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Daily Mail campaigns against... itself
The Daily Mail says: DON'T let schoolgirls have the HPV virus to protect them against cervical cancer, because it's evil and wrong and will lead to promiscuity!
The Irish Daily Mail says: Woohoo! Vaccine! Our little girls are safe from this horrible disease!
In many ways, this is worse than being anti-vaccine. Anti-vaccinationists may be cranks, but at least they ultimately care about the people affected. The revelation that the Mail is pushing two contradictory positions on a major public health issue on either side of the Irish Sea, proves once and for all that they don't give a crap about the impact such stories may have on their readers. It's a whole new level of sick. It's crossing the line where misguided becomes truly evil.
This is exactly why I can no longer read newspapers.
The Daily Mail says: DON'T let schoolgirls have the HPV virus to protect them against cervical cancer, because it's evil and wrong and will lead to promiscuity!
The Irish Daily Mail says: Woohoo! Vaccine! Our little girls are safe from this horrible disease!
In many ways, this is worse than being anti-vaccine. Anti-vaccinationists may be cranks, but at least they ultimately care about the people affected. The revelation that the Mail is pushing two contradictory positions on a major public health issue on either side of the Irish Sea, proves once and for all that they don't give a crap about the impact such stories may have on their readers. It's a whole new level of sick. It's crossing the line where misguided becomes truly evil.
This is exactly why I can no longer read newspapers.
