Tuesday 30 August 2016

The Mail Online obviously shares Bill Clinton's notion of what constitutes sexual relations

The Mail Online frequently misleads in it's headlines, whether purposely or not I don't know, but this is one of the most blatant I have seen. Under the headline:-
Devout Christian French teacher, 28, 'is pictured in Travelodge hotel bed after having sex with a pupil on prom night.
A totally scurrilous article continues with the above picture which it claims shows a 28 yr old teacher having sex with a pupil. And then to make matters worse it declines to accept readers comments on the article. The editorial staff must be afraid of the comments which would ensue beause it cannot possibly be concerned about any legal action since no one, or any kind of ill advised activity, can possibly be identified from the picture - except possibly underaged drinking and even then, I'm not sure that holding a wine bottle can be called drinking any more than standing in a doorway of a room with a woman lying in bed can be called having sex.
I'm not sure which is worse the Mail Online's misleading headline (obviously designed to lure gullible readers to click on the advertising) or the slender evidence which could cost the teacher her career.
The 'damning evidence' continues:-
Fraser Thomson, a council employee who investigated the case, told the panel an investigation began after senior teachers learned of the picture on social media. Describing the photo, he said: 'The pupil standing in the door is Pupil A.
'You can see there what appears to be a lady in the bed. The colour showed the lady with long blonde hair.'

Mr Thomson told the panel students said they saw 'Pupil A and Mrs Graham lying on the bed, one on top of the covers and one underneath the covers'.

The prurient and misleading nature of this piece of irresponsible 'journalism' utterly appalls me.

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