Political Scrapbook
| Web address | http://politicalscrapbook.net/ |
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| Commercial? | No |
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Type of site
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Blog |
| Created by | Laurence Durnan |
| Launched | 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
Political Scrapbook is a left wing political blog widely known as "Political Crapbook" because it is not renowned for accuracy. It does not subscribe to the Editor's Code of Conduct that guarantees standards of reportage in mainstream newspapers. It specializes in malicious personal attacks, slander and gossip from amateur informants.
It supports the Labour party, EU membership, unlimited immigration, high taxation and the censorship of views seen as "non politically correct" which are labelled "hate-speech". It is broadly apologist for Islam, downplays Islamic terrorist attacks, and demonizes conservatives as the "far-right". Instead of rational or factual discussion it relies on tactics such as accusing opponents of "ranting" or "stirring up hate" while featuring photoshopped pictures of them standing next to Hitler. In March 2018 it carried a picture of Pegida founder Lutz Bachmann photoshopped with a Hitler moustache, a typical juvenile tactic.
It includes a lot of LGBT propaganda and ideology without scrutiny or analysis.
Examples of Inaccuracy and Bias
In February 2017, Political Scrapbook published a story that the sexual assaults on women in Frankfurt, Germany, reported to have taken place on New Year's Eve 2015/16, were now being denied by police. However, most of the reported assaults did not take place in Frankfurt. The denial was presented in such a manner as to suggest that all such reports were false. [1] In fact, numerous rapes and sexual assaults on German women by migrants were reported not only in Frankfurt, but in Cologne, Hamburg, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Bielefeld. In some of these cities there were more than 70 cases reported and many of the suspects were traced and convicted of assault or rape in the following months. A police document leaked in July 2016 confirmed that hundreds of cases were being investigated and charges brought. Similar sexual violence was reported in Austria, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden. [2] [3][4] [5] [6] [7]
Dubious Tactics
Political Scrapbook conducted a virulent campaign against the political party UKIP. One candidate alleged that it had gone so far as to create and put online a fake blog, using her name and photograph, replicating the format of her original exactly, in order to smear her.[8]
Political Scrapbook is edited by Laurence Durnan,[9] who stated he set the site up "to make life difficult for the right".[10]
References
- ↑ https://politicalscrapbook.net/2017/02/uk-tabloid-reports-of-sexual-assault-by-refugees-in-frankfurt-were-completely-made-up/
- ↑ Rick Noack. "Leaked document says 2,000 men allegedly assaulted 1,200 German women on New Year's Eve". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ↑ Andrea Beckmann. "Übergriff auf Frauen in Silvesternacht: Weitere mutmaßliche Opfer in Stuttgart"
- ↑ Hunderte sollen Bielefelder Disco attackiert haben" [Hundreds allegedly attacked Bielefeld Disco]. Die Welt. Retrieved 5 January 2016
- ↑ Düsseldorf - Mehr Fälle von sexueller Belästigung: 41 Anzeigen" [Dusseldorf - More cases of sexual harassment: 41 reports].
- ↑ Polizei identifiziert nach Kölner Übergriffen weitere Verdächtige" [Police identify more suspects following Cologne assaults]
- ↑ Moulson, Geir (11 January 2016). "Germany: Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in Cologne amid tension". Associated Press.
- ↑ https://juliagasper.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-nonsense-of-hate-crime.html
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