Category Archives: Moral outrage
Paedogeddon in Bromley
Trying to think of reasons to object to a planning application to convert a house into a nursery? Traffic, obviously… Noise, of course… And sod it, throw in paedophiles for good measure. Back with a vengeance: ANGRY residents. How we … Continue reading
Filed under Moral outrage, Sensational headlines
Insert cock joke here
This isn’t the first time a cock has been pulled for a bird’s benefit. Gloucestershire Echo, 7 October 2010 (story): Terrified cockerel pulled from wheelie bin A FRIGHTENED cockerel is lucky to be alive after being rescued from a wheelie … Continue reading
Filed under Heartless bastards, Moral outrage
The benefit of hand-sight
The regional media is happy to take its lead from the right wing national gutter press when it comes to scare stories about benefits. The Bolton News has exhaustively covered the story of Terry Langford, 62, non-cripple, who was recently … Continue reading
Filed under Heartless bastards, Moral outrage, Utter bullshit
Norfolk ‘n’ good
Top parenting tip: if you’re a terrible parent and allow your child to use their potty as a mouth, you can get away with blaming it on the local playground… Norwich Evening News, 19 March 2010 (story): Norwich youngsters pick … Continue reading
Filed under Moral outrage, Sensational headlines
A cock and balls story
Does what it says on the tin in the title. As if there hadn’t already been enough sequels of Free Willy… Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, 8 April 2010 (story): North Yorkshire shop owner has stone willy seized by police A CURIOSITY … Continue reading
Filed under Moral outrage
I’ve never voted Tory before, but we’ve got to eat puppies
The nether regions does not endorse orchestrated campaigns of vandalism or crude insults, except for when they’re directed at Tory election candidates. Failed Tory candidate Nick King ran crying to the Bournemouth Echo when his election posters were targeted as … Continue reading
Filed under Getting oneself in the paper, Moral outrage, Upstanding locals
‘Got to put it away now’
Many newspapers would pass up the opportunity to run a story like this. Thankfully the Lancashire Telegraph is not so picky, and delves into the matter with great gusto. Lancashire Telegraph, 12 April 2010 (story): Blackburn shop calls security over … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Heartless bastards, Moral outrage, Upstanding locals
It’s all over the letters page, you give me road rage
This letter has it all: hysteria, self pity, physical insults, human insecurity, a touching element of forgiveness, and excessive exclamation marks!!! If you know the malicious mini driver in question, or indeed if you are her, please get in touch. … Continue reading
The way this country’s going
Q. What do you get when you cross Remembrance Sunday, littering yobs and an empty double decker bus? A. An idle and wasteful society, obviously. Market Rasen Mail, 18 November 2009: It’s going down the pan EDITOR – On the … Continue reading
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Moral outrage
Horse indecency man
Here’s some smut for your Saturday. Some people just aren’t capable of letting go of their vocation when they retire from the farm. Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, 12 November 2009: Horse indecency man in court A RETIRED farm worker led a … Continue reading
Filed under Flashers, Moral outrage
Dog dirt digest
Won’t somebody think of the children? The Bolton News, 5 February 2010 (story): Dog dirt puts children’s walking bus under threat A CHILDREN’S walking bus scheme could be axed — because the route they take to school is littered with … Continue reading
Filed under Heartless bastards, Letters to the Editor, Moral outrage
Soap Wars: The Catholics Strike Back
When it comes to using moral outrage to help shift a few units, local newspapers can be every bit as shrewd as national counterparts like the Daily Mail and Daily Express. But this story isn’t about just any moral outrage; … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Getting oneself in the paper, Moral outrage
