Daily Mail's true colours

alexhilton Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 09:57:08 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

The Daily Mail has a reputation for insidious racism and xenophobic propaganda, however, this leaked email from features writer Diana Appleyard illustrates the extent of the Mail's cynicism.



-----Original Message-----
From: rsreply@dwpub.com [mailto:rsreply@dwpub.com]
Sent: 13 February 2008 15:57
To:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Response Source - Diana Appleyard , Daily Mail (Request for personal case study)

PUBLICATION: Daily Mail  (Request for personal case study)
JOURNALIST: Diana Appleyard  (staff)
DEADLINE: 14-February-2008 16:00
QUERY: I am urgently looking for anonymous horror stories of people who have employed Eastern European staff, only for them to steal from them, disappear, or have lied about their resident status. We can pay you £100 for taking part, and I promise it will be anonymous, just a quick phone call. Could you email me asap? Many thanks, Diana

HOW TO REPLY:
Email: mailto:dianaappleyard@aol.com
Phone: not provided for use
Fax: 01296 738083 (preferred)


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Daily Mail's true colours | 22 comments (22 topical)

Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#1)

by dickwishart on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 12:27:52 PM GMT

I dont see any problem with this, I have no doubt ALL newspapers do exactly the same.


Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#2)

by rwendland on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 02:19:43 PM GMT

"We can pay you £100 for ... just a quick phone call."

I'm sure many people could come up with a quick horror tale at that rate of pay!


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#3)

by grimupnorth on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 03:42:44 PM GMT

Well, speaking as   a member of the NUJ, I rather hope they don't. No-one is shocked    I would think by the Mail's blatant agenda here. It's Appleyard's attitude which stinks. Must declare personal  interest here as used to know her years ago.... I wonder how much she's getting paid for writing this bilge. Upwards of £1000 I would wager. If she's still a union member she shoud be  kicked  out. We do, actually, have a Code of Conduct. This little missive breaks more or less every rule. And some of us (earning rather less  than DA) try to stick to it.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#8)

by Angiem on Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 01:28:17 PM GMT

Still the same paper that bought us the headline HURRAH FOR THE BLACKSHIRTS. While I wish to retain Journalists rights to free speech they should be expected to stick to the code of conduct. Anyone failing to do so should get the same treatment as a politician doing the same thing as their words do have a lot of influence on those who read them. The women does not deserve to be in work. This kind of behaviour gives all journalism a bad name When there are many decent journalists out there.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#12)

by alexswanson on Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 05:29:20 PM GMT

Not being a journalist, I am intrigued. What part of the Code of Conduct specifically forbids this?

 

Note that I am not at this point expressing an actual opinion, just asking for information.

 

 


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#13)

by alexswanson on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 04:25:48 PM GMT

I'm waiting


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#14)

by alexswanson on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 03:15:51 PM GMT

Still waiting


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#15)

by alexhilton on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 03:23:48 PM GMT

NUJ Code of Conduct
1 A journalist has a duty to maintain the highest professional and ethical standards.
2 A journalist shall at all times defend the principle of the freedom of the Press and other media in relation to the collection of information and the expression of comment and criticism. He/she shall strive to eliminate distortion, news suppression and censorship.
3 A journalist shall strive to ensure that the information he/she disseminates is fair and accurate, avoid the expression of comment and conjecture as established fact and falsification by distortion, selection or misrepresentation.
4 A journalist shall rectify promptly any harmful inaccuracies, ensure that correction and apologies receive due prominence and afford the right of reply to persons criticised when the issue is of sufficient importance.
5 A journalist shall obtain information, photographs and illustrations only by straightforward means. The use of other means can be justified only by over-riding considerations of the public interest. The journalist is entitled to exercise a personal conscientious objection to the use of such means.
6 Subject to the justification by over-riding considerations of the public interest, a journalist shall do nothing which entails intrusion into private grief and distress.
7 A journalist shall protect confidential sources of information.
8 A journalist shall not accept bribes nor shall he/she allow other inducements to influence the performance of his/her professional duties.
9 A journalist shall not lend himself/herself to the distortion or suppression of the truth because of advertising or other considerations.
10 A journalist shall only mention a person's age, race, colour, creed, illegitimacy, marital status (or lack of it), gender or sexual orientation if this information is strictly relevant. A journalist shall neither originate nor process material which encourages discrimination, ridicule, prejudice or hatred on any of the above-mentioned grounds.
11 A journalist shall not interview or photograph children in connection with stories concerning their welfare without the permission of a parent or other adult responsible for their welfare.
12 No journalist shall knowingly cause or allow the publication or broadcast of a photograph that has been manipulated unless that photograph is clearly labelled as such. Manipulation does not include normal dodging, burning, colour balancing, spotting, contrast adjustment, cropping and obvious masking for legal or safety reasons.
13 A journalist shall not take private advantage of information gained in the course of his/her duties, before the information is public knowledge.
14 A journalist shall not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial produce or service save for the promotion of his/her own work or of the medium by which he/she is employed.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#16)

by alexswanson on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 03:29:29 PM GMT

Right, so humour me - how has this been breached?


