Tragically true

As mediaroar watches the rain, the grey sky, and feels the temperature falling like leaves - It would be easy to get depressed at this time of year. SKY news, on in the background, is playing its part too - Israel wants to bomb Iran, North Korea wants to start a fight with the world, and according to reports yesterday, Britain is now the top target for Al Qaeda. Joy.

So, surely nothing else can depress mediaroar further...






(people pay money for this)


Well there was something:

mediaroar was shocked and disgusted to hear that the editor of the Daily Star, a woman by the name of Dawn Neesom, had ordered her Journos to do a one page 'special' called...

'The Daily Fatwa'. Featuring page three 'Burqa babes' , a blank editorial column with 'censored' and 'Allah is great' stamped over it, and among other gems, a 'burn a flag, win a Corsa' competition.

For fuck's sake.

Thankfully a full scale revolt ensued, with the staff contacting the NUJ, and a stop work motion was passed. Good old Dawn had gone to the pub home by then, and the deputy editor - recently poached from cheapo wank rag weekly men's mag 'Zoo' decided to scrap the 'feature' and go with something else.

In what reality could this overtly racist, inflammatory, lazy shite be seriously considered??

The Daily Star (a newspaper, apparently) has not commented on this, and mediaroar has emailed the enigmatic Dawn, and not had any response yet.

Words almost fail mediaroar over this.

The saddest thing about all this is that it is, according to the Guardian, true.

mediaroar would like to say well done to the revolting Journalists, and to the NUJ for backing them. As for the revolting Dawn Neesom, was this her idea? If not who's idea was it?

mediaroar waits for a reply, and will be happy to report on the justification behind this thinking, but won't hold his breath.

unbefuckinglievable,



grrrr x


media pissed on your chips? Do you know Dawn Neesom? Do you think this kind of thing is justified, at all?
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