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A Classic 'non-Story' - Even By The Mail's Standards!

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andy-hughes | 10:33 Sat 11th Aug 2018 | News
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6040169/Plane-passenger-claims-JET2-moved-family-toilets-accommodate-Colleen-Rooney.html

When you unpick the details from this report, it is clear that a passenger and his family were re-seated to comply with the airline's seating regulations, and the fact that the other party involved included Coleen Rooney is a complete coincidence.

It may be that a member of the cabin crew was indiscreet enough to infer that Mrs Rooney took seats on the basis that she is a 'celebrity', but it is quite clear that Mrs Rooney was unaware of the change in seating, and rightly took exception to being ridiculed on social media.

The other passenger who complained, on being made aware of the true facts, has apologised to Mrs Rooney via social media.

So - you have to wonder why the Mail on-line gave quite so much space to this nonsensical non-story, including endless pictures of everyone involved, but then the answer is clear.

The whole piece is an advert so that readers can purchase the outfit worn by Mrs Rooney shown on photos taken at a different time, completely unconnected with the story.


And this is what passes for 'journalism' by the Mail's on-line editors.
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Surely it doesn’t warrant a post in the News section then?
^Ditto.
//so that readers can purchase the outfit worn by Mrs Rooney shown on photos//
i doubt if there'll be a rush at £265 a go for a playsuit
If another esteemed member who uses the mail so much had posted this his response would of course its news its from a news source!
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ZM - // Surely it doesn’t warrant a post in the News section then? //

Since the source is a on-line newspaper, I suggest that it does.
It’s either news or it isn’t, Andy. Make your mind up.
If it’s such a non story why give it the light of day?
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Zacs-Master - // It’s either news or it isn’t, Andy. Make your mind up. //

That is my entire point.

This 'story' is printed on a national daily newspaper's on-line site, and it is clearly nothing approaching 'news' at all, merely a puff-piece to frame an advert for a clothing manufacturer.

It is the Daily Mail, rather than I, that needs to assess what being a 'newspaper' actually means.
your entire point is you’ve posted something which you don’t consider newsworthy in a thread dedicated to news. Mmm.
She's looking well.
She's looking swell!
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AOG - // This 'NEWS' story was covered by other news outlets. //

That is not actually relevant to the point I am making.


In the first place, this is not 'news'.

For it to be what passes for 'news' in our celebrity-obsessed culture, the facts would need to be as they were slanted - that Mrs Rooney and party had a family kicked out of their seats so they could have them, and this being acceptable on the basis that Mrs Rooney is a 'celebrity'.

But the facts are entirely different - the airline re-seated the passengers to comply with its own safety regulations, and Mrs Roony not only had no input into the re-seating of the other passengers, she was competely unaware of it.


And the thrust of my point is that the Mail on-line used this nonsense purely as a puff piece to hang an advert on, and that is a sad indictment of a major newspaper's editorial approach to news.


Maybe we need a fake news forum ?
Or perhaps a non-news one.
Well I found it an an interesting story as I like things about flying. That they were moved to comply with airline seating regulations is a complete lie - the 14+ thing? garbage? I believe Colleen didn't know but Jet2 know damned well what they did.
I was interested too, Prudie....many of us have an airline story to tell but it's how you deal with it isn't it....

I didn't think it was allowed to tell strangers the names of other passengers but I may be wrong....237 will know....x
I agree with Andy-Hughes.

Nothing but the slightest of stories with barely any newsworthiness save for the gratuitous insertion of a 'celebrity' and her children purely to flog some clothes.
Quite. The DM is happy to take any story the public send them that deals with outrage. The man has his 15 mins, don't believe it was anything to do with Colleen's wardrobe, they post pics of her on every holiday all the time. Underlying though is Jet2 did this and nothing to do with safety.
I have looked through the terms and conditions on jet 2 website and cannot find anything regarding age to occupy rear seats. I would have been justifiably annoyed not to get reserved seats I had paid for, it appears the complaint took a long time to resolve. jet 2 out of order.
AH, I think your post, as an attempt to rubbish the DM, is somewhat superfluous.

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