.
Driver orders toddler off bus for wearing 'offensive' England football shirt
Except that it seems it didn't happen..
Daily Mail prints an apology.(ok I made that bit up)
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 27 May 2010 21:11 (sixteen years ago)
Made up stories about the Daily Mail printing an apology about a story that they made up about an incident that didn't actually happen and... <HEAD EXPLODES>
― Fat Dog Franklin (snoball), Thursday, 27 May 2010 21:14 (sixteen years ago)
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― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 08:52 (sixteen years ago)
I've been checking out this blog for a while and it's great re: this kind of thing.http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2010 09:22 (sixteen years ago)
Glad to see the Police stepping in to stop tabloid newspapers inciting racial hatred. This "THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY OUR ENGLAND SHIRTS ARE RACiST, THE FOREIGN TWATS" shit is reaching boiling point in our town at least, and when this shit spills over and people are hurt I expect the press will be very ready to take responsibility for its part in escalating this.
― every time i pull a j/k off the shelf (Noodle Vague), Friday, 28 May 2010 09:38 (sixteen years ago)
xp Fcking hell the Mirror and the Star reported it as well. Good work journos.
Yeah, the bit about the driver having a "polish/east european/whatevers" accent is so obviously crap and put in to send their already enraged readers over the edge.
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 09:43 (sixteen years ago)
The BNP are using this stuff to get some grassroots thuggery organised so kudos to our national newspapers plus those wonderful guys and gals at Facebook.
― every time i pull a j/k off the shelf (Noodle Vague), Friday, 28 May 2010 09:52 (sixteen years ago)
this happened (or rather, didn't happen) in bnp stronghold stoke-on-trent too. wonder if anyone has cross-referenced this family with the membership lists?
― joe, Friday, 28 May 2010 09:54 (sixteen years ago)
If none of the newspapers follow this story up to establish the truth either way, that would be a scandal.
There's enough of that sort of "The leftwingers SPIKED this story" thickness thinking off BNP followers already...
― Mark G, Friday, 28 May 2010 10:28 (sixteen years ago)
the stoke sentinel "broke" this story. ran a short follow-up with the bus co saying it didn't happen. then had 30 people claiming to have seen it, at least one of which got the day wrong. must be some sort of mass hallucination up there.
A Bus company has been inundated with complaints after a passenger claimed one of its drivers ordered her son off the bus for wearing an England shirt.First Bus said about 30 people phoned and emailed the business in reaction to allegations that a driver had found two-year-old Dylan Hall's football top offensive.The firm said it could find no concrete evidence to back up the claims made by mum Sam Fardon, aged 27, below, from Trent Vale.First Bus commercial director Paul de Santis said: "As time has gone we have reached the conclusion that the incident did not happen."We have not been able to find any credible witnesses. And we have not been able to confirm the identity of the driver at the centre of the allegation."We believe it to be highly unlikely that it happened. If this is the case that is extremely concerning to us. It's not only damaged our reputation, but could have put our staff in danger through potential reprisals."His comments came after Miss Fardon had said that she and her son were only allowed on the bus after other passengers intervened.She told The Sentinel the incident happened last Thursday morning as she went to take her son to a toddler group in Chesterton.Miss Fardon said: "As we got on the bus, my two-year-old son had an England shirt on and the bus driver, who had an Eastern European accent, said he found it offensive."He said, 'he won't be wearing that during the World Cup, will he?' I said Dylan would and the bus driver said, 'I find that really offensive'. I couldn't believe it."He said we'd have to get off the bus but I argued with him and other passengers backed me up, so he let us on."First Bus launched an inquiry after being informed of the complaint, which prompted a string of complaints and people who claimed to have seen the incident.Mr de Santis said: "We have received a large number of adverse comments from customers and people who claim to have seen the incident."We asked one to provide a supporting statement because of the serious complaint made about one of our drivers. It was then that the person claimed the incident had happened on the Monday (when The Sentinel had gone to press).""We are a multicultural employer and proud to be so and will give our full support to England's World Cup campaign."Miss Fardon was yesterday unavailable for comment.
First Bus said about 30 people phoned and emailed the business in reaction to allegations that a driver had found two-year-old Dylan Hall's football top offensive.
The firm said it could find no concrete evidence to back up the claims made by mum Sam Fardon, aged 27, below, from Trent Vale.
