I know there was a "tweet", supposedly from her, which claimed this, but that's generally accepted to have been a hoax.
See http://onlinejournalismblog.co...ccount-a-case-study/ (actually quite an interesting article in its own right.)
she's still a homophobic bint though those words she wrote in the article were not fake-twittered
(Apologies if this has already been posted.)
So from my perspective who cares what some ignorant journalist thinks or writes, it's dust in the wind, and I hope his family and friends dismiss it for the ignorance it is.
Now that I can understand - I have always been a huge Boyzone fan!! The article was in very bad taste and cast huge presumptions about what he got up to that last night - but I just cannot see the homophobia in it - but in fairness all of the major newspapers have hugely speculated about his lifestyle not just this column!! For example I have heard stories saying he had cannabis in his body, him and his husband were intimate with the third man, he had been drinking heavily etc - all of these are also presumptions but no-one seems to be batting an eyelid at them!!
I can only therefore comment on Jan Moir's article which I read in the Daily Mail yesterday. As I was reading it, I definitely got the impression that she was expressing generalised homophobic opinions about civil partnership relationships. Unfortunately, she used Stephen's death as a vehicle to express such opinions, inferring that gay relationships are somehow different from straight relationships and that his death was as a result of such. Her co-writer Amanda Platell, who I cannot stand, also has a tendency to express such opinions. Perhaps they will be more circumspect in future about what they say because opinions like this can seriously offend.
Hiya Twee The journalist's remarks must have come across as extremely thoughtless to all those close to Stephen who were/are grieving his loss. I wonder if she knew or ever met him. The public rarely know what anyone in the public eye is really like behind closed doors, but occasionally we get glimpses of what's really known about them. Personally I know nothing negative about Stephen, and haven't heard anything negative from those who knew him so prefer to believe what I've heard others who did know him say about him, so my thoughts are with his family and all those close to him who are deeply grieving his loss.
It's nice that you can view it like that. I find it totally abhorrent to be honest .........................I'm pretty sure that his family are highly offended too. Not really dust in the wind at all ..........not by a long shot. it is just nasty, bigoted rantings ...............my God that woman must have a pretty poor quality of life that she can spend time creating a vitriolic column like that.
Anyone want to help me write a response?
Yesterday had 2,000 odd members just after it was launched, now over 18000 and counting.
I'm also sure I just heard on the news that the police are now investigating the Daily Mail after over a 1000 complaints to the PCC.
It's nice that you can view it like that. I find it totally abhorrent to be honest .........................I'm pretty sure that his family are highly offended too. Not really dust in the wind at all ..........not by a long shot. it is just nasty, bigoted rantings ...............my God that woman must have a pretty poor quality of life that she can spend time creating a vitriolic column like that.
I'm sure the family have enough contacts, money, and industry advice to decide whether to ignore the article or not if they're aware of what happened. I would ignore it if I were them. But I'd probably be quite pleased to see what other people have done over it.
The article's mere fluff as far as homophobia is concerned. We're seen it all before, and much, much worse. From my point of view, it's just something to take the piss out of. I doubt the article has had any impact on Stephen Gately's reputation, he's so well thought of by most people.
Police have received a complaint about an article written by newspaper columnist Jan Moir concerning the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, Scotland Yard said. Skip related content
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The article, published in Friday's Daily Mail, also prompted more than 1,000 complaints to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We have received a complaint from a member of the public."
Stonewall is an organization working for equality and justice for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals.
A late addition to the "Bigot of the Year" award was Jan Moir.
Lo and behold! Jan Moir won it.
So according to Stonewall -
Jan Moir is "bigot of the year".
(Pity, I wanted Russell Tovey to win it.)