Do you think the Daily Mail would have published these photographs

[Gromit]

of a Car Bomb exploding while a Bomb Disposal Officer attempted to diffuse it, if it was a British Soldier in Afghanistan?

http://www.dailymail....gates-Narathiwat.html

[emmie]

No, but then why would you. I don't recall seeing any pictures where a bomb has gone off where a British bomb disposal expert has been involved, i would think it insensitive, especially if the serviceman is killed.

[ABerrant]

Do you think The Telegraph would show the video if etc. etc.

http://www.telegraph....rvives-car-blast.html

Perhaps the bomb disposal expert surviving the blast is the reason why the world media is running the story with pictures, still and video.

[jno]

probably not. It's in the Guardian too, however. Like ABerrant, I think the key point is that the man survived; I suspect the Guardian at least wouldn't have run it if it had been a snuff picture, and even the Mail might have thought twice about it.

[landscaper2]

The brave man survived, good story, great picture, what's the problem? Had it been a British soldier, I would think it would have made the front page of all of the papers.

[anotheoldgit]

Another anti-British post, from anti-Daily Mail Gromit.

I get fed up with these anti-Daily Mail fanatics.

Why only the other day there was one of these fanatics who phoned up a radio chat show to complain that the Daily Mail tried to blame the teachers strike, because they reported that a young girl had been killed by a falling branch, when normally she would have been in school.

That was bad enough but the obviously left-wing radio presenter agreed with him.

If these idiots had checked, the BBC TV news also made the same comment as did others who reported on the tragic affair.

[jackthehat]

It was discussed on here AOG.........and most people were either disgusted or amused by the DMs attempts to blame the striking teachers *directly* for the poor girl's death..

[4846]

When the BBC blamed the strikers did anyone complain ? Seems all the papers have reported this brave bomb disposal officer.

[anotheoldgit]

jackthehat

/// She was off school on Thursday afternoon, when the accident happened, as the teachers’ strike over pensions meant lessons were cancelled.///

The Daily Mail's reference to the accident and the teachers strike.

Which is no different to all the other media reports.

/// Friends of the girl told the Peterborough Evening Telegraph that they had spent time at the park after their school closed because of industrial action.///

Independent.

/// Girl not at school due to teachers' strike killed by falling
branch. ///

Mirror headlines.

/// Friends told the Peterborough Evening Telegraph they were in the park because their school was closed on a day of widespread industrial action involving three teaching unions.///

Sky News

/// Friends of the girl told the Peterborough Evening Telegraph that they had spent time at the park after their school closed because of industrial action. ///

The Guardian.

Can't see why the Daily Mail got the blame.

[jackthehat]

The DM very sneakily amended the article later in the day....
It baldly stated that she died *because* her teachers were on strike....as a direct result.

[craft1948]

I love the Daily Mail..........

[ludwig]

Yes, of course they would have printed it - as long as he'd survived - any paper would do the same. In their haste to criticise the Mail, people aren't thinking it through.