tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post2413859570985288038..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Mail hypocrisy over Moir continuesMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-35702653420635869302009-10-22T07:46:17.145+01:002009-10-22T07:46:17.145+01:00Good article.
I suppose there is a difference bet...Good article.<br /><br />I suppose there is a difference between this and "Sachsgate". The BBC is publically funded and has to provide a public "good" as a consequence. The Daily Mail exists purely to make profit for its shareholdesr.<br /><br />The BBC has some sort of obligation to apologise to the public if it falls short of providing the proper public service that it's supposed to. The Mail need only apologise if it's in it's commercial interests to do so.<br /><br />The sad thing is that there's probably nothing in it for the Mail to express regret or contrition over this. It won't have lost much in the way of readership or advertising revenue as a result (it's one thing to pull out of advertising on Fox, which gains you some good press attention in your core market; it's another to take your brand out of the site of a reasonable slice of your core market). <br /><br />What this whole episode highlights is the disappearance of the kind of filter that would, even 10 years ago, have sifted this out. That would have realised that, whatever other (worse) things the Moir column was, it was ill-judged, ill-timed and mean-spirited, and spiked it as a consequence. Instead, I doubt there'll be an apology offered and if the PCC demands one, it will be followed by a series of articles denouncing the PCC and in 6 months time, this will be remembered as an example of how a leftist bunch of internet geeks tried to silence the legitimate musings of an honest Daily Mail journalist.DavidRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579735005701391513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-7651302351590630742009-10-21T22:03:51.578+01:002009-10-21T22:03:51.578+01:00@Tim Fenton - my god, Littlejohn's bad enough,...@Tim Fenton - my god, Littlejohn's bad enough, but imagine a British Glenn Beck.jtalent1878https://www.blogger.com/profile/13021916200185036049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-72430902294592102462009-10-21T20:53:59.057+01:002009-10-21T20:53:59.057+01:00I hate to disappoint Sam, and anyone else who has ...I hate to disappoint Sam, and anyone else who has correctly noted that Ofcom is a body which actually has teeth, but the likely winners of the upcoming General Election (the Tories) have committed to more or less abolishing it.<br /><br />Those of a cynical disposition may note that the announcement by David Cameron came hot on the heels of Ofcom judging that Sky were charging too much for other providers to use their content, and that the Murdoch empire is now backing the Tories.<br /><br />Note also that, following the BBC bashing rant by James Murdoch, the Tory Shadow Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is talking the same language and has spoken of "tearing up the BBC's charter".<br /><br />Thus the way would be clear not only for appallingly biased newspapers, but for a UK version of Fox News Channel. You don't want to go there.Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-86824604541311175072009-10-21T20:21:03.123+01:002009-10-21T20:21:03.123+01:00The PCC is a useless organisation, despite the 25,...The PCC is a useless organisation, despite the 25,000 complaints no action was taken until Gately's record company complained. It's self fulfilling club that serves the people who run it - the editors.<br /><br />Expect no or little action over Moir's blatant homophobia, we need as you mention an institution like Ofcom, somebody who actually has legal power.S11111https://www.blogger.com/profile/13340989324550676255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-14429333628643013802009-10-21T19:29:57.381+01:002009-10-21T19:29:57.381+01:00superb rebuttal to that vile pathetic excuse for a...superb rebuttal to that vile pathetic excuse for a "news"paper.<br /><br />We need a "Sack the Bigoted Moir" CampaignUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432047617124795893noreply@blogger.com