Headline vs story

Arnold · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:12 am

More misleading than most, and even vs the first bullet point.

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Single-parent families so common in today's Britain that couples are now a minority
Seven constituencies in the country constitute more single-parent families than couples

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Single-parent families are now so common that couples living with their children are the minority in some parts of the country.
Data shows there are seven Parliamentary constituencies where single-parent families make up the majority of households

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z22Yxy4JPB

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:53 am

You notice the language - we no longer have one-parent or single-parent families, we now have 'lone-parent' families...

Arnold · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:14 pm

Tombstoning: The terrifying new craze in Britain in which children as young as 11 leap from clifftops into the sea... and some children are paying a terrible price
The fast-growing craze includes jumping into water from cliffs, piers and other structures
In the past eight years, this perilous pursuit has claimed the lives of 20 people and left more than 60 seriously injured
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z22ZwwLymV

Surely a much older craze than eight years.

Arnold · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:16 pm

Malcolm Armsteen wrote:

You notice the language - we no longer have one-parent or single-parent families, we now have 'lone-parent' families...

Hmm. I didn't know that either.

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:45 am

Full of single mothers and muggers. And over-taxed: What the Tubular Bells star of that glorious opening ceremony really thinks about Britain

I've read it over and even word-searched but I can't find anywhere in the story where he mentions these things.

But interestingly the last para reads thus:

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It’s just a pity that from this income he doesn’t pay all his taxes in Britain — and so help finance the public services that were honoured at the Olympic opening ceremony in which he took part.

Strange.

But it also prompts this out-of-touch moron to comment:

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[…} You ruined the article by placing your own political agenda at the bottom dailymail
- Ward Whittaker, An Australian in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 8/8/2012 11:32

lectrospin · **Joined:** Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:19 pm **Posts:** 286

Arnold wrote:

Tombstoning: The terrifying new craze in Britain in which children as young as 11 leap from clifftops into the sea... and some children are paying a terrible price
The fast-growing craze includes jumping into water from cliffs, piers and other structures
In the past eight years, this perilous pursuit has claimed the lives of 20 people and left more than 60 seriously injured
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z22ZwwLymV

Surely a much older craze than eight years.

If there was a league table of moral panics this would be top. It gets one ever year i can remember.

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Too many sarcastic comments about the dangers of that new rock and roll music that the kids are listening to?

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:32 pm

I'm reminded of when the film "Bright Young Things" (based on Evelyn Waugh's 'Vile Bodies') was released. The publicity made the connection that this was a film about young people partying all the time, listening to riotous music with obscene lyrics, seemingly glued to their phones, having no respect for the older generation and taking colossal amounts of drugs. The point being, in 90 years not much has changed.

Arnold · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:28 pm

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Parkinson's disease sufferer, 54, held by police at Olympic cycling race 'for not smiling'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z22z6BqRcP

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Former soldier Mark Worsfold arrested for his 'manner, state of dress and proximity to the course' as cyclists came through Leatherhead

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The police said Mr Worsfold had 'a number of knives' in his possession (as you do), but these transpired to be made of rubber.

Timbo · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:24 am

That's hasn't stopped the commenters:

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Burn a poppy - nothing happens, chant and shout death threats to home-coming soldiers - nothing happens. But God forbid you don't smile at an overblown sports day event - you get dragged to the ground, humiliated, arrested and interrogated for 5 hours. Is this the same country? What the hell happened to policing and common sense in the UK??
- R George, Portsmouth, UK, 8/8/2012 17:39

MacGuffin · **Joined:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:07 pm **Posts:** 427

Think this story was first published in this week's Private Eye - which made no mention of the knives.

Fflaps · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:43 am

Are knives used in taekwondo? I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure they're not.

Arnold · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:42 am

Families' grief as MoD admits secretly stashing fallen troops' body parts for forensic tests
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z232nuIoOD

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The Ministry of Defence last night admitted that material was retained without families being informed, and that officials are now seeking to contact those affected

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z232oL5YWF

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:12 pm

Fflaps wrote:

Are knives used in taekwondo? I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure they're not.

No, but they're used in self-defence demonstrations, which may tie in.

Arnold · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:17 pm

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Raider poses in riot gear he found inside abandoned police station next to sensitive documents and officers’ uniforms

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z23jaYYidV

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A Hertfordshire Police spokesman said: 'Since the old Hertford Police station on Ware Road was decommissioned, we have been using the building for storage purposes and had security in place.

Safe_Timber_Man · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:13 am **Posts:** 712

Down's syndrome girl', 11, faces death penalty for desecrating Koran in Pakistan

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Another police official, Qasim Niazi, said when the girl was brought to the police station she had a shopping bag that contained various religious and Arabic-language papers that had been partly burned but no Koran

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Officers added that the matter could be dropped once the investigation is completed and the atmosphere is defused, saying there was ‘nothing much to the case.’

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There were varying reports on the girl’s age and whether she suffered from Down's Syndrome. Ullah said she was 16 while other officials have said she was either 12 or 11

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Niazi said that when the girl was brought to the police station she was scared and unable to speak normally, but he did not know whether she suffered from mental health issues.

So actually, her age hasn't been confirmed, they don't know if she did burn a Koran, and it's not known whether she suffered mental health issues or if she was just scared, and the matter could be dropped once things have calmed down, and no mention of killing her.

Doesn't stop the morons lining up to make some pretty extreme comments, though.

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