Don't Mention Dead Soldiers.

This is the headline of  The Daily Mail online( a U.K. newspaper having  one of the largest circulation ) dated 8.1.2013.

"Former Moulin Rouge dancer laughs in the face of taxpayers as she flees to Spain after claiming 29,000 pounds in benefit scam and spending money on ski holiday and luxury car."

Remember that a headline is,well, I always thought it was, the most important news of the day. Oxford Dictionaries Online agree with this as they state quite clearly that a headline is the most important item of news in a newspaper.

A ' benefit scam' is, for those who don't know, taking money from a government or official department  that you are not entitled to.For example, if you said you had a bad back and therefore couldn't work, and got a doctor to agree that you have a bad back, you would be given funds to help you survive, even though, in reality there is nothing wrong with your back.

Is this really the most important news of the day ?  No way.

This is a simple reminder that people who dare to go against the matrix, I mean system are 'bad people'.So don't you ever think about it or everyone will look down on you.At least, that's what this newspaper is trying to say." Us, the middle classes don't like this sort of thing' it's just not on," is the message.

Is there more important news ?

 There are 16 news stories under the headline- yes, sixteen items , such as the following;

" The day the Queen drove a tube train."

"Delia Smith axed as face of Waitrose" Delia Smith is a cook and Waitrose is a popular supermarket.

"Could QE2 be setting sail for the Thames ?".QE2 is a large ship.

"Piers explosive showdown..... " That is the Piers Morgan who took over from Larry King in his chat show in the states.

Under this lot and a lot of other non-news news we find the following;

" British soldier shot dead in ' insider attack by rogue members of the Afghan army'

This article contains 396 words, 3 pictures and a video.The headline article contains 834 words and 9 pictures.

The Daily Mail  obviously feels that laughing in the face of taxpayers is far more important than the tragic death of a British soldier involved in a totally senseless war.As an aside, 29,000 pounds in small change for the corporations who spit in the face of taxpayers when they don't pay any tax at all in the U.K.No need to mention them though; easier to pick on one person.

Pathetic is not the word.

I am pretty sure the editors actually do know that a dead British soldier is big news, but think it best not to remind people about the war that nobody, but the ones who gain from it, want.They, therefore, make sure that the news has a low profile.Don't they have respect for the soldier's family or loved ones ? I wonder how they feel, seeing the news of his killing being treated as of little importance ?

Disgusting. Yes, that's the word.