Accuracy, The Daily Mail And Barnsley

[Ridgewalk 95]

Reporting today that Barnsley, like Leicester, Bradford, Oldham and Rochdale, has a large south Asian population.

 

Full marks for inaccuracy.

[andyofborg 11]

perhaps it's a misprint and they really meant south anston

[casualbystander 0]

5 minutes ago, andyofborg said:

perhaps it's a misprint and they really meant south anston

or sheffield

[Bargepole23 337]

1 hour ago, andyofborg said:

perhaps it's a misprint and they really meant south anston

Or perhaps it's a paper with a racist agenda, staffed by racist sloppy journalists.

[Halibut 12]

1 hour ago, Bargepole23 said:

Or perhaps it's a paper with a racist agenda, staffed by racist sloppy journalists.

This. ''Hurrah for the Blackshirts!''

[Mister Gee 812]

7 hours ago, casualbystander said:

or sheffield

Why Sheffield?

[Litotes 63]

Sorry, actually expecting that the Daily Mail would print news based on truth is where your problem starts.

 

 

Edited July 5, 2020 by Litotes

[Stoatwobbler 10]

12 hours ago, Ridgewalk said:

Reporting today that Barnsley, like Leicester, Bradford, Oldham and Rochdale, has a large south Asian population.

 

Full marks for inaccuracy.

The kneejerk reaction of a lot of racists on social media was to blame asians.  There were plenty of people ignoring the inconvenient truth that Barnsley has a very low number of asians before the Daily Fail picked up on that line. 

 

[Pettytom 1]

11 hours ago, casualbystander said:

or sheffield

Good point. Well made.

 

 

Possibly

[Branyy 10]

Before playing favourite race card, it'd be helpful if the OP provided some context of the article. Or better - linked the original article.

[Arnold_Lane 0]

2 hours ago, Branyy said:

Before playing favourite race card, it'd be helpful if the OP provided some context of the article. Or better - linked the original article.

This one?

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8490305/amp/I-tell-exactly-Leicester-lockdown.html

 

“Above all, other towns and cities at risk of fresh outbreaks – places such as Barnsley, Rochdale and Bradford – all of which have large populations of South Asian heritage, should learn from the mistakes made in Leicester and ensure that more lives are not needlessly lost.“

 

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by Arnold_Lane