Mick Hartley

Whitewashing the news, aka rewriting history.

‘Darren Rigby, who sent hoax death threats to schools is jailed’

All girls’ schools were specifically targeted. Rigby ‘threatened to carry out deadly attacks supposedly in response to the treatment of ‘transwomen’’. None of this features in the coverage across outlets, despite…

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None of this features in the coverage across outlets, despite the evidence emerging in email evidence and in court, neither does it feature in the Merseyside Police report.

‘I’m going to kill every girl and woman staff member I come across’

‘I’m going to shoot and stab all your girls’

It’s a crime of extreme misogyny in the cause of ‘fighting trans oppression’ but any mention of ‘trans’ has been erased by the police, PA and all news outlets. In addition the BBC report hides the fact that it was a crime against women and girls.

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There’s something very, very deeply disturbing at the effort by the police and the collusion of the BBC and most outlets actively to minimise Rigby’s extreme and violent misogyny. ‘Girls’ schools’ could be in the headline. Those quotes from the threatening emails are highly newsworthy. His rage at ‘trans oppression’ is central to the story. The information contributes to pattern recognition and potential safety awareness for girls and women.

This is rewriting history to a frightening degree. It’s not enough that the police have omitted all reference to women and girls as victims in the sentencing update. No one is to be allowed to remember the ‘trans link’ and put it together with these crimes of female hatred.

Here’s the police update. https://merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/june-2026/runcorn-man-sentenced-to-28-months-for-sending-hoax-emails-to-schools/

Here’s one half decent piece. https://runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/26156676.man-behind-hoax-threats-schools-thought-hide-behind-keyboard/