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| name = Jan Moir |
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| nationality = British |
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| known_for = Opinion column in [[Daily Mail]] |
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| residence = [[Knightsbridge]], [[London]] |
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| occupation = Journalist, columnist, restaurant reviewer |
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'''Jan Moir''' (born August 1956<ref name="Date of birth">She was 45 in May 2002 (see "Not dead yet", ''The Times'', 28 May 2002); her birthday is in August (see "Jan Moir searches Italy for the perfect birthday treat", ''The Guardian'', 27 August 1995, p. 5).</ref>) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]],<ref name="journalisted">[http://www.journalisted.com/jan-moir Journalisted entry], accessed 16 October 2009</ref> columnist<ref name="samplecolumn">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1220756/A-strange-lonely-troubling-death--.html|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-16|title=A strange, lonely and troubling death...|first=Jan|last=Moir|publisher=Daily Mail}}</ref> and restaurant reviewer.<ref name="ayrto">[http://www.areyoureadytoorder.co.uk/about.php Jan Moir Are You Ready To Order? website], accessed 16 October 2009</ref> In 2005 she won the Society of Women Writers' "[[Lynda Lee-Potter]] award" for the outstanding woman journalist of the year.<ref name="Lynda Lee-Potter award">{{cite news |first=Claire |last=Cozens |title=Telegraph's Moir wins journalism award |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/oct/26/pressandpublishing |date=2005-10-26 |accessdate=2009-10-16 |publisher=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> |
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She currently writes for the ''[[Daily Mail]]''<ref name="samplecolumn" /> having previously been with ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''<ref name="dtel">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janmoir/ Daily Telegraph], accessed 16 October 2009</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name="grauniad">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/janmoir The Guardian], accessed 16 October 2009</ref> Until late 2008, she also ran "Are You Ready To Order?", a [[blog]] of restaurant reviews by her and her partner, "S".<ref name="ayrto" /> |
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She lives in [[Knightsbridge]], [[London]].<ref name="knightsbridge">[http://www.rpts.gov.uk/Files/2006/December/001026KF.pdf]rpts.gov.uk, accessed 16 October 2009</ref> |
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==Stephen Gately article== |
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On 16 October 2009 Moir authored an article in the ''Daily Mail''<ref name="samplecolumn"/> in which she wrote that the death of [[Boyzone]] singer [[Stephen Gately]] was possibly related to his [[homosexuality]]. The article provoked criticism on ''The Mail''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s website,<ref name="greenslade">{{cite web|authorlink=Roy Greenslade|first=Roy|last=Greenslade|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/oct/16/dailymail-stephen-gately|title=Mail columnist provokes homophobia storm over Stephen Gately's death|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-16|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> and hundreds of people protested on social media such as [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]]. About 1,000 complaints were forwarded to the [[Press Complaints Commission]].<ref name="pinknews">{{cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/daily-mail-columnist-jan-moir-blames-orchestrated-campaign-for-gay-backlash/|title=Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir blames 'orchestrated campaign' for gay backlash|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-16|first=Jessica|last=Green|publisher=PinkNews.co.uk|quote=The Press Complaints Commission told PinkNews.co.uk it had received around 1,000 complaints over the article by 5pm on Friday.}}</ref><ref name="bunz">Bunz, Mercedes ''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/16/jan-moir-stephen-gately-facebook-twitter Twitter and Facebook outrage over Jan Moir's Stephen Gately article]'', accessed 16 October 2009</ref> The Press Complaints Commission's web site became inaccessible, and this was believed to be related to the volume of [[Web traffic|traffic]] caused by complaints about the article.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/130754-jan-moirs-gately-slur-provokes-online-outrage/|title=Jan Moir’s Gately slur provokes online outrage|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-16|publisher=[[STV]]|quote=Whether by coincidence or sheer volume of traffic as of 3pm this afternoon the PCC homepage could not be accessed and appeared to have crashed.}}</ref> Moir blamed an "orchestrated campaign" for the backlash against her article.<ref name="pinknews"/> Columnist [[Charlie Brooker]], on ''[[The Guardian]]'''s Comment is Free website, described her article as "gay bashing":<ref name="gaybashing">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-jan-moir|title=Why there was nothing 'human' about Jan Moir's column on the death of Stephen Gately|last=Brooker|first=Charlie|authorlink=Charlie Brooker|date=2009-10-16|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=2009-10-16}}</ref> |
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{{Quote|The funeral of Stephen Gately has not yet taken place. The man hasn't been buried yet. Nevertheless, Jan Moir of the Daily Mail has already managed to dance on his grave. For money. It has been 20 minutes since I've read her now-notorious column, and I'm still struggling to absorb the sheer scope of its hateful idiocy. It's like gazing through a horrid little window into an awesome universe of pure blockheaded spite. Spiralling galaxies of ignorance roll majestically against a backdrop of what looks like dark prejudice, dotted hither and thither with winking stars of snide innuendo.<ref name="gaybashing"/>}} |
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[[Derren Brown]], [[David Tennant]], [[Peter Serafinowicz]] and [[Stephen Fry]] were amongst the many users of [[Twitter]] supporting an emerging online campaign against the 'Daily Mail' and Jan Moir throughout the afternoon and a [[Facebook]] page was set up urging followers to complain to the brands whose advertisements featured alongside the article.<ref name="Marks & Spencer pulls ads from Daily Mail article on Stephen Gately's death">{{cite web|author=Chris Tryhorn, Mercedes Bunz and Mark Sweney|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-jan-moir-complaints|title=Marks & Spencer pulls ads from Daily Mail article on Stephen Gately's death|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-16|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref> The matter became serious enough for retailer [[Marks & Spencer]] to request the newspaper to remove an advertisement for its services from anywhere near the vicinity of the article, with the company issuing a statement which read: "Marks & Spencer does not tolerate any form of discrimination".<ref name="Anger over Mail column on Gately">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8311499.stm|title=Anger over Mail column on Gately|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-16|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> [[Nestlé]] also disassociated themselves with the article, saying Moir's words contradicted the company's values of "mutual respect and tolerance, regardless of culture, religion or nationality".<ref name="Marks & Spencer pulls ads from Daily Mail article on Stephen Gately's death"/> The company's [[Nescafé]] brand was featured alongside the article.<ref name="Marks & Spencer pulls ads from Daily Mail article on Stephen Gately's death"/> The ''Daily Mail'' then removed all advertising from the online version of the article.<ref name="Marks & Spencer pulls ads from Daily Mail article on Stephen Gately's death"/> |
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==References== |
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{{Lifetime|1956|LIVING|Moir, Jan}} |
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[[Category:Daily Mail journalists]] |
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