The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

Have We Hit Peak Daily Mail? ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Comment, Culture, Daily Fail, Daily Mail, Embarrassing Moments )

I hate the Daily Mail. I hate what they stand for. I hate how they conduct their ‘journalism’. I hate the way they fan the flames of hate under the guise of revealing truth. And yet I read it every day. Every bloody day. Not for the ‘news’, but because I enjoy the hate they […]

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It’s Not Your Fault Your Perspective Is Small. It Is Your Fault You Do Nothing About It … ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Apathy, Attitude & Aptitude, Comment, Complicity, Culture, Daily Fail, Daily Mail, Diversity, Dysgraphia, Education, Empathy, England, Fatherhood, Hope, My Fatherhood, New Zealand, Otis, Perspective, Relevance, Resonance, Respect )

OK … so yesterday I said the posts this week were all superficial shite, but that was until I read an article that has pissed me off. Have a look at this headline: On one side, it’s from the Daily Mail – so this sort of divisive headline is to be expected – but what […]

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Dear Daily Mail, Can You Please Leave The Hilariously Stupid Stories To Viz … ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Attitude & Aptitude, Brand Suicide, Comment, Content, Corporate Evil, Crap Products In History, Daily Fail, Daily Mail, Diversity, Home, Marketing, Marketing Fail, Prejudice, Viz )

The Daily Mail. God, how I hate it. Pedlars of hate, half-truths and prejudice, while all the time claiming they are a ‘family newspaper’ that practices the highest standards of journalism. For anyone who may be in doubt of how bollocks that is, I suggest you do one of four things. 1. Read a single […]

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The Lost Art Of Persuasion … ( Filed under: Advertising, Apathy, Attitude & Aptitude, Comment, Communication Strategy, Culture, Insight, Marketing, Marketing Fail, Planning, Point Of View, Relevance, Resonance )

Recently I saw this … Quite a headline eh? Amazingly, it wasn’t from the Sunday Sport ‘newspaper’ … though it was from The Daily Mail, so it’s kind of the same thing. And while it makes for entertaining reading – unless you’re the vicar in question or the Henry Hoover – it did make me […]

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Is Rice A Weapon Of Mass Destruction? ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Attitude & Aptitude, China, Comment, Culture, Daily Mail, Food, Health )

The picture above is from a headline in the Daily Mail. I can tell you this … Throughout my seven years living in China, I can’t tell you many times I heard people had died of heart attacks brought on by ‘arsenic poisoning through too much rice consumption’. Oh, hang on, yes I can … […]

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