tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post8478844022979671882..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Council doesn't 'force' schools to do anything about RamadanMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-47588198395114248992010-07-22T13:52:04.677+01:002010-07-22T13:52:04.677+01:00When it is shown that it is completely false, they...When it is shown that it is completely false, they spend many months waiting and then if they want, they will apologise in a two sentence statement hidden away. I wish there was more that can be done about the blog.ejaz14357http://www.livetv.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-21401497230404822292010-07-13T12:41:33.694+01:002010-07-13T12:41:33.694+01:00jon davies - i thought that! most of the time the ...jon davies - i thought that! most of the time the tabloids are telling schools to do away with sex ed all together.sianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-65108937454236519322010-07-13T10:12:15.743+01:002010-07-13T10:12:15.743+01:00It's funny, cos most of the time the tabloids ...It's funny, cos most of the time the tabloids seem to argue against sex education, but if there's any suggestion of someone else recommending not to do it they're up in arms.<br />'Don't you tell me not to do something I don't want to do'.<br /><br />And also, apart from the fact most people ignore it, schools could also adapt things for Lent, seeing as how tabloids bang on about 'This is a Christian country, you know.'<br />There could be articles about 'Our Christian children are being forced to eat pudding with school dinners and bake cakes in cookery classes during Lent by godless schools'.<br /><br />'I am a Mail reader, I have no capacity for rational joined up thought, I am just at the mercy of my angry knee jerk emotional responses to any issue.'Jon Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-63815605989452917352010-07-13T10:11:18.856+01:002010-07-13T10:11:18.856+01:00The saddest thing about this is the way the BBC (a...The saddest thing about this is the way the BBC (as with the "blacked-out swimming pool" story is now no better than the trashy tabloids in reporting these stories. Could this be the result of the staff-cuts in the BBC newsrooms, forcing the remaining journalist to just cut and past, and not do any background checks before publishing the story?DBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037903987926646446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-19688483270571007212010-07-13T09:46:23.798+01:002010-07-13T09:46:23.798+01:00Meanwhile the PCC continues to be as useful as the...Meanwhile the PCC continues to be as useful as the old chocolate teapot with the panel of editors and other self-interested parties bleating on about the need for self-regulation and complaining about any imposition of restrictions (sorry "creeping privacy laws") that would hamper the diet of endless nonsense. Time for the PCC to be scrapped and replaced with a body that could enforce like-for-like clarifications and apologies within days not months and for repeat offenders suspend publication, hit them with large financial penalties and force groveling apologies for writing such rubbish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-80205422020592400552010-07-13T07:33:51.426+01:002010-07-13T07:33:51.426+01:00One thing that I did notice is that the BBC news a...One thing that I did notice is that the BBC news article was the top story for most of the day yesterday. I have a feeling that many parts of Britain are turning into an ignorant country that does not care about others. Anything that is remotely negative towards ethnic minorities, especially Muslims are written in a libelous fashion. When it is shown that it is completely false, they spend many months waiting and then if they want, they will apologise in a two sentence statement hidden away. I wish there was more that can be done about the newspapers and news media. I was hoping that with Aljazeera coming onto Freeview, there will be more people who are more aware of the world around them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-21087219161655952622010-07-13T06:33:12.420+01:002010-07-13T06:33:12.420+01:00'special treatment for minorities' - I'...'special treatment for minorities' - I'm not sure I agree that journalists follow this trope simply because they think it boosts readership. Elizabeth Poole discusses how these kind of anti-Muslim narratives come to perpetuate themselves in: Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims (London: I B Tauris, 2002)Yakoubhttp://www.bayyinat.org.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-87993344198796571962010-07-12T23:07:13.307+01:002010-07-12T23:07:13.307+01:00When I was a kid I had a friend called Ian who was...When I was a kid I had a friend called Ian who was a Jehovah's Witness. This meant his parents could not allow him to attend morning assembly as it may have included an element of Christian teaching, it usually did. I don't remember this being a huge issue in the gutters then though it seems to me that it is the same non-iss...sorry front page news at heart as this stor oops... pile of useless rubbish. Could it be that newspaper owners are simply racist tossers all too willing to feed the bigotry of their readers who, by dint of many intrinsic and extrinsic forces are now pre-disposed to be frightened of everything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-13138485363073572772010-07-12T21:54:17.535+01:002010-07-12T21:54:17.535+01:00This is such a pointless issue. Ramadam ends at th...This is such a pointless issue. Ramadam ends at the start of the school year in September; which schools take children for swimming lessons or make them sit exams in September, especially in the first week of the year?Dean Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939275998788113230noreply@blogger.com