My comment on the I Paper, was purely based on, why give them anything, when the I was as bad as other press in publishing hate and then only to be riddled at in the comments.
I don’t disagree with what you are saying and what you said is a helpful reminder. In my opinion the mainstream media are not a friend to the disabled or any disadvantaged group. I probably won’t be contacting the journalist. I already chose not to read newspapers or watch the news.
I did some research on how the mainstream media works, a few years ago, and realised they are not about telling the truth and finding out the truth. They are businesses. I still believe there are journalists who care about telling the truth, although perhaps I am being naive, but they are still subject to their editors who in turn are subject to their owners.
Being a business, the media’s main aim is to make a profit, their product is news and opinions, and their customers are their readers. Truth comes way down the pecking order.
They also know that fear, anger, and gossip sells and how the readers love a villian. And who is easier to make into a villian than by creating a narrative of those lazy shirkers defrauding the system and sitting at home getting free cars while you work your arse off to make a living.
What suprises me is how many disabled and Motability customers also buy into this narrative, going by the comments I read.