xenophobe’s paradox
A genuine leaked email from a Daily Mail features writer has surfaced:
——-Original Message——- From: rsreply@dwpub.com [mailto:rsreply@dwpub.com] Sent: 13 February 2008 15:57 To:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Response Source - Diana Appleyard , Daily Mail (Request for personal case study) PUBLICATION: Daily Mail (Request for personal case study)
JOURNALIST: Diana Appleyard (staff)
DEADLINE: 14-February-2008 16:00
QUERY: I am urgently looking for anonymous horror stories of people who have employed Eastern European staff, only for them to steal from them, disappear, or have lied about their resident status. We can pay you £100 for taking part, and I promise it will be anonymous, just a quick phone call. Could you email me asap? Many thanks, Diana
HOW TO REPLY:
Email: mailto:dianaappleyard@aol.com
Phone: not provided for use
Fax: 01296 738083 (preferred)
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——-Original Message——- From: rsreply@scapegoat.com [mailto:rsreply@scapegoat.com] Sent: 25 June 2008 15:57 To:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Response Source - Wojtek Serafinowicz , Warszawa Gazeta (Request for personal case study)
PUBLICATION: Warszawa Gazeta
JOURNALIST: Wojtek Serafinowicz
DEADLINE: 28th June 2008
QUERY: I am urgently looking for anonymous horror stories of people who have employed xenophobic British journalists, only for them to bribe people into offering potentially dangerous information, deliberately lie or distort people’s experiences to fit in with their own racist agenda and then disappear to their nearest Gentlemen’s club with the proceeds. We can pay you 100 Zloty for taking part, and I promise that nobody will be sent round to clobber you with a big stick - just a quick poke in the eye and an invitation to do your own plumbing and manual labour in the future. Could you email me asap? Many thanks, Wojtek.
HOW TO REPLY:
Email: mailto: wojtekserafinowicz@whatthefuck.com
Phone: was smashed by overzealous Daily Mail readers.
Fax: That’s not how you spell facts, but either way they’re not necessary in British newspapers.