EXPOSED: Daily Mail Hacks Are Morons
The English tabloids pride themselves on having the ‘pulse’ of the nation. In truth, they are opportunists, shamelessly using exaggeration and false morality to paint themselves as whiter than white (NOTW ‘undercover’ agents investigating prostitutes and drug dealers always cracks me up).
Sometimes they step over the line, as NOTW have done several times in the past (the Guardian has done it as well – a tabloid dressed up to look pretty is still a tabloid) and have been reprimanded for it.
But there’s no way you can take the tabloids to task for being mindbogglingly stupid – witness the Daily Mail’s treatment of the ‘Clattenburg’ case.
Mark Clattenburg was suspended as a referee before the start of the season because he was under investigation for debt and the PGMOL and FA did not want the integrity of their active referees being called into question. He’s still suspended as the investigation goes on, with the Daily Mail ‘exposing‘ the core of the dispute.
To quote:
The email at the centre of the storm read: ‘You are missing the bigger picture. Check you can use our companies (sic) money to fund your legal crusade against me. If not, taking me to court might cause your family some pain.’
The Mail presented it as a ‘threat’ by Clattenburg to his business partner’s family. Now I don’t know about you, but to me it seems like Clattenburg is implying that his business partner cannot afford to pay for a legal battle and that would cause his family financial difficulties. Bah, what do I know about English, right?
And while we’re at it, the good folks at the Mirror forget that the touchline ban applies to the MANAGER, not to the club. Hence Kinnear still has one game to serve from his touchline ban. Of course, the fact that Ashley didn’t know about the ban is priceless in itself.
The tabs are mind-numbingly bad ‘papers’ but they are amusing to read. They’re ‘articles’ are always written as though the writer has some sort of sex fetish fantasy addiction. The NOTW Prostitutes and Drugs piece made me laugh. It came across like the script for a cheap B grade hollywood slasher flick. But when the real news is drab and boring, these tab’s bring some excitement into the reading world. They’ve become like chuck norris. He’s a surprisingly bad actor who acts in surprisingly cheesy films but he’s ‘cool’ because of it. The tabs are the same only not ‘cool’…just amusing.