Ben Fogle Writing Today About The Guardian
Ben Fogle has written angrily and movingly about the Guardian's disgusting 'privileged pain' slur:"There is no privilege in losing a child. There is no privilege in being called in the middle of the night, on the other side of the world, to tell you your son has died and your wife may die too.There is no privilege in being turned away from a Ryanair flight because I didn't have time to print out a boarding pass and lost my wallet in my haste to get to the hospital.There is no privilege in holding your dead son in your arms and having a photo with him. There is no privilege in organising for your sons cremation and the repatriation of his ashes.There is no privilege in organising a memorial service and headstone. There is no privilege in holding my tearful wife once a year as she sobs uncontrollably on his birthday."Mr Fogle also slammed the paper for 'politicising pain' and said losing a child was the same for anyone regardless of their beliefs.He added: 'It may suit your left-wing politics to believe we shed red, blue, black or green blood, but we don't.'We all bleed red (which I think you'll agree is an ironically appropriate colour).A spokesman for the newspaper issued an apology and said: 'The original version of this editorial posted online fell far short of our standards. It has now been amended, and we apologise completely' - *but did not say sorry directly to Mr Cameron.*The newspaper came under fire and was accused of lacking 'humanity' and 'empathy' for the plight of Ivan Cameron and his bereft family.Chancellor Sajid Javid wrote: 'Shameful thing to read, Guardian. Never has an editorial so lacked in empathy, while so righteously criticising others for lacking it'.Tory MP Zac Goldsmith said: 'These aren't just the ugly thoughts of a maverick columnist. These are the words of the actual Guardian editorial. It is their corporate view.' The senior journalist who wrote this despicable editorial has not been named. More importantly he/she has not been sacked.
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