Daily Mail

lokiman

The Daily Mail certainly does seem to have a strange policy with regard to readers' comments. I live in Bermuda, so I was interested to see that the Mail had written an article about the looming constitutional crisis that we're seeing here, which originated with the current Premier throwing his toys out of his pram over a corruption investigation instigated by the police against him. I posted a comment - a very restrained and reasoned one, at that - but it hasn't been published. Oh, they're happy to publish snide anti-Blair comments from people living in Kent, Surrey and Middlesex, which have no relevance to the topic at hand, but if you're actually living in the country about which the Mail is writing, they don't want to publish anything you say........

Blacksheep1979

Dave_Brooker wrote: »

I read an article on the Daily Mail website which shocked me, I added a reader comment, but despite it being polite and (by my usual standards) non abrasive, it was ignored, only comments which agree and support the view of the writer are displayed.

Why have this reader comment section if you don't care about reader comments?

maybe you should read a quality paper and not a load of tosh in the first place?

IvanOpinion

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

maybe you should read a quality paper and not a load of tosh in the first place?

That would generally exclude all British papers .. what a load of 2-bit hacks we seem to have

Ivan

Dave_Brooker

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

maybe you should read a quality paper and not a load of tosh in the first place?

I found the article through google news, I was just shocked by the content of the article (what I consider blatent lies) and moved to leave a comment (I've never been urged to before), if I'd known they only show the 100% positive comments I'd not have bothered...

maninthestreet

Exactly what in the article do you object too? Why does it 'shock' you?

Dave_Brooker

maninthestreet wrote: »

Exactly what in the article do you object too? Why does it 'shock' you?

I don't think this is a forum for political views, so this post may well get removed.

But since you asked I find the following statement from the article particularly deplorable:

"Under international law, Israel's occupation is entirely legal"

dangeroussports

DAILY (hate)MAIL

"Under international law, Israel's occupation is entirely legal"[/QUOTE]

Thats rich coming from the very British Newspaper that sided with fascism and enjoyed a bit of political romantiscism with Nazi Germany during the war.

bestpud

grayme-m wrote: »

IMHO, the problem with the DM is that it takes itself seriously; how many people read it and then quote it verbatum like it is the truth?

My father in law for one! Scary I know, but there are people out there who take this stuff as gospel and are prepared to spout it to equal minded people!

azjh77

I have left well over 20 comments on the Mail website and NONE have ever been printed..... I think they write them themselves....

trisontana

dangeroussports wrote: »

DAILY (hate)MAIL

"Under international law, Israel's occupation is entirely legal"

Thats rich coming from the very British Newspaper that sided with fascism and enjoyed a bit of political romantiscism with Nazi Germany during the war.[/QUOTE]


Yes, They had that famous headline in about 1935 "Hurrah For The Blackshirts"