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Author: Fod
Date: Jun 25, 2008 05:23

On Jun 25, 12:01 pm, %%ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> How accurate is Duhng's favourite newspaper? Perhaps the following
> illustrates the meticulous standards of Daily Mail journalism well. The
> Daily Heil ran an article claiming "This is the apocalyptic scene
> terrorists hope to create if they ever get their hands on a nuclear
> bomb."
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3lpkrs
>
> And what dastardly source was this "apocalyptic" image taken from? It
> was part of the publicity for the Bethesda Softworks' game Fallout 3.
> Strangely enough the Heil forgot to mention this fact, referenced some
> FBI talking heads and insinuated that the picture was "spliced together
> and posted on the internet" by Al Qaeda.
>
> Eve  now the Heil lies about the page in question. Attempts to access
> the page via the URL:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1022840/Al-Qaedas-terr
> ifying-vision-devastated-America-wake-nuclear-attack.html ...
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Re: Get it while it's cached!         


Author: BrianW
Date: Jun 25, 2008 05:45

On 25 Jun, 13:35, "Tommy" what.acon> wrote:
> Oh how sad, Steve s running out of ideas
>
> In other words the daily mail don't have a real picture of a nuclear bomb
> going off   (in Central london for instance)
>
> damn, journalistic standards are attrociouis - wot?

Tammy, I know you can't read, but I'll try and explain the issue to
you. The Mail article is not using the pic in question as an
illustration of what might happen. Instead, the article clearly
implies that terrorists created the pic as part of their propaganda.
That is untrue. By the way, the pic shows Washington DC, not
London.

Apart from that, you were spot on, Toomtard.
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Re: Get it while it's cached!         


Author: Fod
Date: Jun 25, 2008 07:43

On Jun 25, 1:35 pm, "Tommy" what.acon> wrote:
> Oh how sad, Steve s running out of ideas
>
> In other words the daily mail don't have a real picture of a nuclear bomb
> going off   (in Central london for instance)
>
> damn, journalistic standards are attrociouis - wot?

In this instance yes. They mistook PR for a game to be a terrorist
plot.

Fod
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Re: Get it while it's cached!         


Author: Tony Dragon
Date: Jun 25, 2008 09:26

Tommy wrote:
> Oh how sad, Steve s running out of ideas
>
> In other words the daily mail don't have a real picture of a nuclear
> bomb going off (in Central london for instance)
>
> damn, journalistic standards are attrociouis - wot?

Bugger me Toomy, I agree with you journalistic standards are attrociouis
(sic)

--
Tony the Dragon
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Re: Get it while it's cached!         


Date: Jun 26, 2008 05:40

Tooomy antymxail.co.uk> wrote:
> "BrianW" hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:de5c742a-5519-4573-8b3f-c036996766a3@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>> Apart from that, you were spot on, Toomtard.
>
> OK I said whatever you claimed I said - OK Briony Deadhead ?
> Don't read steves OP or my reply

You claimed that I was "running out of ideas" and then added, presumably
sarcastically that the "daily mail (sic)" "don't have a real picture of
a nuclear bomb going off (in Central london for instance)"

Firstly, my posting the reference to the Daily Mail article isn't
because of "running out of ideas", it's because the Daily Mail is cited
here over and over again by one particular poster as if the Daily Mail
were an unimpeachable source of information. I wish to illustrate the
quality of the reporting in the Daily Mail using a practical example.
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