Harvest Mailwatch and Rationalwiki and Entire Tabloid Watch
Uncategorised Resources
edit- "Stephen Fry compares Daily Mail Editor Paul Dacre to Mussolini in Sochi argument"2
- Daily Fail/Heil names
- The Mail removed an image from a story which some people mistook for a cock (in a piece about a dominatrix) - This is a Fail more than anything else...
- Daily Mail lobbies for default opt-out internet filters. The government refuses, Daily Mail declares it a victory for their campaign...Even though default filters would likely block their site for the images commonly showed on the rightSource 2
- "Abortion hope after "gay genes" find" headline (page 272)
"The MailOnline occasionally publishes stories containing illegal images of underage children.[1] While these images are usually removed after some time, allegations have been made of a close relationship between the MailOnline and the police forces by [who?]." [2]
Fact checking failures or misleading articles
edit- Daily Mail runs with iPhone recall story from Steve Jobs Twitter account clearly marked as a fake
- " ten seconds of Googling appears to be beyond the scope of BBC or Daily Mail photo researchers"
- "the Mail Online published incredibly unflattering photos of me all over the internet." - Despite them being of the wrong person...
- In April 2012, MailOnline published an article about a dentist who pulled out her ex-boyfriend's teeth, which was exposed as a hoax by MSNBC.com.[3][4][5]
In October 2011, MailOnline and several other newspapers mistakenly published articles on Amanda Knox's trial, reporting that the appeal led to upholding the original guilty verdict, which was incorrect; the verdict was overturned.[6][7] The mistakenly published article included fabricated quotes and falsely claimed she was put on suicide watch.[8][9]
In June 2010, The Guardian reported that MailOnline had published an inaccurate story about an iPhone 4 recall, based on a Twitter message by a Steve Jobs impersonator.[10]
Ignoring copyright
edit- There's a lot about the Daily Mail nicking images...
- Daily Mail getting a bill 3-times larger than usual for copying copyrighted images without permission
- Daily Mail sued for large scale copyright infringement by Mavrix ImagesSource 2
- "The Daily Mail knowingly and commercially used my photos despite my denying them permission"
- "The Daily Mail's website is notorious for grabbing images found on the internet and using them without permission - even incorrectly attributing them, eg, "© Twitter""
- How the Daily Mail handles CC licenses
In March 2012, Poynter published an article describing multiple examples of MailOnline using material from other news websites without credit.[11]
Wrongful/unfounded accusations
editMisrepresentation of evidence/facts
edit- Countless cancer scare stories?[citation needed]
- "Daily Mail cites video game as proof of terrorist doomsday plot"
- "Daily Mail prints article even after scientist says it "misrepresents" his work"
- Daily Mail makes unfounded claims on crime statistics and gets caught
- Daily Mail makes claims David Cameron regretted forcing the gay marriage bill through before later admitting it was made up
Naziism links
editLeveson Inquiry
editReferences
edit- ^ http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/voices/2012/06/sex-children-and-mail-online
- ^ http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/mailonline-publishes-creepshots.html
- ^ Eric Tennant (8 May 2012). "Story of vengeful jilted dentist was too good to be true". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Jonathan Lemire (28 April 2012). "Sweet revenge: Dentist pulls ALL of ex-boyfriend's teeth out after getting dumped". New York Daily News. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Vengeful Polish dentist story reported to be a hoax". Fox News. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Daily Mail inquiry into 'Knox guilty' blunder". PressGazette. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Joel Gunter (4 October 2011). "Daily Mail criticised over Amanda Knox guilty story". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Stuart Kemp (3 October 2011). "Amanda Knox Verdict: Daily Mail's Website Posts Wrong Decision". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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(help) - ^ Greenslade, Roy (4 October 2011). "The Guardian on the false Mail Online Amanda Knox verdict". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Charles Arthur (28 June 2010). "Daily Mail fooled by fake Steve Jobs tweet on iPhone 4 recall". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Editor of Daily Mail's website defends attribution practices in face of growing criticism". poynter.org. Retrieved 6 January 2013.