The Daily Mail is first with the scoop that - bear with me - Ed Miliband's Russian cousin went to the same Moscow university as Stalin's daughter.
Or something, or nothing.
In the mind of the Daily Mail, this most tenuous of links even warrants a picture of Miliband and Stalin side by side as if some kind of warning to the British public.
Not only is this talk of a "connection" utter nonsense it is also surprising that The Daily Mail would want to go down the murky path marked 'famous tyrants we have known'.
Because in the grand scheme of things, Miliband's cousin going to university with Stalin's daughter rather pales in comparison to the fact the Daily Mail's founder was an acquaintance of Adolf Hitler (a fact we may have mentioned previously). In fact here's a picture of Harold Harmsworth hanging out with Hitler.
It isn't 'surprising' in the least, as the Daily Mail demonstrates its hypocrisy attitude to all sorts of issues abundantly with every passing issue.
Journalistic ideals in practice like facts, evidence, effort, attention, checking and consistency are lost in this publication - whilst it certainly is 'media' there's very little journalism beyond wire stuff one can find elsewhere in happy abundance with less implanted hysteria.
Readers of this website know this already: hearing story after story here about this fallacy or that within the publication is unnecessary and superfluous - what about your take on The Independent's newly launched rag; the 'i' ? Paul Foot awards' shortlist? You know - something meaningful?
Whilst this website has some useful information and links, it comes across as a repository of tattle and gossip for bored hacks rather than anything at all idealistic or profound. Consider that you yourself Will veer close to being a gossip columnist, albeit one aimed at those within or interested in journalism rather than the general public.
Pete, editor at Dirty Garnet.
Posted by: Peter Demain | Oct 30, 2010 at 01:36