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Mail: a truly despicable article ("nothing 'natural' about Stephen Gately's death")

Fingers said:
Robert Booth's take in the Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-boyzone
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what's all this?
At times, reaction on the internet became disturbing. Moir's home address was reportedly posted, and the false allegation that the Daily Mail had claimed Gately had been murdered by his partner was repeated on Twitter.
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reportedly posted? didn't he bother to look for himself & who was claiming she'd said Gately was murdered?:confused:
 
Can I just say *high-five* to you all?

The advertisers pulling is major, massive damage and despite what the Mail say, has never happened before as a result of a direct net campaign.
No editor can cope with the wrath of Nestle, M&S, P&G, BT and other bluechips. Not even Dacre. This is the lead story on all the media and marketing trade press and every brand manager will see it - and every publisher. I cannot stress enough how serious this is. Even though it's just from this article, this is a first, this has very, very big implications.

This is HUGE and we should all be very pleased with our efforts,

So WELL DONE.

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
 
Display advertising has been removed from the Mail Online webpage around Moir's article. Earlier today a Facebook page was set up urging users to lobby brands featured on the page, including Marks & Spencer, to pull their advertising.

"Marks & Spencer does not tolerate any form of discrimination," said a spokesman for the retailer. "We have asked the Daily Mail to move our advertisement away from the article. This is a matter for the Daily Mail."

Nestlé, which had an ad for its Nescafe brand running alongside Moir's column on the Daily Mail website, said that the comments made by Moir were a breach of the Swiss company's code for "mutual respect and tolerance".

"Nestlé has no influence on the editorial content of the publications in which it advertises. The views expressed in the article are from the author and are not shared by Nestlé," said a spokeswoman. "The company has consistently emphasised the importance of mutual respect and tolerance, regardless of culture, religion or nationality. This a core company value as expressed in the Nestlé corporate business principles."

Nestlé added that it contacted its media buying agency MindShare to investigate having its ad removed, but the Daily Mail had already stripped the web page of advertising. BT and National Express ran ads alongside the column in the Daily Mail newspaper today. BT, which ran an ad for BT Broadband, declined to comment, as did National Express.
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Like I said, immense.

And game-changing.
 
I'm surprised cheesy hasn't posted on this thread. I thought it would have been of interest to her, what with her being a journalist and all.

Unless... :hmm:
 
Badger Kitten said:
Can I just say *high-five* to you all?

The advertisers pulling is major, massive damage and despite what the Mail say, has never happened before as a result of a direct net campaign.
No editor can cope with the wrath of Nestle, M&S, P&G, BT and other bluechips. Not even Dacre. This is the lead story on all the media and marketing trade press and every brand manager will see it - and every publisher. I cannot stress enough how serious this is. Even though it's just from this article, this is a first, this has very, very big implications.

This is HUGE and we should all be very pleased with our efforts,

So WELL DONE.

:cool::cool::cool::cool:
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^^^ This... :D
 
OK - I've had 25+ messages in response to the 'Thank you all' message I sent to the group members and they are all amazing :cool: I feel very weird about it - this is A Great Thing :)
 
5t3IIa said:
OK - I've had 25+ messages in response to the 'Thank you all' message I sent to the group members and they are all amazing :cool: I feel very weird about it - this is A Great Thing :)
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You and BK and Trashy and Strung Out should all be very proud of yourselves. :cool:

I'm really proud of you all. :cool: :)
 
5t3IIa said:
OK - I've had 25+ messages in response to the 'Thank you all' message I sent to the group members and they are all amazing :cool: I feel very weird about it - this is A Great Thing :)
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You done good 5t3IIa.. fecking good lass.. and all those that helped you do it..

Yer group is in the news babe... :D In the fecking news... !!! :cool:
 
They also seem to have pulled most of their advertising from most of the site. Damage control swings into action.
 
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