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#17)

by dickwishart on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 07:14:02 PM GMT

Its nice to know that numbers 1 to 6 are never broken, dream on!


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#18)

by jkitleft on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 11:15:07 PM GMT

Number 10 is probably often breached by the Daily Mail. (While) I have a problem with the term 'race'; the Mail often uses terms meant to be condescending to these minorities, describing the 'hijab-clad wife' of a doctor involved with the bomb plots last summer, in such a condescending way. It's quite disgusting.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#19)

by alexswanson on Thu Feb 21, 2008 at 05:31:03 AM GMT

"the Mail often uses terms meant to be condescending to these minorities"

 

I don't buy the Mail very often, but I browse the website frequently, and I haven't noticed anything like this.

 

You don't suppose it possible that you're just being over-sensitive? 


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#20)

by jkitleft on Thu Feb 21, 2008 at 10:35:41 AM GMT

The offending article in particular, which I have not been able to find began with 'Dr. (x, can't currently remember the surname, will try to find the article), and his hijab-clad wife' and then went on to say how they were stopped on the moterway for offences under the Terrorism Act. This was after the London/Glasgow bomb plot. Why even mention the fact the wife was 'hijab-clad'? Was it in any way relevant? I am not overly sensitive on this. I am critical of multiculturalism, political correctness, and even the wearing of items like the hijab or niqab. But if the paper which posesses the perspicacity of a fruit fly, chooses out of their venacular, this choice of diction, it comes across as offending. The WAY in which the language is used is offending.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#4)

by RedRooster on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 05:51:02 PM GMT

Were you the guy that also thought there was nothing wrong with the Conservatives impersonating a cancer charity, or was that someone else?


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#5)

by dickwishart on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 06:57:28 PM GMT

Not me redrooster.
I will sleep easy tonight knowing that every other newspaper and every NUJ member is whiter than white.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#6)

by NorthernMonkey on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 08:43:02 PM GMT

Dick, just because other newspapers do this, it does not make it right.


And I doubt all newspapers come up with scare stories about immigrants - just the right-wing ones. This story typifies the Daily Mail.


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Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#7)

by Curlew on Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 09:42:59 AM GMT

I really couldn't give a d*mn about the Daily Mail - but it seems to be impossible to read any of the oither blogs 'cos of the advert running across the text all the way down the page

- I give up t'rra!


Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#9)

by twblackwell on Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 12:30:10 AM GMT

This is a disgrace - someone should write to the Ambassadors of Eastern European countries informing them of this ruse...


Might do so myself.


I've just finished reading 'counterknowledge', which wrns of the development of this kind of journalism/comment, I'd recommend to others.


Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#10)

by Merk on Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 12:40:08 AM GMT

Alex,

I posted this on mailwatch.co.uk and one commenter is keen to know who (or what group of people) this email was sent to - could you clarify? Not specifics obviously just the type of people Appleyard intended to see this email.


Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#11)

by MarkHanson on Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 08:54:09 AM GMT

ResponseSource is an email service that PR companies subscribe to, so journalist sends an email saying 'I need xxxx' and then PRs submit whatever info and then hopefully squeeze in a client mention.


Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#21)

by rwendland on Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 11:08:41 AM GMT

The Daily Mail's attitude to east europeans was already very evident in last year's appalling Daily Mail "Modern Happy Families" cut-out-and-play card game they offer. Here's the stereotype-reinforcing Albanian family they give:

Daily Mail Albanian family stereotype 


Re: Daily Mail's true colours (#22)

by Michelle Harris on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 01:16:20 PM GMT

Well done for publishing this blatant attempt to use racism and fear to sell newspapers. Thank you also for highlighting the Code of Conduct that journalists should adhere to. I am, however, disappointed that some people needed to see the Code to know that the conduct was wrong.


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Daily Mail's true colours | 22 comments (22 topical)