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Hmm… remember this?

Today's tabloids express mock outrage at the appearance of N*ck Gr*ff*n on the BBC Question Time programme. But they have short memories.

Here's today's Star:

Hang on, though. Isn't that the same newspaper that did this?

and this?

The Express, meanwhile, is also clutching its pearl necklace, claiming that the party is going to get taxpayer-funded broadcasts at the next election. Not a big lead on Griffin, because there's apparently another twist in the Diana saga (and as ever the stock image of her wearing a seatbelt, which would have saved her life in the crash, nutjob neenaw whoop-whoop conspiracy or no conspiracy)

But it's got those because it's gained votes. I wonder why? I wonder which newspapers are read by BNP supporters? Maybe ones that say stuff like this

or this?

or even this?

And not forgetting the all-time classic:

Not some. Not five hundred. Not even a thousand. Not half. Not three-quarters. No. ALL. IN BIG RED FUCKING LETTERS SO YOU'RE MADE CLEARLY AWARE THAT IT'S ALL.

Hey, and please let's not forget this:

I almost didn't include this!

Which is almost the same as this!

But no. The Express doesn't like the BNP. They just happen to share entirely the same views on immigration, but Griffin is bad, because... well. I haven't quite worked out why he's bad. Maybe he doesn't hate Muslims enough for their tastes?

The Mail have also had a bash, but as ever they're more concerned with attacking their nemesis the BBC than they are about hand-wringing over Griffin:

Having said which, I still think

it's worth making the point

that the Mail doesn't always steer so far away

from using content

which the BNP and 'bigot' N*ck Gr*ff*n

might completely agree with

and it's not long

before you might start thinking to yourself

are they really protesting a bit too much? And what's the difference, really, between the BNP bigots and the supposedly mainstream newspaper which claims to distance itself from them so much?

And you have to start thinking: do these newspapers which select certain types of images of ethnic minorities and use them again and again

really have such different views or agendas from the likes of the BNP?

It's all very well people blaming Labour, or the BBC, or whoever, for the 'rise' of the BNP. But if there has been a significant increase in BNP support - and it hasn't translated into votes yet, despite a severe recession and growing unemployment - perhaps that might have more to do with the legitimisation and absorption of their extreme views by newspapers creating scare story after scare story concerning race and immigration, often baseless stories created simply to scare? It's one thing going to a BNP meeting but it's quite another to hear exactly the same thing over the breakfast table from a publication which purports to report the facts.

But no. It's all the BBC's fault. Let's blame them.

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Spellingmistakescostlives.com
October 26th, 2009 - 16:13

Fantastic post! But to be honest I'm slightly envious of your collection of outrageous Daily Mail/Express articles.

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Brennig
October 26th, 2009 - 17:04

@Dingledoodie, thank you for that moral compass link, I'm going to use it elsewhere.

For the record I appear to be:
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.51

This means I'm almost Gandhi!

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Sandy
October 26th, 2009 - 19:10

Pleasure @Brennig. )

I'm:

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

I'm 'round about The Dalai Lama

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alvaro
October 26th, 2009 - 22:04

In Spain the same thing is happening.

The problem are not the immigrants, the problem is, if the immigrants respect the culture and the host country's social model, and try to adapt and not to destroy for what specifically they have chosen to live in the host country. In Europe we are characterized for an advanced society, far from teens concepts in general in which are involved the countries from many immigrants.

These immigrants come to Europe to live free, but they don't realize that are destroying in many cases, with their attitude, the bases of Europe.

The problem are not the immigrants, the problem is the respect and integration, acceptance of new ideas and ways of living.

Unfortunately, a lot of immigrants believe that they can impose their beliefs and ways, by the fact that they have not born in a free society. This is what many immigrants don't understand.

Greatings from Spain.

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alvaro
October 26th, 2009 - 22:05

Sorry for my english.

