How the recent events surrounding Carol Thatcher's comments have come to highlight all that its truly despicable about the Daily Mail.
The catalyst for all the furore involving Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, hypocritically, the paper is now attempting to come to the defence of one of its own, suggesting the sacking of Thatcher for comparing a tennis player to a golliwog is a display of 'political correctness gone mad'. It even claims the BBC has some kind of vendetta against her as a result of past difficulties with her former PM mother, Maggie.
Apparently, the comment was made in private which makes it acceptable according to one of the papers columnists - Bollocks! Firstly it wasn't in private it was on the set of a BBC program during recording and secondly, even if it was in private, how does that make using an unacceptable reference with commonly known racial overtones okay? Put simply, it doesn't.
The BBC was right to sack Carol Thatcher as she flatly refused to apologise despite knowingly upsetting her fellow employees on 'The One Show'. Brand and Ross on the other hand, who did both apologise for what was tantamount to bullying but no more, are hung from the nearest yard arm by the media.
Why not all jump on the 'outraged' bandwagon!!! Here's my best effort:
Britain - a country of prudish, hypocritical racists!
The catalyst for all the furore involving Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, hypocritically, the paper is now attempting to come to the defence of one of its own, suggesting the sacking of Thatcher for comparing a tennis player to a golliwog is a display of 'political correctness gone mad'. It even claims the BBC has some kind of vendetta against her as a result of past difficulties with her former PM mother, Maggie.
Apparently, the comment was made in private which makes it acceptable according to one of the papers columnists - Bollocks! Firstly it wasn't in private it was on the set of a BBC program during recording and secondly, even if it was in private, how does that make using an unacceptable reference with commonly known racial overtones okay? Put simply, it doesn't.
The BBC was right to sack Carol Thatcher as she flatly refused to apologise despite knowingly upsetting her fellow employees on 'The One Show'. Brand and Ross on the other hand, who did both apologise for what was tantamount to bullying but no more, are hung from the nearest yard arm by the media.
Why not all jump on the 'outraged' bandwagon!!! Here's my best effort:
Britain - a country of prudish, hypocritical racists!
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My headline idea:
'WALLYGOB'
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