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May 30th, 2008 @ 20:47
For those of you that don’t live in the UK, the Daily Mail is a revolting right-wing newspaper that shames Britain with its existence.
But today it’s done itself proud. It’s posted a piece of Fallout 3 concept art on its website and claimed the image of a ruined Washington DC has been put together by al-Qaeda.
The picture was posted on an extremist website, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, and has also been picked up by Australian outlet News.com.au.
Please read that Mail piece.
“Washington is laid to waste,” said Barry Wigmore, writing for the paper. “The Capitol is a blackened, smoking ruin. The White House has been razed. Countless thousands are dead.
“This is the apocalyptic scene terrorists hope to create if they ever get their hands on a nuclear bomb.”
“The computer-generated image below was posted on an Islamic extremists’ website yesterday.”
Beyond. Belief. Barry: you stain us all.
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May 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Wow… and just think that an entire section of the middle classes base their opinions on the rantings of this rag.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
May 30th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Genuinely shocking.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
fuck…
im not sure yet what im more stunned at.
- That they made up a story with virtually no facts or evidence
- That they don’t know about the fallout games.
wow.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Daily Mail are pure scum.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Just grabbed the paper from downstairs…..O’dear. But in this country what do you expect from a tabloid?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
That’s fantastic!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
This is what I love about the current news media:
“Last night FBI sources said Al Qaeda was desperate to get its hands on a weapon of mass destruction, be it nuclear, chemical, or biological.”
Surely this kind of scaremongering is a form of terrorism?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
goon: What is the paper doing downstairs in your house?
SEIZE HIM!
May 31st, 2008 at 7:19 am
Just posted this on the article piece.
“The irony of the picture being used in this article, which is little more than an extremist propoganda piece, is hilarious.
It is a picture from a video game called Fallout 3. The backstory of the series explains that the world ended up this apocalyptic wasteland because the US and China entered into a nucleur exchange. Nobody knows who fired the first missile.
So no, there wasn’t any “great effort” put into the creation of this image, at least no by these so called “extremists.”, seeing as it was made by a video game developer in the USA.
This article is little more than a poorly researched propaganda piece with no purpose under than to try and grab the attention of people who are ignorant and paranoid.
How stupid do you really think people are though, Barry? You’re a disgrace to those journalists of us who actually care to present the news and truth to the world. Get a bloody conscience.”
After submitting it, I got a message notifying me that my submission would be pretty moderated. With all their preaching of these “threats against freedom”, isn’t that ironic? *laughs*
Controlled media. Ugh.
Guess we’ll have to wait and see if they approve it. I’m guessing they won’t though.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
I just posted
“It’s going to be OK. Jesus watches over this country and every person who believes in Jesus will be spared. Jesus watch over us! No Jesus, stop playing Fallout 3 Jesus. You are meant to be watching us. Jesus, please.”
I wager that’s even less likely to get approved