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So, us rotten lot....

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scarredpierced · 11/04/2013 10:19

How many of us actually meet Shona's little sidekicks criteria?
She states that all of us on Mumsnet are in our 30s, living in London and have a degree. How many people here meet that criteria?
How many are popping prozac depressed at the shit life we now have with kids?
Damn that woman is nasty!

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JustineMumsnet · 11/04/2013 11:16

Hi all,
I've just sent this email to the Daily Mail, fyi.

Subject line: Some factual errors in your piece on Mumsnet today

Hi Anna,
I see you found someone to write the piece you were looking for about Mumsnet. Could I ask you to correct a few errors of fact in it however?
You say Mumsnet has 25000 posts a day, it's actually 35000
You say "Roberts says members are typically in their 30s with university degrees who live in London". This is not something I say. Only 17% (of our 4.4 million monthly users) live in London (From our census 2012) (Out of interest a higher percentage than that say they are regularly Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday readers)
You say I'm a former Guardian journalist. I have never been a Guardian journalist. I freelanced as a football and cricket reporter for the Times and the Daily Telegraph.
You equate Mumsnet to Ask fm and imply that it is liable to prompt suicide attempts. I suspect this is libellous. It's certainly untrue. There are countless examples in fact where Mumsnet has been a lifeline for those with severe mental health issues and contemplating suicide.
But of course it wasn't a balanced piece you were looking to commission was it?

I'd be very grateful if you could please confirm that you'll correct the errors in the online version of the piece as soon as possible?
Best regards,
Justine

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HelenMumsnet · 11/04/2013 11:41

@habbibu

I don't think her looks are fair game, though. Plenty to criticise without doing that.

Yes. Please, folks: feel free to criticise opinions as robustly as you like but personal comments are against the site rules - and generally not on.

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HelenYoniSchmoniMumsnet · 11/04/2013 15:52

Afternoon. We're going to move this thread out of Chat now, purely to preserve it for the future and all that.

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JustineMumsnet · 11/04/2013 16:04

@ExitPursuedByABear

Fab Justine. Did she reply?

Yes she did, viz:
Thanks for your email. I'll make sure those errors are corrected online.
Thanks,
Anna

Thanks everyone for your supportive words re my email - it really helps. It's pretty galling knowing the way this came about - I heard that Femail were actively looking for someone to do a hatchet job, possibly prompted by the GP thread the other day.

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JustineMumsnet · 11/04/2013 16:21

@Sparklingbrook

Bit odd of them to quote your Mum JustineMN. Sad Was that something she said ages ago?

Yes - was in a Sunday Times Relative Values thingy to promote Gransnet launch I think. Learned a valuable lesson never to let my mum near the press again...She's got a touch of the Patricia Hodge in Miranda about her... Grin

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JustineMumsnet · 11/04/2013 19:31

@MmeLindor

Yes, Sparkling. Let's have Justine's mum on for a webchat.

Or let's not.

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JustinesYoniSaysNoniMumsnet · 12/04/2013 00:21

Can't wait for the next Mumsnet census. Reckon Hull will be massively over-represented.

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JustineMumsnet · 15/04/2013 09:16

Fyi all tge Daily Mail published this Correction on page 2 today.

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