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| The Daily Mail; Irrelevant unless you're British | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 30 2007, 11:04 AM (135 Views) | |
| Evil_Henry | Apr 30 2007, 11:04 AM Post #1 |
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Arguably, irrelevant even if you are - but I found this extract from Wikipedia amusing. I've always found the Daily Mail distasteful and this gives an insight into why. ------- Support for Nazism and Fascism In early 1934 Rothermere and the Mail were sympathetic to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists. Rothermere wrote an article, Hurrah for the Blackshirts, in January 1934, in which he praised Mosley for his "sound, commonsense, Conservative doctrine", though after the violence of the 1934 Olympia meeting involving the BUF, the Mail withdrew its support for Mosley. Rothermere was a friend and supporter of both Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, which influenced the Mail's political stance toward them up to 1939. During this period it was the only British newspaper to consistently support the German Nazi Party.[1][2] Rothermere visited and corresponded with Hitler on many occasions. On 1 October 1938, Rothermere sent Hitler a telegram in support of Germany's invasion of the Sudetenland, and expressing the hope that 'Adolf the Great' would become a popular figure in Britain. In 1937, the Mail's chief war correspondent George Ward Price, to whom Mussolini once personally wrote in support of him and the newspaper, published a book, I Know These Dictators, in defence of Hitler and Mussolini. Rothermere and the Mail supported Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement, particularly during the events leading up to the Munich Agreement. However, after the Nazi invasion of Prague in 1939, the Mail changed position and urged Chamberlain to prepare for war, not least, perhaps, because on account of its stance it had been threatened with closure by the British Government. The paper continues to be referred to on occasion by critics as the Daily Heil, referring to its current conservative stance and its past support for Mosley.[3] ---------- No wonder Hitler thought Britain would side with Germany. Allies in royalty and the media. Not enough though, evidently. |
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| ConfusedMonkey | Apr 30 2007, 11:33 AM Post #2 |
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Lol - I had no idea about that. That's brilliant.
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| There are no promises or assurances in any shape or form contained in the above post. Do not trust this Monkey. | |
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| ErgonomicLogic | Apr 30 2007, 02:53 PM Post #3 |
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haha. "I know these dictators". That sounds like something Nancy Pelosi said, also Chamberlain. |
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| ThePlague | May 1 2007, 12:05 PM Post #4 |
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Yeah, because the war on terra is just like world war 2.
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