The Daily Hate’s shocking Bahraini puff-piece 26, September 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Bahrain.Tags: Bahrain, Bahrain puff piece, Daily Hate, Daily Mail, Terribly journalism
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I’m not a fan of the British tabloid The Daily Mail, or the Daily Hate as it should patently be known. Quite literally founded on the principal that it should give its readers something to ‘hate’ everyday, the paper continues to peddle sensationalist drivel usually involving demonizing Muslims or foreigners as a whole.
The latest joke of an article that I’ve come across is the puffiest of puff pieces on Bahrain. Presumably in the backlash of the negative press reporting in the West about Bahrain’s current crisis and their severe crack-down on pro-democracy protesters, an intrepid Daily Mail reporter was dispatched to Bahrain to do an in depth report on the delights of Manama as a tourist destination. Truly I can’t remember reading such a vapid piece of pseudo-journalism.
While I perfectly understand that this article is in the Travel section of the paper, is it really too much to expect a word – just one word – about the massive human rights abuses currently going on in Bahrain? Moreover, ignoring the fact that this article really ought to have been shelved given the current issues in Bahrain, even for a Travel section, this piece could not have been written more favourably were it dictated by Bahrain Tourism Inc. No critical comments at all? Nothing? Everything was just that perfect?
Truly, this is a nauseating article in massively bad taste.
Hat tip: CMD
PS. If you type ‘Daily Hate’ into Google, the first result is the Daily Mail’s homepage…even google agrees with me.
The Gulf blog 
Hmmm. I suppose when compared to the KSA, it is a fantastic tourist destination, but the dreams of pea-sized pearls, and the cliche picture of a arab desert babe was a bit much. Furthermore, the writing isn’t even very good…mediocre propaganda at best.
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