The disgrace of the Daily Star

255762 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:40:00 GMT

The Daily Star is a poor excuse for a newspaper, maybe even proprietor Richard Desmond is thinking this today as his papers pay out again (to the tapas seven), but he should be ashamed as should the editor of the front page of today's paper with its headline "BBC put Muslims before you!".

Accompanied by a picture of Muslim woman giving two fingers it panders to racism.

The front page refers to a decision by BBC director-general Mark Thompson who has apparently announced a ban on Muslim jokes because they are more sensitive than Christians.

It sounds a ridiculous sweeping decision, which is if true is quite wrong. All groups should be open to having jokes made about them. That's all part of a healthy democracy as is a free press, which comes with an inherent responsibility that the Daily Star sorely lacks.

No surprise is that this year the paper (along with sister title the Daily Express) has paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds to Kate and Gerry McCann and now today their friends the tapas seven.

It tops that, with today's apology, by insulting a whole group of the British population. Nice work.

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The disgrace of the Daily Star