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El Centollo Malabar
October 26th, 2009 - 23:47

Opposing Islam is as racist as opposing Nazism. After all, both are the same. Would you call racist to somebody who claims that Mein Kampf is a hate speech shit and nazis are criminals? Why then do you supoport these other nazis just because they call their criminal ideology religion?

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Polar Bear
October 27th, 2009 - 05:47

I am not sure why you use the term Nazi?

Go ahead and dispute the headlines if you wish, however you should do so based upon facts and not rhetorical screams of racism or links to national Socialism.

For the record the nearest thing to National Scocialism (Nazi) in the UK would be New Labour….

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ed
October 27th, 2009 - 10:24

That was absolutely brilliant! Was linked here from a forum, and will certainly be linking from my blog.

Truly delightful

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JimmySixBellies
October 27th, 2009 - 10:24

Yes.

That is all.

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Iconoclast
October 27th, 2009 - 10:44

Let's also not overdo the condemnation of the newspapers. Yes, they're irresponsibly publishing what sells, what their readership wants. For the most part they haven't invented these fears or the reactions to them, they don't have that much imagination. They've simply picked up on rumors and social problems that are running in an undercurrent through a large segment of the population. You don't have to be a Nick Griffin-following bigot to be concerned when competition becomes tougher for jobs and some, not all, muslim people start calling for sharia law — something most people aren't familiar with — even if it's simply for family court and marriage cases. The simple point is that if there weren't already fears spread farther than Nick Griffin could reach, those headlines wouldn't sell.

Now is there a commercial newspaper of any description that actually tries to address these fears and allow people to discuss social tensions as adults? Anybody? Bueller? Anybody? No, firstly because it wouldn't sell, and secondly because these topics can't be discussed openly. It immediately offends someone on some side of some issue (not necessarily related) and someone somewhere is branded a bigot.

I can dislike Nick Griffin for many things, but ironically it's his riot-inciting hatred that sometimes causes people to flaunt PC-ness and actually talk about the taboo subjects.

We can blame the papers for their irresponsibility, hypocrisy and scare-mongering, you're quite right. But we have problems in this country that we can't blame the papers for, and if we use them completely as scapegoats it merely allows us to sweep those problems under the rug until the next time they break out in ugly demonstrations and random violence. The problems, not the papers. Personally, I hate the papers; but I can't forget the hidden problems and I have to hope that even those dreadful headlines might actually start people talking honestly.

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BUBO
October 27th, 2009 - 15:51

Put my thoughts to words.

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Dog Bites Back
October 27th, 2009 - 19:02

Someone's probably already said this, but that article about blue-eyed kids being smarter is actually about the infamous psychological study that set out to show how easy it is to turn someone racist. It wasn't the paper being racist.

Besides that, great post! I can't believe most of the British population buys these tabloids. Makes me worry for our near future.

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dapht1
October 29th, 2009 - 12:03

nice one, watch the media – they are watching you

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charlesdance
November 1st, 2009 - 13:33

Brilliant, brilliant article. Have you heard of Sky One UK Border force? It's a revolting programme which showcases the violent hunting down and rounding up of 'illegals', presumably made with tghe full cooperation and participation of the Home Office..i wrote something about it here http://400words.wordpress.com/

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Tom Evans
November 6th, 2009 - 23:41

The Express obviously doesn't object to the racism, only to having to pay for it.

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BigglesUK
November 14th, 2009 - 19:40

entertaining but if the newspapers are saying this then obviously according to you they are lying and being newspapers they don't have their finger on the pulse of society do they, remember that to sell newspapers you write what people want to hear and you voice the fears of these people. Do not forget the power of the press it can even make or break a government

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neil craig
November 19th, 2009 - 15:24

The point was hypocrisy evident in attacking the BNP for racism by those who are no better. Since it is clearly undeniablethat the LibDems support war crimes, racial genocide & worse & censor mention of such obscenities while the BNP oppose them & do not engage in denial i was very much to the point.

That no LDs can address the point is to your discredit not mine.

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