Daily Wail invades the Falklands

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bizarre story in the Wail today (I know, I know - I looked it up after reading the Daily Mash's response)

..They've got lengthy article imagining that the Falklands get invaded next year while we're all at the Olympics. Wierd! Anyway, the Daily Mash guys have gone to town with their response


Mash's response

My favourite bit:
Argentina's military chiefs said the islands were protected only by 1,000 British soldiers, four Typhoon fighter jets, a warship, and, from time to time, a fking great submarine that could sink all of their ships and then park itself off Buenos Aires and call them 'a bunch of aholes' with total impunity.


Bizarre original in the Wail (apologies for DM link, but it really is )

[Mr_B]

What kinda sick twisted mind would ever come up with such a sad vision as that, Ed Miliband as PM ?

[Oakey]

The comments make for depressing reading. The general consensus amongst Mail readers for the scenario where the Argentinians invade and take the Falklands killing 600 of our soldiers is that we wouldn't and shouldn't bomb the crap out of them.

[vonuber]

Mr_B said:

What kinda sick twisted mind would ever come up with such a sad vision as that, Ed Miliband as PM ?

The Daily Mail. With the Conservatives having their iron grip on the throne, they cannot have articles criticising the government, and thus lose a large part of their raison d'être.

[thinfourth2]

There is only one problem with the daily mail

Some people belive it is a newspaper

[audidoody]

Dominic Sandbrook appears to be basing his writing 'style' on Andy McNab Meets Tom Clancy.

I reserved a particular contemptuous laugh for the bit where Meryl Streep gets the blame.

I think the entire mess was written for a bet.

Edited by audidoody on Friday 23 December 12:59

[turbobloke]

thinfourth2 said:

There is only one problem with the daily mail

Some people belive it is a newspaper

Of course it's a newspaper.

The more serious problem lies with those who fail to understand the difference between primary and secondary sources, and others who generalise too much.

This particular piece is bizarre fiction, and can be recognised as such.

There is fantasy stuff from Toynbee and Monbiot in The Gurdian on a regular basis masquerading as commentary. The Guardian is still a newspaper, regardless.

Most of us can judge content for ourselves very easily and have no need of weak generalisations.