First Bus commercial director Paul de Santis said: "As time has gone we have reached the conclusion that the incident did not happen.
"We have not been able to find any credible witnesses. And we have not been able to confirm the identity of the driver at the centre of the allegation.
"We believe it to be highly unlikely that it happened. If this is the case that is extremely concerning to us. It's not only damaged our reputation, but could have put our staff in danger through potential reprisals."
His comments came after Miss Fardon had said that she and her son were only allowed on the bus after other passengers intervened.
She told The Sentinel the incident happened last Thursday morning as she went to take her son to a toddler group in Chesterton.
Miss Fardon said: "As we got on the bus, my two-year-old son had an England shirt on and the bus driver, who had an Eastern European accent, said he found it offensive.
"He said, 'he won't be wearing that during the World Cup, will he?' I said Dylan would and the bus driver said, 'I find that really offensive'. I couldn't believe it.
"He said we'd have to get off the bus but I argued with him and other passengers backed me up, so he let us on."
First Bus launched an inquiry after being informed of the complaint, which prompted a string of complaints and people who claimed to have seen the incident.
Mr de Santis said: "We have received a large number of adverse comments from customers and people who claim to have seen the incident.
"We asked one to provide a supporting statement because of the serious complaint made about one of our drivers. It was then that the person claimed the incident had happened on the Monday (when The Sentinel had gone to press)."
"We are a multicultural employer and proud to be so and will give our full support to England's World Cup campaign."
Miss Fardon was yesterday unavailable for comment.
― joe, Friday, 28 May 2010 10:53 (sixteen years ago)
must be some sort of mass hallucination large scale support for the BNP up there.
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 28 May 2010 11:00 (sixteen years ago)
"We'll fight them on the buses..."
― Mark G, Friday, 28 May 2010 11:01 (sixteen years ago)
hmm. the mum has previous form with dishonesty offences. great research, guys! http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/archive/2004/09/22/Wiltshire+Archive/7268522.Woman_stole_from_her_hosts/
― joe, Friday, 28 May 2010 11:05 (sixteen years ago)
and here she is again, three years earlier: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/archive/2002/05/28/Wiltshire+Archive/7349282.Woman__18__in_custody_for_string_of_offences/
― joe, Friday, 28 May 2010 11:14 (sixteen years ago)
Nice digging. (Or rather typing a name into a website search engine, but that's still more than the Mail, Star or Mirror could manage)
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 28 May 2010 12:41 (sixteen years ago)
Ahaha this is so staggeringly made up.
― MPx4A, Friday, 28 May 2010 12:43 (sixteen years ago)
That's up there with "So I said to the bouncer, 'fack orf you cant', and he stepped to one side and let me in..." when it comes to made up stories.
― Fat Dog Franklin (snoball), Friday, 28 May 2010 12:46 (sixteen years ago)
"And then the bus flew up high into the sky in a blaze of fireworks and everyone cheered my name. It was amazing. You should have been there."
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 28 May 2010 12:51 (sixteen years ago)
Selwyn Brown, of North Staffordshire bus users group Aces, said: 'It's unbelievable. Assuming it's true, the bus driver is to be condemned.
Wonder if that's the same Selwyn Brown that was in Steel Pulse?
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 28 May 2010 13:06 (sixteen years ago)
I know how this happened..
The bus driver is SCOTTISH!!
and he sais "You're not wearing that for the WORLD Cup are ye?"
They say, "yeah"
he says "Hmph, I should stop you getting on with that offensive shirt on, hoch aye the noo"
and they think.. OOH HE IS POLISH OR SUMMAT!!
― Mark G, Friday, 28 May 2010 13:11 (sixteen years ago)
littlejohn continues his campaign against the intolerable injustice of referring to prostitutes as women who worked as prostitutes btw
― conrad, Friday, 28 May 2010 13:11 (sixteen years ago)
I heard the bus driver was Bobby Gillespie (xp)
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 28 May 2010 13:12 (sixteen years ago)
Tbf, Littlejohn is a man who works as a journalist.
― Mark G, Friday, 28 May 2010 13:17 (sixteen years ago)
This is depressing, either they didn't bother at all, and it looks like they didn't, or they did and still thought 'fuck it - let's run with it anyway'. Of course it is possible there's more than one woman with that name in Stoke. I guess that's the kind of thing journalists could check up on?
