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

[5t3IIa]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e94/jend80/maila.jpg

That's tiny darling

 

[IMR]

We expect union bashing and thinly-veiled racism from the Mail. We don't expect unveiled homophobia.

The Mail had the headline Abortion Hope after 'Gay Genes' Finding in 1993, after the scientist Dean Hamer reported a gene marker that was more common in gay than straight men.

One of the few occasions when they seriously misread their readership - there were a lot of complaints over that one, rightly so.

 

[stethoscope]

That's tiny darling

just in case anyone has not done it theres a joined up jpg of the article here in case they remove it.. just right click it and download it , or link to it I will leave it there for now

http://www.catcha.co.uk/maila.jpg

it is full size

 

[Frankie Jack]

Daily Quail satire..

Daily Quail

 

[Weller]

That's tiny darling

Yeah thats what it did for me as photobucket has a limit and due to the length it slims it down and goes all burry , so unless hosted on a personal webspace most of the free picture sites do that I think .

The pic should be ok where it is though , unless it goes balistic

 

[wtfftw]

Rather ironic for that muck raking tosser it has to be said.

Innit. He's got a large audience though.

Edit: looks like he got the info through stephen fry.

 

[5t3IIa]

50+ people joined in the last 10 mins. There's going to be billions when everyone gets home tonight

 

[5t3IIa]

Has the PCC complaint form crashed??

 

[stethoscope]

Has the PCC complaint form crashed??

I think the PCC site is struggling!

 

[Intastella]

The Mail had the headline Abortion Hope after 'Gay Genes' Finding in 1993, after the scientist Dean Hamer reported a gene marker that was more common in gay than straight men.

One of the few occasions when they seriously misread their readership - there were a lot of complaints over that one, rightly so.

What the actual fuck?!

 

[Badger Kitten]

768 people in the facebook group

 

[stethoscope]

Good job you've got screengrabs, the page has just been editted

http://i35.tinypic.com/2z5jf2g.jpg

 

[8den]

I think the PCC site is struggling!

Yeah I hear all those limp slaps to the wrist they give newspapers is giving them an RSI.

 

[Intastella]

After going out "clubbing" (a euphemism for hanging around the loos with a tell-tale pink feathered hat, the accepted sign of availability), he and "his" husband retired to their hotel room with a pretty young Bulgarian boyman. Now I'm not homophobic, but it's safe to assume they weren't just going back for a quick game of snakes & ladders. More like just plain old snakes, if you know what I mean. In case you don't though, I mean gay stuff. You know what they're into - hanging each other like that other possibly gay Hutchence man did, spanking, dressing up as ladies, knife swallowing, and bear-baiting. If one is to indulge in such dangerous persuits of carnal pleasure, one must be prepared for the consequences. Did we learn nothing from the hapless Sodomites?

Precisely what happened before, during, or after the salacious triuvirate returned to their hotel I don't know, but it's quite obvious that it was something icky that almost certainly led to poor Stephen's death. I'm no expert, or medical professional, nor do I know most of the facts, and I haven't really bothered reading about the case or asking anyone, but with cases like this you don't need to.

PMSL

 

[Badger Kitten]

Wikipedia's been amended by someone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Moir

She sparked controversy on 16 October 2009 with an article [2] about the death of Stephen Gately, in which she argued that gay civil partnerships were not as faithful as marriage and that Stephen's homosexuality had contributed to his death.

 

[trashpony]

Well they've changed the title but the bile is still the same underneath

 

[Weller]

Good job you've got screengrabs, the page has just been editted

http://i35.tinypic.com/2z5jf2g.jpg

Could they actually do anything about the linked jpg if they have changed the webpage? anyone know ?

I assume not as its just a screengrab of the actual site

Ive got a better resolution one saved here though if its needed as well

 

[nick h.]

Good to see the backlash is gaining traction....but the story is still at the top of the paper's home page. They probably view this as a win so far. Perhaps complaints to advertisers and the PCC will change that. But I wouldn't be too sure. Jan Moir is probably hoping the outrage will grow to the point that she gets invited on Newsnight.

Oh, and according to some US feminists...

 

[kyser_soze]

A irritatingly perceptive comment on CiF...

It's interesting that this story has broken while another of the threads on today's Guardian is to do with highs and lows over the last decade.

As was pointed out here following Gatele's death, he was one of the earlier pop stars whose sexuality appeared to matter not a jot to his fans, possibly to the surprise of the tabloid press. Now, upon his death, another tabloid has been taken to task, even by its own readers by the sounds of it, for using that sexuality to libel him in a particularly grubby fashion.

Dare I suggest that this actually represents real progress, over the last ten years or so?

 

[Pseudopsycho]

The Jan Moir wiki has now been stripped to basic info...

 

[DotCommunist]

The Jan Moir wiki has now been stripped to basic info...

edit wars I guess. The internet is angry

 

[john x]

The Jan Moir wiki has now been stripped to basic info...

It said she was a 'homophobe', british journalist and restaurant critic.

john x

They have now removed the word homophobe!

 

[danny la rouge]

Well they've changed the title but the bile is still the same underneath

The new title is the one it appeared under in the Scottish edition of the print version of the paper.

 

[Badger Kitten]

THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN ALL THE ADS!



It's working

 

[Sweaty Betty]

I still dont hate her as much as that shoesmith bitch- but im getting close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[William of Walworth]

Jan Moir is probably hoping the outrage will grow to the point that she gets invited on Newsnight.

Absolutely bursting to moan on about 'political correctness', no doubt ...

 

[john x]

Oh, and according to some US feminists...

Some? Surely all US feminists. How could you be a feminist and not think that cunt is a good word?

john x

 

[5t3IIa]

871

It'll be 1000+ in an hour

 

[Intastella]

I can't access the mail site at all, haven't been able to for weeks. Wonder if it's anything to do with some comments i made about some of their anti-traveller articles...

 

[danny la rouge]

This been posted yet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/16/jan-moir-stephen-gately-facebook-twitter

Social media users including Stephen Fry and Derren Brown angry over 'homophobic' Daily Mail article on Stephen Gately