Top videos of 2011: #3: Steve Coogan really dislikes the Daily Mail
We continue our countdown of the ten best videos of 2011 with Steve Coogan versus the Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
Nazi party Tory is sorry you were offended
Alex Hern covers the fallout from Tory MP Aidan Burley’s attendance of a Nazi-themed stag party.
Ignore the Mail’s distortions, here’s what Goldsmith actually said
The Daily Mail was in full ‘outraged’ mode today over Zac Goldsmith’s comments to the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions yesterday, reports Shamik Das.
Tabloid hypocrisy shocker: “Aren’t those other papers nasty, with all that hacking?”
Alex Hern reports on the remarkable degree to which every tabloid manages to avoid reporting on its own implication in the phone hacking scandal.
“Nothing wrong” with the PCC code, thinks the head of the PCC
Alex Hern covers the statements of Lord Hunt as he assumes leadership of the PCC, and questions whether he fully appreciates the problems the commission has.
Mail and Telegraph race to see who can smear more disabled people
Declan Gaffney uncovers the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph’s latest smearing of disabled people, and asks whether the DWP had anything to do with them.
A three step guide to writing a Simon Heffer column
Alex Hern runs over the “best” of Simon Heffer’s columns, and details how to write one yourself, so you don’t have to read his.
Mail and Telegraph plea for racist Tintin book even Hergé disowned
Why are the Mail and Telegraph so eager for a Tintin book – one Hergé himself disowned because of its racist content – to be moved to the children’s section.
The Mail’s rent-a-rev called for gays to be tattooed with health warnings
The Daily Mail’s rent-a-rev, Reverend Peter Mullen, who has attacked the St Paul’s Occupy London protests, called for gays to be tattooed with health warnings.
John Humphrys is wrong, wrong, wrong on social security; here’s why
Declan Gaffney explains why John Humphrys is wrong on social security and welfare reform, ahead of the presenter’s BBC2 documentary on “The Future State of Welfare”.