This story of a man in an “I love Brexit” T-shirt at Glastonbury has a hilarious twist
It’s fair to say that the general vibe of Glastonbury is a fairly socially liberal one, so it’s not somewhere you’d be likely to see a MAGA cap, for instance, or an “I love Brexit” T-shirt, like the one worn by this man at the heart of a Daily Mail article.
GLASTO: Bloke wears ‘I ❤️ Brexit’ t-shirt to #Glastonbury and gets a handful of sarcastic comments, much to the disappointment of a Mail journo who seemed to trail him through the site.
This doesn’t matter, though, as readers decided to believe the reaction was abusive… pic.twitter.com/okHCnra8ns
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) June 29, 2019
It’s not a big surprise that the Glastonbury crowd were largely inclined to live and let live, nor that Daily Mail commenters have obviously not read the article properly, if at all, but there was a surprise in store, and @DMReporter dug that out, too.
TACTICS: The Mail reports on a bloke at #Glastonbury wearing a ‘I ❤️ Brexit’ t-shirt not getting the abuse he expected. The bloke “wished to stay anonymous” according to the article.
Except. It’s the Mail journo himself. The same journo who wrote the article. pic.twitter.com/RJuTXXOfin
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) June 30, 2019
For the sake of accuracy, The DM Reporter posted one clarification.
TRACTION: So, this tweet is now going far, and I’m not deleting it as it’s mostly accurate – however, for the sake of openness – I will repeat that the Mail did print that it was their man. It was small print and hidden in a photo caption, but it’s there.
That was my error. pic.twitter.com/uJdzJYSchF
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) June 30, 2019
So …they said the man wished to remain anonymous, but the man in question was the author of the piece, whose name was included, and they confirmed that it was the same person in a caption? Got it.
This is how tweeters reacted to the whole thing.
So basically nobody at the festival cared but the comments section of the news paper article saying nobody cared was filled with angry conservatives bemoaning about someone theoretically caring…
— dandan the transient (@DanDanTransient) June 30, 2019
Well that story didn’t go the way they wanted it to.
— Shaun Whiteside (@shauntranslates) June 29, 2019
Even for the Mail this is shameless. Imagine being a 'journalist' reporting on yourself, pretending it's not you and someone else, and having the cheek to claim 'they' want to remain 'anonymous'. Unreal. https://t.co/iLYF5extiz
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 30, 2019
What a pillock https://t.co/IV6fRciSj1
— stuart braithwaite (@plasmatron) June 30, 2019
like a really, really shit Hunter S. Thompson. https://t.co/Fo65Xgttcb
— Muhammad Butt (@muhammadbutt) June 30, 2019
It seems the tactics came straight from the wider Murdoch playbook.
Reminds me of when The Sun sent a reporter out in a fur coat around the time PETA were paintbombing. No reaction apart from a taxidriver who asked if she wasn't feeling a bit sweaty. Think they threw some water at her themselves but don't know if for a picture or to cool her off
— susan (@acemsdavis1) June 29, 2019
What a shocker.
H/T: @DMReporter