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 13:49 (sixteen years ago)
"not someone who works as a cunt....a cunt"
― MPx4A, Friday, 28 May 2010 13:50 (sixteen years ago)
xpOf course it is possible there's more than one (27 year old woman) with that name in Stoke.
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 13:51 (sixteen years ago)
How you usem news story.
Day one: Report story - initial detailsDay two: Clarify story - longer version of same thing, more picsDay three: Disprove story, quote someone else.
― Mark G, Friday, 28 May 2010 14:12 (sixteen years ago)
But whatever happens, do not disprove a story before you've had a chance to print it.
Selywn Brown is made out of people
― May be half naked, but knows a good headline when he sees it (darraghmac), Friday, 28 May 2010 14:15 (sixteen years ago)
Even the legalisation of brothels, which I support...
guessing that our friend Richard has some troubles with women who work as prostitutes leading to his crazy vendetta.
The murder of three prostitutes in Bradford not only conjours
sounds a bit Frenchy for my liking, gerrarav our green + pleasant land you.
― Hippocrates or wat!! (Merdeyeux), Friday, 28 May 2010 14:32 (sixteen years ago)
He already did, didn't he?
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 28 May 2010 14:36 (sixteen years ago)
this bit from the fake evil bus driver story cracks me up
Miss Fardon's partner Chris Hall, a taxi driver, was so angry he defiantly bought England strips for all the children.
That'll show those non-existent foreign bastards.
― this skit is ba-na-nas (onimo), Friday, 28 May 2010 23:55 (sixteen years ago)
they spend most of their time sifting thru shit on ppl they hate yet not a single enquiry on this shitty story
ycmiu
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 29 May 2010 00:04 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1282860/Frenchman-arms-legs-set-swim-22-miles-English-Channel.html -> select worst rated comment
I lol'd :-(
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:20 (sixteen years ago)
Seem to remember that was an old joke - Q what do you call a man with no arms and legs who swims the channel? A EITHER Clever Dick OR Bob.
― GamalielRatsey, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:22 (sixteen years ago)
He should stop arsing around and get on with it!
soz.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 19:11 (sixteen years ago)
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/04/article-1283942-09E2696E000005DC-370_468x286.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1283942/EasyJet-unveils-infrared-ash-detector-allow-pilots-steer-volcanic-debris.html
― nakhchivan, Friday, 4 June 2010 13:03 (sixteen years ago)
srsly shdn't read this shite but it's so compellingly shoddy
― nakhchivan, Friday, 4 June 2010 13:09 (sixteen years ago)
pretty sure that was on the today programme even tho i was half asleep.
― sent from my neural lace (ledge), Friday, 4 June 2010 13:17 (sixteen years ago)
That pic is hilarious. My nose just did one of those brief external bubbles of snot.
― GamalielRatsey, Friday, 4 June 2010 13:19 (sixteen years ago)
brief external bubbles of snot
If I ever form a neo-psychdelic band, this is what i'll it
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 4 June 2010 13:20 (sixteen years ago)
...call it, that is
www.bebo.com
― May be half naked, but knows a good headline when he sees it (darraghmac), Friday, 4 June 2010 13:22 (sixteen years ago)
To be fair to the Mail, that pic has a caption underneath which reads
The AVOID infra-red system is attached to the nose of the aircraft and can monitor the skies up to 60 miles ahead
― nate woolls, Friday, 4 June 2010 13:35 (sixteen years ago)
Nice they've put the whole page into Easyjet orange. Excellent brand work there, Mail dudes.
― Matt DC, Friday, 4 June 2010 13:36 (sixteen years ago)
Get one Photoshop manual.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1282227/Horror-woman-stamps-baby-accused-phone-theft.html
― StanM, Friday, 4 June 2010 18:16 (sixteen years ago)
Haha, that's just incredibly bad. They could at least have used two different poses from the baby.
― ailsa, Friday, 4 June 2010 18:32 (sixteen years ago)
some xposts buti bet daily mail readers are relieved now they know which way the plane goes.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 4 June 2010 18:54 (sixteen years ago)
But it's red, that's a "don't fly in this direction" arrow!
― StanM, Friday, 4 June 2010 19:03 (sixteen years ago)