EXPRESS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL BAD JOURNALISM
NEW figures have exploded the myth of a so-called 'beneficial' impact of the British press, proving that ALL bad journalism is done by the Daily Express.
The research shows that 4,433,384 bullshitting articles full of skewed statistics and dog-whistles to racists were published in the British press over the past year - meaning that ALL of them must have been printed by the Express.
Richard Desmond's rotting flagship has previously claimed to be "Britain's Greatest Newspaper", implying that its journalism has a benign effect on the British press. But these new figures, about stories demonising foreigners and exaggerating the impact of immigration, show starkly the secret Express cover-up which has betrayed British readers.
A total of 56,448,326 stories distorting statistics about immigration were published in Britain last year. But once we discount those published by the Mail, Star, Sun and all other publications, and change the definition of 'story', then do a bit more tinkering, cherry-pick the figures we want and ignore the ones we don't, then change the time span and the nationalities involved, and take a great leap indeed by claiming that the Express is a newspaper at all, we are left with just those from the Express.
John Bastard, from LyingBastardWatch, said: "Now we can see the true impact of the Express's disastrous policy of claiming to be representing the news while in fact just rattling off the same old drivel time after time, regardless of its relationship to reality.
"They may say that they have some kind of good effect on British newspapers, but these figures show that's not the case.
"And just anything else you'd like me to add at this point. Just fill in whatever you like and get back to me."
A spokesman for the Daily Express said: "Na na na-na nahhhh, we can't hear you."
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April 9th, 2010 - 08:43
I love the expression “Dog-whistle to racists” – it is very apt. Much of what comes from the drooling right-wing pariahs that the Mail and Express like to call journalists is intended as just that, of course. They dish out their tasty morsels of thinly veiled xenophobia and bigotry, then leave oh-so handy User Comments tantalisingly close-by, and before you know it, objectives complete. Dave from Droyslden and Camilla from Camberley are in like a shot, ranting and raving as if let off the leash after being starved and taunted for days, eager to share with others their deranged racist thoughts, then “bumping” the posts of all those other right-wing maniacs who share their deviant views. Blatant, but increasingly successful, and the toothless PCC cannot or will not do anything to curb them and their excesses.
April 9th, 2010 - 09:02
Tasty one today on the Mail Online front page:
“Police raid on ‘gipsy palaces’ of Romania smashes Fagin gang sending child thieves to streets of Britain.”
See what they did there? Apart from misspelling “gypsy”? Yes, they have managed to sneak in an anti-semitic reference, too, because we know that Fagin was a “typical” thieving, manipulating Jew, right? Pardon my ignorance, but is “gipsy” an alternate Romanian spelling (because it is used in the body of the article too), or is gipsy with an “i” some kind of subtle hint that they aren’t “real” gypsies? Anyway, once again it is coded writing for the delectation of our racist and anti-Semitic cousins.
April 9th, 2010 - 10:05
The explanation often given is that in old-skool typography, the y and g used to collide into each other, which is why newspapers have historically not done so. But then that doesn’t explain why they didn’t rename the country as Egipt – which is the root where the word gypsy comes from anyway. And besides there’s no excuse nowadays as gs and ys don’t crash into each other (if they ever did). Given the origins of the word, gypsy seems like the right spelling and gipsy just seems lazy. I’ve never heard a compelling argument as to why it should be gipsy other than ‘oh that’s just how it’s done’.
April 9th, 2010 - 11:09
Thanks, Anton. Very informative.