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Apparently the headline on The Mail on Sunday was 'Err, Bruce...the fire's the other way'
I cant believe some tosser Mail journo thought this was an amusing headline to print while people are being made homeless and dying.

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I've been boycotting it for years, bunch of bigots - just one more reason to do so now

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I'm too embarrassed to be seen buying it anyway.

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Yes, but did the subeditor manage to illustrate how Australian bushfires will lead to more swan-eating gypsy lesbian EU immigrants and the decline of house prices??? That's what's usually important to the Daily Mail...

It's a horrid rag read by two categories of people: Mrs Bouquet types, and people on holiday who can't find anything else in English to read.

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Disgusting. Think they should print a full apology. The situation is so so sad.

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As a matter of principle I boycott the Daily Mail because of their objectionable right-wing reactionist editorial policy.

This would be very funny if it wasn't so close to the truth :p

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I have said paper in front of me (being a Daily Mail reader and all):lol:

It's true. Half page picture with a tiny quote box (so I can quote the whole story):

"Er, Bruce ... the fire's the other way!

A fire engine races along a dirt track in southern Australia yesterday - desperately fleeitng a vast advancing wall of smoke and flames.

This is just one of the bush fires raging across 50 miles of Victoria and New South Wales, sparked by record temperatures of 117F (47C). So far at least 25 people have died in the fires, all in rural towns north of Melbourne."

The media over here have only just this morning started reporting about how desperately tragic the events are.

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It's been fairly widely reported on in the Scottish written press over Saturday and Sunday too.

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Sorry, I was referring to the TV news.

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The stocks! The stocks! ;) :rofl:

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Unfortunately I am not at all surprised.

Imagine how angry they would be if something like that happened in Britain and the Australian press turned it into a joke.

The media is one thing I do not miss about Britain.:frown::frown::frown::frown:

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Ditto. How bloody stupid can they be!!!

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I don't think it's a problem limited to the UK media. Ok, so the UK media is strongly politically aligned and puts across a particular political agenda (which is all right and well if you're aware of this when reading it and take what you're reading with a pinch of salt), but I think this is the case in most media. A truly independent newspaper is rare. I'm not up on the Oz media, but I'm sure it's the case there too.

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I have been onto the Daily Mail website this morning and there are a large number of readers registering their disgust at the report from the Mail on Sunday. With a bit of luck (which I very much doubt we'll have) they will apologise for the flippant report.

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A one inch by half inch 'apology' at the bottom of page 25 no doubt :mad:

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<Sigh> More than likely, if at all. A really sorry state of affairs.....:mad:

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The Daily Mail??? Nuff said! gave up years and years ago.. bloody wolf in sheeps clothing! spends the whole time masquerading as a serious paper, when in fact the truth and fact are so far in retreat, it is embarrassing... why not just put its name in "Red Shading" and be done with it? huh?

Em x

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The mail is just the sun without the tits (oh, sorry should I say boobs!)

Did anyone read their coverage of the Madeleine Mccann story.
Vivienne

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I would go as far as to say I'd rather get my news from The Sun than the Daily Mail. At least, though The Sun expresses equally (from my point of view) objectionable opinions, it makes no effort to portray itself as a serious newspaper.

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Indeed... in fact I am sick of making this point to various family members who love to read The Daily Mail... The Sun is, albeit a tabloid, but atleast honest and upfront about it...

Em x

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My OH has just rung the editor and asked if they will be printing an apology.

The Editors office were unaware of the offending caption and they will be responding by email tomorrow.

He also rang the British High Commission in Canberra this morning and registered his complaint.

I shall update once/if an email is received.

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in the 1930s the Daily Mail were admirers of the Nazis and enthusiastic supporters of the British Union of Fascists

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The debate aspect is still there but there was a comment on the news story comments section by a Stephanie. It had many positive 'votes'but seems to have surprisingly disappeared now. My comment on the picture was obviously filtered out (it was polite) and not posted!!

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the swedish government nominaetd him for a peace prize months before ww2. Many people admired hitler as his extreme policies were not completely known in the beginning.

Obviously he was a lunatic but many of hitlers ideas are extremely interesting and well thought out - unlike the daily mail.....

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Yes, makes the Adelaide Advertiser look like the Socialist worker! Basically bloody barefaced liars out to provoke hatred and division!:curse:

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thats awful ,was watching it on the news its so sad:(

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The daily 'hate' mail really is a nasty paper. The stories always revolve around 3 themes:

The scandal of teenager mothers (we didn't have to worry about teens becoming pregnant in the old days because the family would mysteriously disappear then reappear a year later with an 'extra' member)

The invasion of the immigrants (they weren't around in the old days)

How crime is rocketing under Labour (all this new fangled way of running government it would never have happened back in the good old days of slums and urchins playing in the gutter)

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And house prices :lol:

Their articles usually have a tiny disclaimer tucked away somewhere about how the previous few 1000 words are just a figment of some hack's fevered imagination.

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What ever will people use to clean with after using the WC:sneaky:

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There was that time a couple of years back when you had to buy four daily mails to get a cheap train ticket. As a skint student I did collect them - although made sure that the woman in the shop knew that i was just after the coupons, I wasn't buying it for a good read :o

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There was also an aussie article where some aussie yob asked the media on arrival at scene of many deaths if they liked BBQ deer :blink:

Its seems an appaling subject to make jokes about.

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At least it was not the media!

It's possible that it was made by someone on scene using the black humour of someone who has been through trauma - might have been a bit of a warning across the bows to the media not to leech..

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Yeah but the media were saying what a hero, good bloke, great laugh this guy was:blink: He just struck me as a dickhead.

Each to their own I guess.

How did you go, did you go out with the CFA, I think you had fire near your village, not too close I hope.

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Definitely sounds like 'fire brigade' humour to me. Shouldn't have been put out for public consumption though.

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Hello did you get any response at all by email/any apology in the paper?

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Still waiting......:mad:

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Ooh look what's just turned up in the Inbox:

Dear Mr XXXX,

Thank you very much for your phone call to the Editor's office.

Whilst it is the case that news of most of the damage caused by the
Australian fires only reached Britain after we went to press on Saturday
evening, it was nevertheless an unfortunate choice of headline.

I am very grateful to you for pointing this out and will speak to the
sub-editors concerned to make sure this does not happen aain.

In the meantime I hope you will accept our sincere apologies for the
offence we have clearly caused you.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Wright
Editor
The Mail on Sunday
_____________________________________
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London, W8 5TS

t. +44 (0) 20 7938 6118 f. +44 (0) 20 7937 6721
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Still not satisfactory given that by the time they went to press 14 deaths had been confirmed! No joking matter!

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Did you get a voucher to get a free copy tomorrow :rolleyes: Let's face it, no apology would be enough, morons.

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:mad:Thanks for trying.

Under the offensive caption the last paragraph says 'so far at least 25 people have died in the fires, all in rural towns north of Melbourne', so I dont think this is an appropriate apology.

I did look at Press complaints site but couldnt find a category. Discrimination only applies to an individual.

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Not even having to print a public apology in their pathetic paper would suffice, but it would be a start!