Showing posts with label fuck you Daily Fail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fuck you Daily Fail. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The Cheese Grates It: Click-Bait Articles and Bile-Yellow Journalism


I really hate clickbait "articles" with titles like "Ten Beautiful Celebrities Who Aged Horribly."
Shockingly, people age. Oh, the humanity! How dare they!
A few years back, I ripped the Daily Fail a new one (I know, not that they care) for publishing pictures of Malcolm Young, a person who could not possibly have consented to said pictures being taken of him because he has advanced dementia. Not only that, but of course they berated his appearance, including his attire (a sweatshirt and jeans), his graying hair (imagine, a person in their 60's having graying hair--what is this world coming to?) and his frailty.
They're right, of course. I mean, the crust of this rogue, having the temerity to appear frail when he's, you know, terminally ill and his brain is literally shrinking. How dare he not look like a hot, youthful stud muffin?
The caregiver who was with him was referred to as a middle-aged man, which is surprisingly generic coming from the Daily Fail. I guess since he isn't a celebrity, it wasn't worth their while to berate his appearance, although to rags such as the Daily Fail, being middle-aged is considered a terrible thing.
The photo I'm showing is one that Malcolm consented to while he was still well enough to have some autonomy. He obviously isn't well, whereas his brother looks like a reasonably healthy middle-aged fellow. When I first saw this picture, I thought that Malcolm might be developing Parkinson's disease, given his facial expression and stance.
At this point in his life, he was often accompanied by his children, his brother, or his nurse, all of whom the Daily Fail probably has something nasty to say about as well.
It's a horrible thing to go through life looking for ways to attack other people. If you don't like what you see, move the fuck on. It's simple. Other people really don't exist to be your eye candy.

The Cheese Hath Grated It