Journalist 'completely invented anti-Islam stories'

britboy4321 · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:00

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/04/daily-star-reporter-quits-protest

Also heard an interview with him on radio 4. He said there was such a massive appetite for anti-Muslim stories at the paper they just made up anything they fancied.

Pro-muslim actual true events were rejected by the paper altogether.

:/

So who do you blame? The journos, or Joe Public who just *loves* reading anti-islam stuff and will choose his paper accordingly?

I like his 'we did cut and paste jobs from the daily mail, chucking in some press release stuff' admission as well!

Edrof · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:04

The journos and the thicko public must share the blame. Paper like The Daily Fail couldn't print lies if nobody bought them.

Does anyone know of any news agency/paper/channel that actually reports news and not just 'bad stuff'? You know, like nice things that happen, too.

badcompany · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:04

Disgruntled employee claims paper made up stories.

Strife212 · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:05

It's the daily star.

badcompany · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:06

Forde said:
The journos and the thicko public must share the blame. The Daily Fail couldn't print lies if nobody bought it.

Does anyone know of any news agency/paper/channel that actually reports news and not just 'bad stuff'? You know, like nice things that happen, too.

It's about the daily star if actually read article, your daily mail bashing failed.

sigma · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:06

Unsurprising.

ThomasTheTankEngine · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:06

It's the daily star. It's a push to call any of their employees journalists.

Cosimo · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:07

Strife212 said:
It's the daily star.

That explains everything.

britboy4321 · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:08

badcompany said:
Disgruntled employee claims paper made up stories.

Actually claims he personally made up stories upon demand from the paper -- and tells us which stories they were!

Edrof · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:08

I know it's the Daily Star - my reference to the Mail was only because they print lies, too. I'll edit my post to make it clearer.

KingBob · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:09

Forde said:
Does anyone know of any news agency/paper/channel that actually reports news and not just 'bad stuff'? You know, like nice things that happen, too.

Get your news from multiple sources and use common sense to sift out the rubbish:

http://www.google.co.uk/news

OriginalJonty · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:10

jimbob27 said:
It's the daily star. It's a push to call any of their employees journalists.

This. They wouldn't know what the Editor's Code of Practice was if it bit them on the nose.

sigma · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:11

britboy4321 said:
So who do you blame? The journos, or Joe Public who just *loves* reading anti-islam stuff and will choose his paper accordingly?

You only have to look at this forum to see that people have an unhealthy addiction to Muslim-bashing and well papers want to sell as many copies as possible, so guess what sells best?

Strife212 · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:11

My "It's the Daily Star" thing wasn't directed at you btw, it was just a statement

ThomasTheTankEngine · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:18

Forde said:
The journos and the thicko public must share the blame. Paper like The Daily Fail couldn't print lies if nobody bought them.

Does anyone know of any news agency/paper/channel that actually reports news and not just 'bad stuff'? You know, like nice things that happen, too.

Umm...

There's Russell Howard's Good News on BBC3.

Fr0dders · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:25

britboy4321 said:
or Joe Public who just *loves* reading anti-islam stuff and will choose his paper accordingly?
!

do they though ?

I know people who buy the Daily Star or the Sun.

They buy it every day. They don't give a toss about the content of the paper, because they just buy the same one every day. I'd be interested to see actual sales statistics to back up that people buy more papers when they run these stories.

AGD · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:26

What! The Daily Star runs false stories! :eek:

Jokes aside, why the hell did that journo agree to write false stories? He should have more integrity than that. I guess if he had any integrity he wouldn't have worked for the star in the first place. :/

mrk · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:27

Send them back!

Wait....

ojrules · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:30

A good read i've found recently is monocle magazine.. ok its a monthly issue and its not all about news but theres some refreshing takes on world events as well as insightful interviews in it