Over at the Daily Mail website (the things I read for Lib Dem Voice), Leo McKinstry has cobbled together an unpleasantly personal attack on Lib Dem MP, Evan Harris.
The title gives away the prejudices of the author: ‘Meet Dr Death, the Lib Dem MP Evan Harris who backs embryo experiments, euthanasia and freer abortions’. It’s the kind of poisonous cuttings job which gives journalism a bad name, and has already attracted the ire of Mail readers:
Even if I do not agree with Mr Harris’ points of view, I find this article typical of modern discussion methods, there is no well founded argument just mud throwing as means of discrediting the person with a differnt view, shame on you behaving like this.
Perhaps LDV readers might also want to voice their opinions on Mr McKinstry’s silly rant? You can post your comment via this link.
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12 Comments
The Mail spent last week ringing round political gossip sites asking if they had any dirt on Evan and asking whether it was true he was gay.
Comment posted. What a horrible, small-minded, dirty little piece. I didn’t think the Daily Mail could upset me anymore but it just did.
Amanda Platell was doing the “Dr Death” thing at the weekend I noticed.
What a prick that McKinstry is.
Well, it’s not called the Hate Mail for nothing!
This is the paper that, inter alia, supported Hitler & Mussolini, backed the anti-MMR nutters, homeopaths, climate change deniers & the NuLabCon party.
Enough said really.
A new low for the Daily Mail. And if Nadine Dorries is now the voice of reason, then we’re all doomed. This spiteful article can only be a boost for Harris.
Evan has an unfortunate way of hectoring people and talking down to them as if they are idiots.
Abortion is not a simple left/right, liberal/authoritarian issue. It is a highly emotive subject that is best handled with care.
I have submitted my comments.
If for any reason they get “lost” I will reproduce them here – I think despite my best efforts my contempt for the Daily Hate Mail may have, um, leaked out here and there…
http://don-paskini.blogspot.com/
even labour supporter’s (excellent) blog bigs him up here!
Note how almost all the 7 comments they allowed are positive – and they haven’t allowed any fresh comments in nearly 24 hours. Guess the readership just didn’t toe the McKinstry line! 🙂
Yes indeed – even I put in a comment attacking the article, and I hardly ever agree with Evan on anything….
Matt Sellwood
Cant think why but the Daily Mail some how failed to put up my post that it was articles like this that remind me why I would never buy the Daily Mail 😉