(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!)
I’m well aware a blogpost about the Daily Mail making up a story is a bit ‘dog bites man‘ as far as news goes but I couldn’t allow this to pass unnoticed.
A few days ago a Daily Mail article went viral about Beijing residents having to watch fake sunrises on giant TV screens because the pollution there is so bad (warning – link to Daily Mail dross):
China starts televising the sunrise on giant TV screens because Beijing is so clouded in smog
Well no prizes for guessing the article was completely made up.
Here’s the full story from Tech in Asia:
No, Beijing residents are NOT watching fake sunrises on giant TVs because of pollution
Is it really too much to expect our newspapers to contain at least some real news?
An amusing postscript to this is a short Twitter exchange between the Daily Mail’s so-called ‘reporter’ who filed the story James Nye and proper journalist Paul Bischoff who rumbled his lie:
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Want to annoy a Daily Mail reporter? Then why not share this and let them know people are noticing their lies?
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Reblogged this on Vox Political and commented:
So now we know.
Next time anyone quotes a Mail story we can all ask if it’s real, or just another Beijing Sunrise.
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Your ‘related articles’ list includes your application for a job at the Flail.
How did it go? Did you get an interview?
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And that nasty Nye cunt even spell Beijing! Sorry, I meant can’t
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they must curse the day twiter was invented.
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Mike – strange, not even an interview. Probably over-qualified.
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I live here.
These big screens are located on the Tienanmen square, and display different things all day long. The smog is very bad occasionally and with some pictures, it is easy to be sensationalistic about this. However, showing this without explaining the context, the why and the how, is a sign of incredibly poor journalism. Shame on you asshole.
J.
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No Surprise! Daily Mail wouldn’t know the truth if it bit them on the arse!
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Well, you tried.
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I’ve made sure to add a comment on the last dozen of Nye’s stories on the Daily Mail website, pointing people to your blog.
What a lying, sensationalist piece of shit….. both the Daily mail & Nye
JAMES NYE = DAILY MAIL LIE
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Can they not be prosecuted for fraud?
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You overqualified for a cleaning job – never. You would clean them all up wouldn’t you Tom.
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Reblogged this on Alchemy & Accident.
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This is the bit that really got me laughing:
the Daily Mail, one of the least reputable news sources in the UK.
PMSL 🙂
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