Kelvin MacKenzie, the Daily Mail and press freedom
How Kelvin MacKenzie and the Daily Mail undermine the case for press freedom.
Daily Mail
Mail masks Thatcher’s true legacy: Unions busted, hours extended, productivity held back
The legacy of Margaret Thatcher was fewer workplace rights, longer working hours and less productivity in the UK.
Right-wing hate campaign clouds debate on benefits
Sue Marsh from Diary of a Benefit Scrounger, reports on a concerted effort in the right-wing press to prevent any real debate over benefits.
Daily Mail heaps bank debt on nation’s shoulders
The media’s attempt to batter the public into a state of economic illiteracy has been ramped up by the Daily Mail’s attempt to conflate bank bail-outs with the government deficit.
Daily Mail is confused and misleading on legal aid
The Sound off for Justice campaign take apart a Daily Mail article on legal aid and cuts to the justice system.
The Daily Mail, fascism and No2AV: A comedy of errors
Left Foot Forward’s Dominic Browne rebuts the latest Daily Mail/No2AV misreporting of electoral reform and the alternative vote referendum.
How to write a Richard Littlejohn column
Dominic Browne presents a step-by-step guide to writing a Richard Littlejohn Daily Mail column.
Daily Mail’s baseless ‘pay apartheid’ slur on public sector
The Daily Mail has mounted its highest of horses this morning, attacking the public sector over higher average pay than the private sector.
Ghastly decline in right wing reporting standards
A rebuttal of the right wing media’s manipulation of how a court dealt with a fostering case involving a Christian couple with anti-homosexual beliefs.
Poll shows widespread sexism; Mail says: “Women declare sexism dead”
The Daily Mail has used a report showing sexism is widespread in UK society to argue sexism is dead; the article is headed “sexism is dead, say most British women”.