Comments on: Has The Daily Telegraph abandoned its ‘coward attack’ campaign after a few weeks?

By: Gonggongche

Gonggongche — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:06:37 +0000

In reply to Hoojakafoopy. Yes, an ill-conceived bit of window dressing.

By: outta control prole

outta control prole — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:38:28 +0000

Persisting with the term might see readership decline even further.

By: Hoojakafoopy

Hoojakafoopy — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:19:49 +0000

Shouldn’t it be, “cowardly attack”? I guess the attempt to coin the term, “coward attack” was to focus on calling the perpetrator a coward. But it also introduces an ambiguity, where the “coward” becomes the object of the “attack” (which he effectively is). Perhaps this confusion contributed to the term’s demise..?

By: Sinking Ship Rat

Sinking Ship Rat — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:37:03 +0000

Far too much time and effort is spent on trying to replace one word/phrase with another, in a great many areas, as though that will magically make things better. There are some instances where it is justified, such as Down Syndrome being adopted to replace earlier terminology; but this 'coward attack' effort by the Tele is a prime example of meretricious nonsense, and if the phrase is never seen again, I'll not lose any sleep.

By: Charles Pickett

Charles Pickett — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:57:32 +0000

The Tele has decades of experience attempting to manage the dissonance between its extensive and boosterish coverage of the NRL (everything else in the paper is merely an addendum) and the remarkable frequency with which NRL ‘stars’ appear in court on all manner of charges including DT. No other sport comes close to rugby league’s percentage of ‘rotten apples’ and ‘bed eggs’. I suspect this experience has undermined its otherwise laudable ‘coward attack’ line. The next DT perpetrator might be a footy hero.

By: Frank Dee

Frank Dee — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:46:04 +0000

‘We wanted to make a brave, unequivocal stance but it got too confrontational…’

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:24:46 +0000

You would think that it matches the DTs shouty headline modus operandi, wouldn’t you? Was there a couple of offenders that the DT wanted to soft-pedal?

By: Gonggongche

Gonggongche — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:24:25 +0000

On one hand it is hard to be critical of anything that at least attempts to do something about domestic violence, even if ‘there’s no real expert evidence to suggest it’ll make a difference.” ‘

But on the other hand, the cynic in me asks, is it just covering the Tele’s backside for its part in the problem that it plays through the disrespectful double standards it so often applies to women in power.