Down the memory hole with the Mail

Down the memory hole with the Mail - how Rick Dewsbury's shameless racism was quietly toned down and re-edited after publication. A comparison of the same story, with the same URL, retrieved a few hours apart. Spot the difference..

Story at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2180124/Olympics-opening-ceremony-NHS-disgracefully-glorified.html

VERSION 1:
This was supposed to be a representation of modern life in England but it is likely to be a challenge for the organisers to find an educated white middle-aged mother and black father living together with a happy family in such a set-up.
Almost, if not every, shot in the next sequence included an ethnic minority performer. The BBC presenter Hazel Irvine gushed about the importance of grime music (a form of awful electronic music popular among black youths) to east London.
VERSION 2:
This was supposed to be a representation of modern life in England but such set-ups are simply not the 'norm' in any part of the country. So why was it portrayed like this and given such prominence? If it was intended to be something that we can celebrate, that two people with different colour skin and different cultural heritages can live harmoniously together, then it deserves praise. But what will be disturbing to many people is top-down political manipulation - whether consciously or unthinkingly - at a major sporting event.

VERSION 1:
And Conservative MP Aidan Burley was right to point out on Twitter that it was a load of 'leftie multicultural c**p'. Yet predictably he has been castigated by Twitter's Guadianista brigade.
VERSION 2:
Conservative MP Aidan Burley was entitled to his right to comment on Twitter that the it was a load of 'leftie multicultural c**p'. Yet predictably he has been castigated by the social network's Guardianista brigade.