THE DAILY MIRROR’S PRATFALL

The British tabloid that led the charge against “torture” and “barbarism” at Camp X-Ray actually conducted a poll to see how its readers felt. “Yesterday,” the Mirror wrote, “we asked if you condemn the US treatment of al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. As more criticism was heaped on Camp X-Ray from around the world, 91% of voters supported America.” The response was from close to 20,000 readers. That’s the real Britain and the media elites in London have no clue how to cater to it sometimes.