I've been following Darryl of 853's blogging for years now under his various guises, and once in a while, he comes out with some absolute corkers. This has been one of those weeks.
Yesterday he posted a great dissection of the, uh, questionable choice that the News Shopper, the south east London paper, made for its letter of the week:
Yes, that'll be the one that calls gays "perverted". That's worth a prize, isn't it? I wonder what Webster's Pen Shop thinks about its products being used to reward such an unpleasant little rant? It's someone else's opinion, but it's the News Shopper's choice to reward that opinion with a prize.
But what makes this even more entertaining is the response of whomever is behind the @newsshopper Twitter account, as detailed in his latest post:
@darryl1974 You are so way off with so many of the things in your blog entry, particularly regarding our website, it's impossible to begin.
News Shopper
NewsShopper
Hint: that's not the way to handle criticism.
Update: I think this post hits the nail on the head about what journos on the News Shopper probably think is going on - and why they're wrong. Stirring up controversy like this is not good journalism.
Personally, my issue was wih publishing the story in the first place. Anything after that is just a consequence of an act of laxness.
I see you went into this in significantly more detail on your blog.