tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post8660962418613372998..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: Multicultural backlashFive Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-46377373672263568692007-04-30T16:10:00.000+01:002007-04-30T16:10:00.000+01:00What?! Press reports about Muslims getting offend...What?! Press reports about Muslims getting offended by something totally harmless turn out to be untrue? Surely not!<br><br>This sort of thing happens all the bloody time, often because of papers not checking their sources but also because they decide that any change for any reason is because of PC. So when kids come home from school saying they didn't have hot cross buns, instead of finding out why (in this case because the school had never served hot cross buns) the papers decide they must have been banned because of people of other faiths.<br><br>Nice.Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-19890847270540422492007-04-28T15:30:00.000+01:002007-04-28T15:30:00.000+01:00Reading this made me think of this sort of related...Reading this made me think of this sort of related story I've been reading today, about how Fox News reported an on-line parody as real recently: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=58751 (<br><br>Not that one is supposed to expect much from Fox news, I believe, from what I've heard). <br><br>But it's certainly taking an assumption and running with it, unchecked, if true.<br><br>Makes you wonder.Mephitishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10989129223761426698noreply@blogger.com