tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post1999158686176623643..comments2024-01-20T13:30:53.223+00:00Comments on Madam J-Mo: NotW: "When you were good you were very, very good..."Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08994872363987967637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post-30754492719298878982011-07-15T10:46:16.028+01:002011-07-15T10:46:16.028+01:00Thanks for your comment, Deb. Agreed - NOTW went t...Thanks for your comment, Deb. Agreed - NOTW went too far. But I still think there's a place for the tabloid press in our world. Just one that isn't as muck racking as the Screws became.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994872363987967637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post-31097175582375657362011-07-15T09:01:38.947+01:002011-07-15T09:01:38.947+01:00It's good to see this other point of view, and...It's good to see this other point of view, and a difficult call to make. While I didn't read NOTW, I think it's important to have a variety of newspapers out there. However, it did go too far. Let's hope it's warning is enough for other newspapers.Deb Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941866708845848582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post-74033588780758237552011-07-08T12:53:53.224+01:002011-07-08T12:53:53.224+01:00As a feminist, I don't support the NotW or it&...As a feminist, I don't support the NotW or it's ilk (for all the reasons you rightly point out). But as a journalist, the closure of any newspaper (and to a lesser extent, magazines) saddens me. It's an awkward position, politically...Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994872363987967637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post-76712192465186520272011-07-08T12:48:59.140+01:002011-07-08T12:48:59.140+01:00well, yes, i mean, these are just my opinions too!...well, yes, i mean, these are just my opinions too! but i think the issues print is facing at the mo are bigger than this closure.sianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post-87533333183160338252011-07-08T12:34:20.618+01:002011-07-08T12:34:20.618+01:00All those things you say are true, of course. But ...All those things you say are true, of course. But as a journalist (and a former tabloid journalist, and someone who built my career working on big-selling celebrity magazines), I can't help but feel saddened by the closure of the NotW and what this means for the future of print journalism. These are my personal opinions.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994872363987967637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398614958488349827.post-12503255321729069402011-07-08T12:18:28.559+01:002011-07-08T12:18:28.559+01:00Obviously, the loss of jobs whenever it happens is...Obviously, the loss of jobs whenever it happens is horrible, especially when it is so blatantly being done to protect the power of a few people who are ultimately far more responsible for the hacking scandal than most people clearing their desks today (that happened when i lost my job).<br /><br />But the NOTW has had a hand in so much awful stuff beyond the hacking scandal. As have all the tabloids. Not just the lurid kiss and tell tales, but infringement of privacy on innocent people, writing nonsense and spurious accusations about innocent people, perpetuating rape myths, perpetuating the idea that women lie about rape, making up quotes... They have printed endless nonsense about asylum seekers and immigration, have written horrible editorial about people on benefits and the unemployed. And then of course the celebrity stuff, upskirt shots of women, she's too fat, she's too thin...as i said this is categorically NOT just the NOTW, it is all tabloids and often broadsheets too. <br /><br />This blog is great for showing up issues in the tabloids http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/<br /><br />To me, there is a massive difference between being happy about people losing their jobs (which i am not) and being happy that the paper itself is closing, just as they were when the Sunday Sport stopped peddling porn as news earlier this year.sianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.com