Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
by ben_w on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @08:59AM
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> There isn't a rational case to be made for not disapproving of it morally.
That, and I say this with sadness, doesn’t follow from your other points.
It just means they have different morals from you and I.
Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @10:58AM
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No, that's a both sides false equivalence kind of argument.
In context - and especially in light of yesterday's verdict - it's really rather unconvincing.
Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
by gadders on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:02AM
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>> It literally supported Hitler before war was declared.
So did the Daily Mirror. And the Guardian was a big supporter of eugenics. All irrelevant to the current papers.
Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:04AM
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Unlike the rest, the Mail continues to be owned by the same family.
Interestingly, the writer of the article in The Mirror that supported Hitler was one Lord Harmsworth - great grandfather of the current owner of the Mail.
Harmsworth also used to own the Mirror before it was sold and changed its political orientation.
The DM regularly loses libel cases for publishing fake smears about various victims. But apparently it considers these losses a cost of doing business.
It has been called out for its racism on numerous occasions.
It's notorious for wildly exaggerated tabloid abuse of legitimate refugees and immigrants.
It called judges who forced proper constitutional proceedings during Brexit "enemies of the people" - sparking a record number of complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
Its comments section is a cesspit of race hate and petty ignorance.
It literally supported Hitler before war was declared.
There isn't a rational case to be made for not disapproving of it morally.