Shameful journalism

It's really sad to see articles like this being published so soon after an unexpected death of a man who kept himself to himself and upset nobody.

Interestingly the title of the piece has now been changed, removing the assertion that there was 'nothing natural' about Mr Gately's death. The title is now slightly more dignified, although the ridiculous assertions that Gately practically died of homosexuality still remain, tacked on to the bottom of the article as if to just tick the 'gay jibe' box on the Daily Mail op-ed checklist.

The Daily Mail don't help themselves by allowing this kind of trash journalism to go to print. An article so defamatory about a well-respected popular figure won't go down well with many people at all, not even it's usual readership. For a paper that so often criticises politicians and particularly younger people for lacking respect, this sneering, presumptuous nonsense hardly shows the Mail leading by example when it comes to respectful behaviour.

Smearing and cheap shots are often the mark of a poor journalist. Smearing and cheap shots at a man who's just suddenly died at only 33 are the mark of the most contemptable article I'll probably read all year.