The Daily Mail causing controversy isn’t really a news story as much as it is an everyday occurrence.
But even so, a columnist’s decision to use inverted commas when describing Stephen Fry’s husband, Elliott Spencer, has quite rightly been condemned by the internet.
The Mail’s article about the couple, who married last year, bafflingly labelled 28-year-old Spencer as Fry’s ‘husband’.
The error was pointed out by BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nicky Campbell on Twitter.
Why the inverted commas? pic.twitter.com/HXXo1rld23
— Nicky Campbell (@NickyAACampbell) March 3, 2016
Campbell’s tweet was followed by an onslaught of disgruntled replies, many of which had their own ideas about the appropriate use of inverted commas.
@NickyAACampbell which 'newspaper'?
— Victoria Richards (@nakedvix) March 3, 2016
@NickyAACampbell @nakedvix makes sense. they only employ 'journalists'
— Duncan (@duncanm) March 3, 2016
@NickyAACampbell Because it was written by a 'journalist' – looks like the dinosaurs are not yet extinct.
— Dean.Leigh; (@deanleigh) March 3, 2016
@NickyAACampbell Don't argue. It's a 'newspaper', so it tells you the 'truth'
— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) March 3, 2016
@NickyAACampbell Because 'ooh it's icky' – every Daily Mail reader ever.
— Theory Fail (@TheoryFail) March 3, 2016
@nickyaacampbell Because “prejudice” and “ignorance” will always exist in the minds of the narrow?
— Gary (@_Gary_UK) March 3, 2016
That’s the last time that one gets past the sub.
