Daily Mail

Pogue Mahone said:
Oh fuuuuuuuuck. My dysfunctional grey matter had flipped anti-Brexit into being pro leaving the EU. Monumental brainfart on my part. As you were, gents. Thanks for your patience.
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You were beginning to worry me that I'd misread :lol:
 
I'm hoping this 'Stop Funding Hate' thing manages to get some traction. I'm generally against trying to rally against papers for expressing a different opinion but the DM is a different kettle of fish - it's genuinely written hateful, horrible stuff time and time again, deliberately targeting certain people with their vitriol for the sake of attracting readers.

People have been trying to put pressure on John Lewis in particular, since their advertising in the Mail kinda goes against their whole family friendly, likable stance they've had in recent years with the Christmas ads. Their reasoning for not doing so is that they won't choose on a political basis, but the DM goes beyond that into more ethical reasoning.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Oh fuuuuuuuuck. My dysfunctional grey matter had flipped anti-Brexit into being pro leaving the EU. Monumental brainfart on my part. As you were, gents. Thanks for your patience.
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Don't worry it took me a while too...
 
Cheesy said:
I'm hoping this 'Stop Funding Hate' thing manages to get some traction. I'm generally against trying to rally against papers for expressing a different opinion but the DM is a different kettle of fish - it's genuinely written hateful, horrible stuff time and time again, deliberately targeting certain people with their vitriol for the sake of attracting readers.

People have been trying to put pressure on John Lewis in particular, since their advertising in the Mail kinda goes against their whole family friendly, likable stance they've had in recent years with the Christmas ads. Their reasoning for not doing so is that they won't choose on a political basis, but the DM goes beyond that into more ethical reasoning.
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Cynical as I am, I imagine they have pretty good data on which papers their customers frequently read.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Are you referring to the Daily Mail or the Mair case?

The anti-globalisation message is one which transcends traditional political categorisations. I don't read the Daily Mail at all, print or online, however i do know people who do. They are not all racists or neo-fascists as Bury might describe them, however none of the three main parties in England have been speaking to their concerns regarding the two issues of our time (trade/jobs/pay and immigration).
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I agree with your point, it was very well-made by Owen Jones in his book.
My point is that however good a parties' policies, any lift+liberal position will never get through the effective screen raised by the Mail, Sun, et. al. Doomed to fail.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
To quote reddit. Can someone please Explain Like I'm Five?
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It just felt like they were trying to use her death as a Brexit point-scoring exercise.

EDIT: Missed the last few posts!
 
In non-DM news.

@Damien's devil powers thwart plans to build on greenbelt.

Victory for residents in battle against The Brow temporary retail park

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http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/ne...ents_in_battle_against_temporary_retail_park/

Amazing police photo. Urgh, I can't copy the link, but click on it if you can be arsed.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-el-segundo-air-horn-20161115-story.html
 
Is it a message to Mourinho?
 
:lol: no way is that a real headline. Surely that balloon thing can't be real
 
I find the daily mail to be a racist, xenophobic, homophobic, lying and manipulative rag. It is incredibly depressing that such filth is one of the most-read newspapers in the world.
 
Fridge chutney said:
I find the daily mail to be a racist, xenophobic, homophobic, lying and manipulative rag. It is incredibly depressing that such filth is one of the most-read newspapers in the world.
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The most read news website. It's a machine. It wouldn't be so popular if we didn't have so many tub-thumping racists in the world though, maybe?
 
Jippy said:
The most read news website. It's a machine. It wouldn't be so popular if we didn't have so many tub-thumping racists in the world though, maybe?
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I think the sidebar of shame is a bigger draw than the racism in fairness.
 
Ubik said:
I think the sidebar of shame is a bigger draw than the racism in fairness.
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Tbh, the Sun at least shows tits. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a three-way split between Ukip bigots/sidebar pervs/lefties and normal people perusing the comments.
 
Jippy said:
Tbh, the Sun at least shows tits. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a three-way split between Ukip bigots/sidebar pervs/lefties and normal people perusing the comments.
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Yeah at least the Sun has that.

And have you read the mail user comments? I read the sports ones, those are bad enough. The political and economic-section ones are just depressing.

I refrain from giving that site traffic anymore.
 
I really don't understand how they're allowed to get away with half the shit they do. They regularly have articles about celebrities daughters who are about 11 years old saying they look all grown up and 'leggy'. It's f*cking creepy yet they get no shit for it.

I also think if they have to print an apology it should be as large as the space the original story took up. I can't think of a reason why this isn't the law.
 
Anyone else notice the Mail have begun to change their stance on climate change in recent times? They're reporting real-life studies these days as opposed to their usual staple of think-tank nonsense.
 
Fridge chutney said:
Yeah at least the Sun has that.

And have you read the mail user comments? I read the sports ones, those are bad enough. The political and economic-section ones are just depressing.

I refrain from giving that site traffic anymore.
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I mainly 'read' it through https://twitter.com/DMReporter/with_replies tbh, so am not giving it direct traffic.

Solius said:
I really don't understand how they're allowed to get away with half the shit they do. They regularly have articles about celebrities daughters who are about 11 years old saying they look all grown up and 'leggy'. It's f*cking creepy yet they get no shit for it.

I also think if they have to print an apology it should be as large as the space the original story took up. I can't think of a reason why this isn't the law.
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Press regulation is weak- they can slam paedo priests then have some 15-year old famous person's daughter modelling in next to nothing in the neighbouring story.
On the apology front, that's every single publication in the universe. No way you're going to lead on an apology if you're a paper- at worst, you'd bury it on graveyard page 2.
I don't headline my mag's occasional corrections as corrections either, so it would be 'Solius', not 'Solius: an apology/correction'. You can't single them out for that tbh. The 'equal prominence' thing is never followed through with.
 
For all of its (many) faults, I do like the way it trolls its own readers with William Hanson's column.

'If you wear Adidas, you're a wannabe chav': Etiquette expert William Hanson reveals what your TRAINERS say about you (as he admits he's finally embraced the 'leisure shoe')
  • William Hanson has come forward and admitted he has discovered trainers
  • His pair are grey, made from suede and mesh and have an 'EVA midsole'
  • He even admits more people should start wearing them when appropriate

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...y-admits-s-finally-embraced-leisure-shoe.html
 
Solius said:
I also think if they have to print an apology it should be as large as the space the original story took up. I can't think of a reason why this isn't the law.
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Jippy said:
Press regulation is weak- they can slam paedo priests then have some 15-year old famous person's daughter modelling in next to nothing in the neighbouring story.
On the apology front, that's every single publication in the universe. No way you're going to lead on an apology if you're a paper- at worst, you'd bury it on graveyard page 2.
I don't headline my mag's occasional corrections as corrections either, so it would be 'Solius', not 'Solius: an apology/correction'. You can't single them out for that tbh. The 'equal prominence' thing is never followed through with.
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Just seen this on reddit - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/170232

Signing that badboy.
 
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