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Madeleine McCann and Ben Needham get the cash; Charlene Downes is an afterthought

Madeleine McCann: a look at reporting on the missing child.

The Sun has a loaded headline:
Joy for Ben Needham’s mum as cops given extra £450k to find missing son – while … (read more)

Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (2)

Police find drugs after suspect whispers ‘I don’t think they found all the stuff in the car’

Loud Whisper of the Day is the story of State troopers in Massachusetts who pulled over a car and searched it. Jordan Johnson, Ethan Richards and Carrie Tutsock were caught travelling at … (read more)

Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Transfer balls: Manchester United get Higuain and Mourinho in ‘secret’ deal

Transfer balls: did you know that Gonzalo Higuain has agreed to join Manchester United? It’s true. We read it in the Metro. Mark Brus declares:
Transfer news: Gonzalo Higuain agrees Manchester … (read more)

Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Ibrahimovic, Arsenal and Thierry Henry’s TV source

Transfer balls of the week was focused on Zlatan Ibrahimovic. and his move to Arsenal.

On March 13, the BBC told us: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Paris St-Germain forward says he is likely to … (read more)

Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

London mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith pits Hindu against Muslim in a hideous flyer

Zac Goldsmith, your Tory candidate for London mayor, woos the anglo-Indian vote with his flyer.

 

 

If you find that hideous – the idea that people only vote for a candidate from … (read more)

Posted: 19th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Police hunting drive-by rap battlers in open-toe sandles

 

 

 

To Massachusetts, where police are searching for two men challenging passers-by to rap battles.

Charlton police said a black SUV with two or three men in their late teens or early 20s … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2016 | In: Music, Strange But True | Comment

The Psychoactive Substances Act is off its head and up its arse

The Psychoactive Substances Act seeks to “ban the new generation of psychoactive drugs”.

It will soon be illegal to produce, supply or possess any drug capable of producing a psychoactive effect. You know, like … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Rotherham: child prostitutes vanish and a purge on taxi drivers

Rotherham is now a town synonymous with sex crimes. The Times reports that “50 Rotherham taxi drivers have been stripped of their licences under new regulations introduced after the town’s sex-grooming scandal.”
Among … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Arsenal balls: soft and weak Gunners embarrass tabloids

“Arsenal are soft and weak.” Not our thoughts, rather those of the Daily Mirror, although it attributes the words to Barcelona’s cocksure defender Dani Alves. But is that what he said … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Arsenal balls: Wenger leaves, Wenger stays, Wenger stays and leaves

“Wenger to Walk?” asks the Daily Mail’s Sami Mokbel on the paper’s backpage. Will the Arsenal manager quit the club? As ever with tabloid headlines framed as question, the answer … (read more)

Posted: 15th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Chelsea balls: Daily Mail body shames fat Eden Hazard’s moobs

Wonderful work in the Daily Mail, which takes a break from appraising women’s bodies with a sneering look at Chelsea footballer Eden Hazard. Jeff Powell spotted Hazard swapping shirts at … (read more)

Posted: 15th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Child Star horror: Chris Evans Is Chuckie Finster

 

Shit look-alike of the day: Chris Evans is Chuckie Finster from TV’s Rugrats.

As Tom Jamieson notes: “Terrible when former child stars go off the rails and end up living on the … (read more)

Posted: 15th, March 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Race and blind justice as fasting Muslim driver escapes prison for fatal crash

It is a tragic story. The Sun writes:
A MUSLIM postie who “dozed off” behind the wheel and killed a dad-of-eight while fasting for Ramadan has been spared jail. 36-year-old Sajid Hussain … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Cynical BBC uses Cenotaph dead to make Top Gear viral

The BBC says it will not broadcast footage of Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc turning doughnuts around The Cenotaph on London’s Whitehall. Having leaked the event – one that took weeks … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: TV & Radio | Comment

Hilary Clinton on the death penalty is classic new speak bullshit

 

Hilary Clinton was asked by Ricky Jackson if she supported the death penalty. Jackson spent 39 years in prison and on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. He reminded her … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comment

Manchester United escape fine for Liverpool Hillsborough chant

 

Manchester United will not be punished for its fans revolting chants about the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters when the club faced Liverpool in the Europa League. A Uefa spokesperson says United have no case … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Top Gear: Chris Evans shows us the bullshit skid marks around The Cenotaph

 

Putting a gloss on Matt

How do you trail the new series of BBC TV show Top Gear?  Easy. You allow the BBC to shut roads in central London … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio | Comment

Unicef report: Syrian birth rate entirely predictable

 

The New York Times has seen a Unicef report on Syria. News is “One-Third of Children in Syria Were Born During War, Unicef Report Finds.”

Pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011. It’s … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

North Korea’s threat to nuke Manhattan is B-movie mastery

North Korea has issued a statement. Hear ye, Western filth!
“Our hydrogen bomb is much bigger than the one developed by the Soviet Union… If this H-bomb were to be mounted on an … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Catholic school kids chant ‘You killed Jesus’ at Jewish opponents

For some time the conversation has been shaped by nuanced arguments whether anti-Israel movements are driven by anti-Semitism, and how Islamists and the Left share a hatred of Jews. Now, finally, we get … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Woman busted for marijuana after police respond to lost keys down toilet

When Anna Reed of Spirit Lake, Iowa, dropped keys to her rented car down a public toilet she did as any rational human being would have done: she called the … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Arsenal murder Watford in FA Cup war

Did you jeer as Arsenal were “dumped” from the FA Cup?  The Mirror says Arsenal fans did in a lead sports story headlined “What A Farce”.

It’s all enjoyable hyperbolic stuff from … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Kim Kardashian naked photos are also available in analogue format

 

For those of you with slow broadband, unable to see pictures of Kim Kardashian naked, and for whom footage of the reality TV star’s porn movie is available on VHS, there is … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Hackney meets Father Ted in a story of rat as big as your kids

 

The story of a rat a big – or as small – as a toddler has been all over the news. The Star, naturally, made it its own. But was the … (read more)

Posted: 13th, March 2016 | In: Strange But True, Tabloids | Comment

Calling someone ‘English’ is racist in Hull but making monkey noises to a dying black man is ok?

 

That’s racist! The Telegraph reports on an incident in Hull:
A motorist has been prosecuted for racially abusing a traffic warden by calling him “English”. Mohammed Akhlaghi swore at traffic warden Robert … (read more)

Posted: 13th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

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