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Emo March: The Daily Mail Responds

added 31 May 2008 at 14.09

Amid the My Chemical Romance protest, which took place this weekend at Marble Arch, The Daily Mail have sent a statement to Xfm justifying their 'Emo' article and you can read the whole thing right here...

The Daily Mail has defended it's coverage of Emo and My Chemical Romance, saying they feel they've been "balanced, and restrained". In a statement, emailed to Xfm as hundreds of fans gathered outside their offices in Central London, they said they believe their articles are in the public interest.

Here's that statement in full:

   "The  Daily  Mail’s  coverage  of  the  “Emo” movement has been balanced,
   restrained and above all, in the public interest.

   Genuine  concerns  were  raised  at the inquest earlier this month on 13
   year  old  Emo  follower  Hannah Bond who had been self-harming and then
   tragically killed herself.

   The  Coroner  found " the Emo overtones concerning death and associating
   it with glamour very disturbing."

   Her  mother  had  told the inquest that Hannah had been obsessed with My
   Chemical Romance whose hit number one on their last album was called The
   Black Parade.

   Mrs  Bond  told  the court ;"In Emo it is a very glamorous death to hang
   yourself.  The band she was into, the music she was into-the whole thing
   is based on the black parade which is all about dying. "She called Emo a
   fashion  and I thought it was normal. I didn't know about the cuts." Her
   father said he had seen cuts on her wrists and his daughter had told him
   they “ were an Emo initiation.”

   In  common with other newspapers we ran an accurate news story recording
   the  Coroner's  remarks and the parents' comments. We also published two
   other  articles,  one  of  which  explained the background to the Hannah
   tragedy in calm and un-sensational language.

   The  other  was  a  first  person  opinion piece by a well-known writer,
   written from the perspective of a mother concerned for her children.

   We  have  also run two prominent page lead letters from an Emo music fan
   and from a fan of My Chemical Romance defending their point of view. Our
   music  critic admires the music of the band and publicised the band’s UK
   tour last year.

   Since  this  protest  was  announced  a great deal of misinformation has
   appeared on the internet, much of which confuses what the Daily Mail has
   actually  published  with  the  comments of web site readers and “blogs”
   over which we have no control and which have stirred up emotions.

   We  note  it  has  been  pointed  out  by  others that all this provides
   wonderful  publicity  for  Warners  and  their  impending  release of My
   Chemical Romance's latest album.

   The  Daily  Mail  is a broad church and is always ready to listen to the
   views  of  readers. We do, however, suggest those who want to protest or
   comment read everything we have published and act on fact not rumour."

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