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Are national newspapers being irresponsible by encouraging this dangerous craze.
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A woman stripped down to her underwear in a supermarket before downing a can of beer for a NekNominate challenge.
Footage of Rebecca Dagley, 19, shows the woman walking into an Asda supermarket in Fosse Park, Leicester, in a beige trench coat.
She walks around the store before coming to a stop in the fruit and vegetable aisle - and then takes a can of Stella Artois from her pocket.
In some instances, teens can be seen downing 'dirty pints' - or concoctions of alcohol and other substances - or large amounts of strong spirits as part of the dare.
Last week, footage of one young man from Derby drinking a live goldfish as part of the craze.
zarre and dangerous circumstances - such as Sean Bisset, 18, who downed a mixture of wine and gin before plunging in to a freezing harbour. //
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A woman stripped down to her underwear in a supermarket before downing a can of beer for a NekNominate challenge.
Footage of Rebecca Dagley, 19, shows the woman walking into an Asda supermarket in Fosse Park, Leicester, in a beige trench coat.
She walks around the store before coming to a stop in the fruit and vegetable aisle - and then takes a can of Stella Artois from her pocket.
In some instances, teens can be seen downing 'dirty pints' - or concoctions of alcohol and other substances - or large amounts of strong spirits as part of the dare.
Last week, footage of one young man from Derby drinking a live goldfish as part of the craze.
zarre and dangerous circumstances - such as Sean Bisset, 18, who downed a mixture of wine and gin before plunging in to a freezing harbour. //
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This is an Internet-led craze, and if you're referring to Gromit's link to the Daily Mail, I think he's asking whether the Mail in this instance is being irresponsible for encouraging this craze. He's not endorsing the paper.
But again...in this instance, the Daily Mail, along with the Mirror (they have focussed on this craze too) have given much oxygen to the story.
Newspapers have to balance what is in the public interest with their duty to report the news. The last time I recall this being an issue was with the suicides in Bridgend. There's no way that the papers (and other news providers) should not report the story, but at the same time, by giving publicity, they could be accused of inflaming it.
It's a very difficult tightrope to walk.
This is an Internet-led craze, and if you're referring to Gromit's link to the Daily Mail, I think he's asking whether the Mail in this instance is being irresponsible for encouraging this craze. He's not endorsing the paper.
But again...in this instance, the Daily Mail, along with the Mirror (they have focussed on this craze too) have given much oxygen to the story.
Newspapers have to balance what is in the public interest with their duty to report the news. The last time I recall this being an issue was with the suicides in Bridgend. There's no way that the papers (and other news providers) should not report the story, but at the same time, by giving publicity, they could be accused of inflaming it.
It's a very difficult tightrope to walk.
There is a fine line between 'reporting' and 'encoraging', although I would be willing to bet that the sort of person who defines this as having a good time is not the sort of person who is encouraged by newspapers, but rather by their friends, and that old favourite - peer pressure.
I have banged on since the inception of this site that until we start to discourage the concept of alcohol poisoning as the definition of a 'good night out', then this kind of stupidity will go on.
It's about behaving in a way that is seen as the definition of good fun - and increasingly, it is taking physical risks with alcohol consumption.
If i thought my grandaughter was doing this, I'd be trying to talk sense to her, but I believe she has more of a sense of independent thought than to fall for such a ludicrous way of 'enjoying herself'.
I have banged on since the inception of this site that until we start to discourage the concept of alcohol poisoning as the definition of a 'good night out', then this kind of stupidity will go on.
It's about behaving in a way that is seen as the definition of good fun - and increasingly, it is taking physical risks with alcohol consumption.
If i thought my grandaughter was doing this, I'd be trying to talk sense to her, but I believe she has more of a sense of independent thought than to fall for such a ludicrous way of 'enjoying herself'.
Some of my friends are revolting (in more ways than one!) against the alcoholic side of neknominations.
I've seen pints of milk, water and orange juice downed before the person strips down to their underwear (or other outfit) and doing something daft like riding a child's bike down a hill or pole dancing (demonstrated by a portly lad in his wife's undies).
Daft, yes, but nobody will die of alcoholic poisoning.
I've seen pints of milk, water and orange juice downed before the person strips down to their underwear (or other outfit) and doing something daft like riding a child's bike down a hill or pole dancing (demonstrated by a portly lad in his wife's undies).
Daft, yes, but nobody will die of alcoholic poisoning.
Planking, extreme ironing, photo-bombing and now neknominate.
I am almost certain that if no national newspaper or broadcaster reported on these stories, it would have little impact on their popularity, because we now have social media as a framework for communications.
Thinking about this since Gromit posted the question, I seriously doubt whether your average Daily Mail or Mirror reader would have known about these crazes before being tipped off by the papers, nor would they be the demographic to be encouraged to try them.
I am almost certain that if no national newspaper or broadcaster reported on these stories, it would have little impact on their popularity, because we now have social media as a framework for communications.
Thinking about this since Gromit posted the question, I seriously doubt whether your average Daily Mail or Mirror reader would have known about these crazes before being tipped off by the papers, nor would they be the demographic to be encouraged to try them.
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emmie
It's kinda obvious who reads the Daily Mail.
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Put it this way, if the Daily Mail ran a story about Wretch 32, quite a few of its readers would think, "Who the hell is that??"
But if Mojo or Q ran the same story, a few more of their readers would know who it was.
It's kinda obvious who reads the Daily Mail.
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Put it this way, if the Daily Mail ran a story about Wretch 32, quite a few of its readers would think, "Who the hell is that??"
But if Mojo or Q ran the same story, a few more of their readers would know who it was.
emmie
Actually, thinking about it, the same kind of categorisation exists for other papers.
When someone on here mentions 'Guardianistas', we all know what that means - typically, left of centre urbanites, younger demographic etc etc.
Likewise, the Daily Mail has a public image of an older demographic, right of centre, and more conservative (small 'c').
I would be very surprised indeed, to see a large number of older teens and early twenty-somethings (for whom this craze seems to attract), to form a significant part of the Daily Mail's readership.
The same way that I would be very surprised to find out that Time Out had a large number of country-dwelling over 55s amongst its readership.
Actually, thinking about it, the same kind of categorisation exists for other papers.
When someone on here mentions 'Guardianistas', we all know what that means - typically, left of centre urbanites, younger demographic etc etc.
Likewise, the Daily Mail has a public image of an older demographic, right of centre, and more conservative (small 'c').
I would be very surprised indeed, to see a large number of older teens and early twenty-somethings (for whom this craze seems to attract), to form a significant part of the Daily Mail's readership.
The same way that I would be very surprised to find out that Time Out had a large number of country-dwelling over 55s amongst its readership.
since the print version of Time Out seems to be unavailable more than two miles from Oxford Circus, I imagine you're right, sp1814. They've dropped their LGBT page after all these years, as you probably know.
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