| red_rebel2 Posted on 1/11 16:56 | |
| Sun Muslim Yob Smear Exposed | |
Last month The Sun ran a fabricated story of Muslim threats to soldiers in Windsor, part of a barrage of propaganda aimed at demonising a whole community. It has been proved to be completely baseless. The story on October 7 claimed that militant Muslims tried to scare four British soldiers - 'Our Boys' - from moving to a home in wealthy Datchet near Windsor. It said - on the front page - that "Muslim yobs" were "hounding" four British army officers, heroes recently returned from Afghanistan, from a house they were due to move into. The story claimed that phone threats were made to their barracks. Readers were told that bricks were thrown through the windows and that the drive was daubed with "messages of hate" including the words "eff off". Tory MP Philip Davies was quoted saying, "If anyone should eff off, it’s the Muslims doing this sort of thing." Yet the whole story has proved utterly groundless. Thames Valley police have since confirmed there is "no evidence" to suggest Muslims were responsible for the vandalism and the barracks "did not receive any threatening calls from Muslims or people claiming to be Muslims". Instead it appeared snobs rather than yobs were responsible. The abusive calls made to the barracks complained that the soldiers’ presence would bring down property prices in leafy Datchet. Houses on that road typically cost £600,000. A short piece setting the record straight appeared in the local paper, the Windsor Express. It was picked up on the www.ministryoftruth.org.uk website and circulated on a few other sites, including Islamophobia Watch. It has not yet appeared on the Sun. It appears you COULD makeit up. | |
| YodaTheCoder Posted on 1/11 16:59 | |
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"It has not yet appeared on the Sun" Well I for one am stunned! | |
| GibbosEmpire Posted on 1/11 16:59 | |
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I knew it.I told ya it was all fabrication.What a surprise Murdoch did it? | |
| GibbosEmpire Posted on 1/11 17:08 | |
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It was this story wasnt it.Who made it up? | |
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| Revol_Tees Posted on 1/11 17:20 | |
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Absolutely vile. Same thing happens with asylum seekers. Journalists quite literally make it up as they go along, printing stories based on nothing more than rumour and/or fantasy, adding more and more imaginative details as they go along. They can get away with it as long it doesn't name specific individuals - and even then they usually get away with it too. I think people should apply the same level of scepticism to both the front and back pages of tabloid newspapers, because a very large proportion of it is lies and/or speculation. | |
| Archie_Stanton1 Posted on 1/11 17:22 | |
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How do you know the "Snobs" who made the calls wern`t Muslims? And the police say "No evidence to suggest Muslims were resposible", but presumably there is also no evidence to show conclusively that it was NOT Muslims? Where is the "evidence" that the story was fabricated then???? | |
| barney001 Posted on 1/11 17:25 | |
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"Riot Torn Windsor" uuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- Post edited by barney001 on 1/11 17:30 --- | |
| Chutney Posted on 1/11 17:27 | |
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"but presumably there is also no evidence to show conclusively that it was NOT Muslims?" Have I misinterpreted this, or is it as idiotic an argument as it sounds? | |
| Revol_Tees Posted on 1/11 17:29 | |
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Chutney 
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| Chutney Posted on 1/11 17:31 | |
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I think you'll find you're supposed to say "textbook". | |
| Capybara Posted on 1/11 17:33 | |
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| Mr_Incident Posted on 1/11 19:14 | |
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Is there any evidence to show conclusively that it was not the work of goats??? | |
| jam69 Posted on 1/11 19:24 | |
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does anyone over the age of 14 buy the sun? | |
