tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post6415105547697191208..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: Super soaraway CHRISTMAS ARSEPAPER!Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-40572108196739411702006-12-07T14:04:00.000+00:002006-12-07T14:04:00.000+00:00Cheers for pointing that out. I've just read ...Cheers for pointing that out. I've just read it and it's really bad. She neatly segues into moaning about how the woman in the Channel 4 alternative Christmas message is a coward for remaining anonymous - but she gave an interview in today's Mail and her name and details were included in Channel 4's publicity. Two rants about something that isn't happening in one column! Pity the Independent doesn't allow comments like the Graun.<br><br>Columnists have spread other stories by just repeating what they've read in other papers, like the Sun's 'Swan Bake' story, or the Telegraph's one about hot-cross buns. It's a key way these urban legends are spread.Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-23928609144050385262006-12-07T13:05:00.000+00:002006-12-07T13:05:00.000+00:00Janet Street-Porter has copied her column in the I...Janet Street-Porter has copied her column in the Independent from The Sun - right down to the rehtorical structure - a statement that ethnic minorities are stealing Christmas backed up with 'evidence' that health and safety concerns have prevented some workplaces from blocking their fire-escapes with Christmas trees.<br><br>However, writing the article second-hand she is even more detached from any demonstration the claims that she makes. It is utterly disgusting. The Sun, The Mail and The Express are one thing. The Independent publishing such... bullshit is another.Andrew Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942416933572435300noreply@blogger.com