Damien

I strongly advise against sending personal and/or unfriendly e-mails to an individual.

At best it does not help, and at worst your attacking someone who was simply following the editorial line at the paper (not saying that is the case, but it might be). It also discredits the opposition to the Express as they have a story about 'abusive bloggers' and they will try to use that as a deflection when confronted about the story.

Many people would have been involved with the story and it is the paper as a whole which should bare the brunt of the complaints. E-Mailing the paper itself won't make a blind bit of difference, issuing a formal complaint might, as would drawing awareness of what they did since they are now trying to hide it.

Finally this is not at one persons fault. The Daily Express obviously decided at this country has now sunk to such cynicism, such eagerness to find flaws, and so willing to believe the worst in everyone that an article trashing, and invading the privacy of, survivors of a school shooting would sell more papers.

In the editors at the Express, it's the toothless Press Complaints Commission, and it's the readers rewarding this type of journalism with their wallets that is the problem. The best we can do is send a message that is sick Journalism and it won't be accepted.