Run it up the flagpole…
No comments on this story yet on the Mail's website, which concerns a BBC (ah, of course) presenter with a disability, who has apparently been criticised by people on the internet. But I'm sure they'll start flowing in.
One blogger wrote: 'Is it just me, or does anyone else think the new woman presenter on CBeebies may scare the kids because of her disability?
See how the Mail embraces blogs when it's important to potentially slag off the BBC?
And no, I'm sure the presenter doesn't scare anyone, except idiots. And if idiots are scared, then I couldn't care less. And if parents are petrified about having to discuss things with their children involving other human beings, then they really ought to have considered whether they were grown-up enough to be procreating in the first place.
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February 23rd, 2009 - 10:08
I ought to be past getting upset by this sort of thing but still: fucking nasty weaselly “ooh look at this bad thing, not that we’re condoning it, but just look, go on, *look*” journalism. I take my subbing hat off to the shameless pisswank who capped off a story which could have just been “people are mean on the internet” with a headline that demonstrated exactly how much more despicable print journos can be.
Also, the bedtime hour is the best bit of programming for kids around and she’s bloody lovely on it.
February 23rd, 2009 - 10:17
The comments are mostly positive, supportive and generally ironic. Who would have thought that Mail readers think their children should know and accept that everyone is different!
February 23rd, 2009 - 18:32
Another story from today’s Mail: People have been posting messages about how they don’t like that girl who did well on University Challenge.
So in one day, the Mail have managed to spin two stories from ‘People Express Opinions on Internet Messageboards’.
Does their crusading investigative journalism now extend as far as logging on to the Digital Spy forums and typing ‘hate’ into the search box?