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Thread #115727   Message #2490004
Posted By: Ruth Archer
10-Nov-08 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Jonathon Woss off air!
Subject: RE: BS: Jonathon Woss off air!
The exception rather than the rule, Lizzie...

from Wikipedia: "The paper has also been accused of misquoting information about immigration in order to support its anti-immigrant line, a move criticised by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), who warned that media campaigns against immigrants could lead to a risk of "significant public disorder". However, the paper chose to interpret this as meaning that the disorder would be caused by immigrants, and failed to mention the media's role when reporting ACPO's statement.[26]"

And with regard to their journalistic policy and approach:

"A leaked email from a Daily Mail features writer is doing the rounds. It demonstrates the newspaper's xenophobic agenda perfectly:

——-Original Message——- From: rsreply@dwpub.com [mailto:rsreply@dwpub.com] Sent: 13 February 2008 15:57
Subject: Response Source - Diana Appleyard , Daily Mail (Request for personal case study)
PUBLICATION: Daily Mail (Request for personal case study)
JOURNALIST: Diana Appleyard (staff)
DEADLINE: 14-February-2008 16:00
QUERY: I am urgently looking for anonymous horror stories of people who have employed Eastern European staff, only for them to steal from them, disappear, or have lied about their resident status. We can pay you £100 for taking part, and I promise it will be anonymous, just a quick phone call. Could you email me asap? Many thanks, Diana

HOW TO REPLY:
Email: mailto:dianaappleyard@aol.com
Phone: not provided for use
Fax: 01296 738083 (preferred"



The Daily mail has, in fact, printed 80 negative headline articles about Poles in the UK over a period of 2 years, as seen here:

http://www.zpwb.org.uk/3


here's an interesting piece: Daily Mail and the BBC


Oh, and guess which newspaper's articles are best represented on the BNP website...