A highly amusing stunt, and the fake plaque does indeed sum up the Mail’s incredibly reactionary attitude. Amazingly for a newspaper that seems extremely hostile to any kind of feminism or female liberation, it was originally aimed at women and has a high female readership. But if this accurately describes the Mail, you have to wonder what a plaque would say about the Sun, Torygraph or the Times. Would they even be allowed to say it, or would it immediately be banned under the obscenity laws?
Image: Crowdwish.
Have a good look at the picture above. If you click on it, you should get a larger version.
The sign it depicts was erected on the wall of the Daily Mail offices in London yesterday by an organisation calling itself Crowdwish (@crowdwish – “The most popular wish of the day actioned. Today, tomorrow and forever.”) and the tweet accompanying this picture stated: “For one – very satisfying – hour the sign below adorned The Daily Mail offices this afternoon.”
The blogpost accompanying the picture explained that it was in response to a wish that the media would focus more on the good things that happen in the world.
“The fact is that bad news sells; negative events cause spikes in TV ratings, sales of papers to rise and increases in traffic online,” the article continued – and this is fair comment; Vox Political‘s own highest reader…
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