The Mail v Teachers

all grown up · **Joined:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:12 pm **Posts:** 72

There is uproar over this headline on quite a lot of other sites I go on, football boards, music boards etc. One of the football boards has a link to the PCC which loads of fans have emailed. This is going to be a real shitstorm for the mail. They can try and change the headline, but a picture of the initial headline is going round the net. This is bad, bad publicity.

Fozzy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:58 pm

So if a kid got killed by a car whilst on his way to school today, I take it that in the Mail world that's the teachers' fault for selfishly going back to work?

Kreuzberger · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:05 pm

Fozzy wrote:

So if a kid got killed by a car whilst on his way to school today, I take it that in the Mail world that's the teachers' fault for selfishly going back to work?

Swap out the word "Teacher" for "Jew" and you might get some real perspective on how the right-wing press truly operates. Am I being extreme? Try it with every single scapegoating story and haul me off to Gleis 13 if you disagree.

SewerUrchin · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:18 am

I posted the link on facebook earlier. Unfortunately, one of my friends agrees with the jist of the article, and thinks the teachers should feel bad about it because it's their job to look after kids, and that should come before worrying about their pensions.
Fact of the matter is, teachers are responsible for your kids when they're in school. When not in school, for whatever reason, the responsibility lies with the parents. Are the DM going to blame the parents? Of course not. Because it was an ACCIDENT.

J · **Joined:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:06 pm **Posts:** 349

Malcolm Armsteen wrote:

Each drip adds to the stalactite of intolerance, hatred and bile that the Mail creates to serve its own agenda, to create a society in the image of itself that will continue to buy and to click to further enrich AN and Dacre.

This is the greatest thing I've read in a good long while. Sincerely.

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7340

Kreuzberger wrote:

Fozzy wrote:

So if a kid got killed by a car whilst on his way to school today, I take it that in the Mail world that's the teachers' fault for selfishly going back to work?

Swap out the word "Teacher" for "Jew" and you might get some real perspective on how the right-wing press truly operates. Am I being extreme? Try it with every single scapegoating story and haul me off to Gleis 13 if you disagree.

Or insert the name Harvey Price ... and imagine the fallout.

Arnold · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:49 am

Evolution of the headline.

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Girl, 13, crushed to death by a branch as she sat on a park bench after teachers went out on strike

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Girl, 13, crushed to death by a branch as she sat on a park bench because teachers went out on strike

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Girl, 13, crushed to death by a falling branch as she sat on park bench on the day her teachers went out on strike."
Complaints had been made to the council about 'dangerous' tree

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Tears for girl, 13, crushed to death by a falling branch as she sat on park bench
Complaints had been made to the council about 'dangerous' tree

tonysk14 · **Joined:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:44 pm **Posts:** 232

Arnold wrote:

Evolution of the headline.

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Girl, 13, crushed to death by a branch as she sat on a park bench after teachers went out on strike

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Girl, 13, crushed to death by a branch as she sat on a park bench because teachers went out on strike

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Girl, 13, crushed to death by a falling branch as she sat on park bench on the day her teachers went out on strike."
Complaints had been made to the council about 'dangerous' tree

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Tears for girl, 13, crushed to death by a falling branch as she sat on park bench
Complaints had been made to the council about 'dangerous' tree

But of course complaining about dangerous trees is "elf an safety gorn mad".

CerealDave · **Joined:** Fri May 27, 2011 10:46 pm **Posts:** 64

The print version of the article makes just one small mention of the accident being on the same day as the teacher's strike.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:51 pm

The Sun (or some tabloid I saw in the cafe) was going for "died as teachers strike".

oboogie · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:33 pm

I did like this comment on the "Commie teachers murder your children with trees" story from the comments on Political Scrapbook

"There is no moral "u bend" this truly despicable paper will shy away from exploring un-gloved, then go on to make dinner without washing its hands. Nasty, nasty little mob orator."

Bearface · **Joined:** Thu May 12, 2011 5:36 pm **Posts:** 133

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013288/Violence-schools-doubles-year.html

More confusion for DM readers... :twisted:

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How has the DM the GALL to print this when only last week it was condemning teachers for striking and the comments on here were spiteful and full of vitriol? Make your mind up DM and readers.
- Isadora, Milton Keynes England, 11/7/2011 7:09
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Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:03 pm

Guess what - it's all a lie...

Fact Check on the case.

oboogie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:58 pm

There's a depressing number of comments calling for the restoration of corporal punishment.

Then there's this cunt and the ten child abusers that agree with him.

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makes u want to become a teacher so u can give them all the little toads a good kicking
- Phillip, Liverpool, 11/7/2011 18:37
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But it did cheer me up a little to see that our old friend is the worst rated for this gem

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Typical moaning from teachers again, they want to try doing REAL WORK for a change. Teachers pay should be cut to encourage them to instill discipline.
- Roger, England, 11/7/2011 3:51
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Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:20 pm

Malcolm Armsteen wrote:

Guess what - it's all a lie...

Fact Check on the case.

So it fell. From 1,003 to 958. And it included verbal abuse.

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