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to think the Daily Mail are utter hypocrites for being upset at the article by Clarkson about Meghan Markle

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cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 10:37

The Daily Mail has been obsessed with her. Repeated articles, columns, headlines - all having a go at them. Calling them treacherous.

And then - they get upset that Clarkson writes an awful column about what he wants to see happen to Meghan

Gosh - someone gets repeatedly targeted by the mainstream media and then the lead media outlet gets upset that a prominent commentator goes too far even for them.

What did they think would happen?

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CampervanKween · 18/12/2022 10:38

It's a disgusting article and I agree with the Daily Mail here.

cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 10:40

Meanwhile in the Mail, there is an article linking the demise of the Queen to Meghan and Harry

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Bonjovispyjamas · 18/12/2022 10:41

Wow, I don't particularly like Harry and Meghan but that's going too far.

mikado1 · 18/12/2022 10:42

I didn't see the Mail article as 'being upset', and the comments 👀

CampervanKween · 18/12/2022 10:42

Well honestly they must have completely stressed her out and ruined her final years. I bet she was sick to death of them. They do seem all out to destroy the family.

Sigma33 · 18/12/2022 10:42

It's hypocritical - do you expect any else of the DM?

Glassofwhatever · 18/12/2022 10:43

CampervanKween · 18/12/2022 10:42

Well honestly they must have completely stressed her out and ruined her final years. I bet she was sick to death of them. They do seem all out to destroy the family.

Agree

Lampshadered · 18/12/2022 10:44

Meanwhile in the Mail, there is an article linking the demise of the Queen to Meghan and Harry

Exactly!

Whatever people think of Meghan Markle, Jeremy Clarkson is dangerous. Hating her more than Rose West? Wanting her paraded naked while people throw excrement at her? What the fuck? Isn't there a law against incitement to hatred?

cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 10:45

CampervanKween · 18/12/2022 10:42

Well honestly they must have completely stressed her out and ruined her final years. I bet she was sick to death of them. They do seem all out to destroy the family.

Should there be so many hateful articles about them - which leads to the almost normalisation of it, and the articles like Clarkson wrote - where he wanted to see her strip naked and have people throw excrement at her?

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Ifailed · 18/12/2022 10:47

The sort of people who like Clarkson will like his comments, and that's all he needs to validate them.

cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 10:47

Lampshadered · 18/12/2022 10:44

Meanwhile in the Mail, there is an article linking the demise of the Queen to Meghan and Harry

Exactly!

Whatever people think of Meghan Markle, Jeremy Clarkson is dangerous. Hating her more than Rose West? Wanting her paraded naked while people throw excrement at her? What the fuck? Isn't there a law against incitement to hatred?

The Daily Mail - and other outlets - are going to be surprised if someone gets radicalised and takes out their anger on Meghan and Harry - and they will ask themselves how could this ever happen? What could possibly have radicalised them?

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Lampshadered · 18/12/2022 10:47

Well honestly they must have completely stressed her out and ruined her final years. I bet she was sick to death of them. They do seem all out to destroy the family

Or maybe it was the stress of sexual assault allegations against her son? And the big payout she made for him?

It's like people have conveniently forgotten about him ... oh wait.

ToBeOrNotToBee · 18/12/2022 10:48

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cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 10:49

I haven't seen Piers Morgan - another Megan obsessive - use his platform to condemn these comments.

I wonder what he thinks?

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HRTQueen · 18/12/2022 10:49

The DM would have been more than happy to print this but it was written for THe Sun that’s their issue. And it wasn’t that long ago Jeremy Clarkson was loved on MN

be has always been vile along with Piers Morgan

yet Camilla was happy to rub shoulders with them only the other day

proves Harry and Megan’s point

CampervanKween · 18/12/2022 10:50

I dont think he should have written that article, it's absolutely disgusting. But he is responsible for his own behaviour. It's like blaming Megan for what Harry has done. Again he's a grown man and he has done this off his own back. Everyone needs to own their own shit. There's so many layers here of people behaving badly and not taking accountability for their own actions.

They brought out this show on Netflix attacking their own family who they know can't answer back. They said they wanted a quiet life but have taken 100 million pounds and sold their family down the river. Now people are talking about it. They wouldn't be if they had done what they said and lived peacefully and quietly.

Soothsayer1 · 18/12/2022 10:52

Lampshadered · 18/12/2022 10:44

Meanwhile in the Mail, there is an article linking the demise of the Queen to Meghan and Harry

Exactly!

Whatever people think of Meghan Markle, Jeremy Clarkson is dangerous. Hating her more than Rose West? Wanting her paraded naked while people throw excrement at her? What the fuck? Isn't there a law against incitement to hatred?

As hard as it is to believe there are men who look up to Clarkson & see him as a role model, I find this extremely disturbing, he's dangerous

Iam4eels · 18/12/2022 10:54

Maybe if the royal family don't want members pointing out their toxicity, they shouldn't be toxic in the first place?

If someone came on here and posted about their family expecting then to work in the family business with no option to do anything else, wanting their wife to do some work for that business within hours of giving birth, asked inappropriate questions about the colour of their baby's skin, that their uncle was a sex offender and they were required to support him, that their brother was a golden child who could do no wrong and they were the also-ran, that their family were spreading gossip about them in order to protect said golden chid.... the replies on a thread like that would be a resounding "go NC".

Soothsayer1 · 18/12/2022 10:55

And yes how soon people forget our 'dear' Queen was an apologist for her disgusting paedophile son

cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 10:55

Did no one read the article at The Sun and think "Wow, that's too far, we can't publish that"

But I guess in a world where there are regular hate filled articles, it's just another one.

And if he gets sacked, then there will be outrage over him being 'cancelled' and 'you just can't say anything nowadays"

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Luredbyapomegranate · 18/12/2022 11:00

The Clarkson article is vile in its aggression and misogyny. It would never have been published if his editors weren’t too afraid of upsetting him.

So I am all for the DM calling him and them out.

It’s also fairly hypocritical though yes.

Soothsayer1 · 18/12/2022 11:00

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cakeorwine · 18/12/2022 11:03

Luredbyapomegranate · 18/12/2022 11:00

The Clarkson article is vile in its aggression and misogyny. It would never have been published if his editors weren’t too afraid of upsetting him.

So I am all for the DM calling him and them out.

It’s also fairly hypocritical though yes.

I wonder if anyone at the DM is reflecting on it and thinking about what they write and the possible consequences?

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Lampshadered · 18/12/2022 11:05

They brought out this show on Netflix attacking their own family who they know can't answer back. They said they wanted a quiet life but have taken 100 million pounds and sold their family down the river

Their family don't need to answer back because their privileged lives will continue unaffected.

As for sold them down the river? Poor choice of phrase in the circumstances; and again nothing will change for the royal family because of that documentary.

Rowthe · 18/12/2022 11:07

mikado1 · 18/12/2022 10:42

I didn't see the Mail article as 'being upset', and the comments 👀

I think it is faux upset.

I think they're loving this, rubbing their hands in glee and cos they missed out on publishing have done a report on the article.

The get all the clicks with none of the backlash, because it isnt their article.

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