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Wednesday 12 September 2012

Here's to The Daily Mail!

We all love The Daily Mail of course. I mean: just imagine a world without it! Unthinkable! Here's a couple of classic quotes from that wonderful paper that are sure to warm your heart-

 
"This country long shut its eyes to the magnificent work that the Fascist régime was doing. I have several times heard Mussolini himself express his gratitude to the Daily Mail as having been the first British newspaper to put his aims fairly before the world."

-Ward Price, Journalist, 1932


"In his own country (Mussolini) was the antidote to a deadly poison. For the rest of Europe he has been a tonic which has done to all incalculable good. I can claim with sincere satisfaction to have been the first man in a position of public influence to put Mussolini's splendid achievement in its right light. ... He is the greatest figure of our age."

-Lord Rothermere, Daily Mail owner, 1928, in a DM editorial.


Richard Littlejohn and Melanie Phillips, as you can see, are working in a fine tradition.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind--none at all--that had the Nazis successfully invaded Britain, The Daily Mail would have fought them bitterly to the last man, both physically and in print and not, I dunno... fallen like a poodle to Hitler's feet, dobbed in fellow countrymen and ran headlines like 'ABOUT TIME TOO!' or 'NOW THE TRAINS WILL RUN ON TIME!' or some such.

Nope... no way...

4 comments:

  1. My favourite Daily Mailism was back when they ran hysterical articles on the dangers of peadophiles hiding in children's lunchboxes and so on, while simultaneously running a countdown on when the nation could legally drool over Charlotte Churche's arse and tits.

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    1. 'Hey, look everyone- Ms Church is finally Wankceptable!' Yeah, I remember that one. Deeply f*ckin' disturbing. Imagine if the DM were handed the keys to the world, with no one to counter or criticize them. It'd make the last days of Rome look like Happy Days.

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    2. So, in your opinion, which Emporer jumped the shark then?

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    3. Ming the Merciless. Those collars just didn't suit Rome.

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