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Irritating reporting (mainly Daily Mail)

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    Lou17Lou17 Posts: 30,900
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    grahamzxy wrote: »
    Daily Mail is a creepy as hell money machine, top worldwide 'newspaper' site.....however the comments left by their 'readership' are atrocious...

    It's the only part that I find interesting, people in their droves moaning.:D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 897
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    grahamzxy wrote: »
    Daily Mail is a creepy as hell money machine, top worldwide 'newspaper' site.....however the comments left by their 'readership' are atrocious...

    I read some of the comments and just can't believe they are from real people who earnesly hold those views. The comments are far worse than anything printed in the paper, which is an amazing feat really.
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    kampffenhoffkampffenhoff Posts: 1,556
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    Our youngest cat is quite happy to chew up the Telegraph or the Times or Guardian but she won't touch the DM.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 189
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    Even in their more serious articles women are termed the blonde, the brunette, the redhead. Ughhhh.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 897
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    Our youngest cat is quite happy to chew up the Telegraph or the Times or Guardian but she won't touch the DM.

    :D

    That genuinely made me laugh out loud!

    My mother buys the DM and at least when she's done it's recycled for our cat's litter tray. So it has some use?
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    dorydaryldorydaryl Posts: 15,927
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    Am enjoying this. Are we playing bingo?

    Has someone called out 'washboard abs', yet?
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    fitnessqueenfitnessqueen Posts: 5,185
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    dorydaryl wrote: »
    Am enjoying this. Are we playing bingo?

    Has someone called out 'washboard abs', yet?

    Sometimes known as "killer abs" :D
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    wilehelmaswilehelmas Posts: 3,610
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    Sweetums wrote: »
    I read some of the comments and just can't believe they are from real people who earnesly hold those views. The comments are far worse than anything printed in the paper, which is an amazing feat really.

    Not really. The Daily Mail understands its largely fascist-righteous audience. Its articles are designed to appeal either to their sense of outrage or sense of, well...outrage.

    Fail's target audience is often angry, middle class white straight man who can't understand why his world is now crowded with people of different colours and faiths, socialists, single mothers and gays who dare to think they should have equal rights, as equal taxpayers. Plenty of boobs and bums (with or without cellulite) thrown in to appease Angry White Straight Man though.

    The Daily Mail knows exactly what response its articles will generate. Even the syrupy, suck-up nonsense is engineered in such a way that readers will comment on how awful it all seems.
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    gorgeousgirlgorgeousgirl Posts: 5,031
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    Love this thread.

    One of my favourites is how women out with their boyfriends or husbands are accompanied by beefcakes. Ben Affleck seems to get that one a lot especially since he bulked up for batman.

    Along similar lines a few months back I read an article on the yorkshire pudding Sean Bean. I think it was one of those self realisation moments where you're like what am I doing right now????
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    tinkerbell987tinkerbell987 Posts: 1,848
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    Referring to children as so & so is out with their "brood" is a particular bugbear
    Also anyone holding a child being it the mother, father or sibling "doting" has to be put in front of it.
    the comments from posters are particularly funny. some people really do get outraged over the most simplest things.
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    Diamond HeadDiamond Head Posts: 517
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    Oh we all wish Jefferson wasn't banned.
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    riannerianne Posts: 1,074
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    haha, this is a great thread

    what annoys me is that clearly no one proof reads the articles before they are put on the website.

    its the captions under the pictures that make me laugh, especially when the 'celebs' are on holiday.

    somehow DM manages to come up with several ways of saying blah blah is walking along the beach or blah blah flaunts their curvy/toned figure
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    Leicester_HunkLeicester_Hunk Posts: 18,316
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    Our youngest cat is quite happy to chew up the Telegraph or the Times or Guardian but she won't touch the DM.

    We have Celebrity Litter Tray Liner Of The Week in our house with all the a***holes in the paper.
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    dorydaryldorydaryl Posts: 15,927
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    We have Celebrity Litter Tray Liner Of The Week in our house with all the a***holes in the paper.

    ...including the cat's...:D. Brilliant!

    My guinea pigs are a bit selective about what I use with them, too. They love nothing more than to drop a few pellets over material they disapprove of, but are rather partial to the Times crossword. Friends donate newspapers to me for their under-bedding so I can't be too fussy over what comes in.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 749
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    For goodness sakes, Daily Mail! You've outdone yourself!

    Two online headlines today:

    A surburban nightmare: They just wanted the builder to create a little extra space - and followed all the rules. What happened next will child your blood.

    EEGSTRA LARGE! Easter eggs are getting HUGE - but dies the taste match the size?

    If the Daily Mail were just an online forum, I could care less about grammar or spelling but they are a legit newspaper. Some of these are just stupid, lazy mistakes.
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    wilehelmaswilehelmas Posts: 3,610
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    ultimatums wrote: »
    For goodness sakes, Daily Mail! You've outdone yourself!

    Two online headlines today:

    A surburban nightmare: They just wanted the builder to create a little extra space - and followed all the rules. What happened next will child your blood.

    EEGSTRA LARGE! Easter eggs are getting HUGE - but dies the taste match the size?

    If the Daily Mail were just an online forum, I could care less about grammar or spelling but they are a legit newspaper. Some of these are just stupid, lazy mistakes.

    It's what happens when you have one eye constantly fixed on the Kerrah Katona Cellulite Watch and the other squinting at the large mountain of coke on your desk. ;-)
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    Azura's StarAzura's Star Posts: 3,190
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    wilehelmas wrote: »
    It's what happens when you have one eye constantly fixed on the Kerrah Katona Cellulite Watch and the other squinting at the large mountain of coke on your desk. ;-)


    Yup.
    Having to type with only one hand because the other one is busy probably doesn't help with the spelling and grammar either.
    ;-)
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    chrisii2011chrisii2011 Posts: 2,694
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    why do they report attention seeking pregnant celebs like helen flanagan. being pregnant isnt news
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    Squealer_MahonySquealer_Mahony Posts: 6,483
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    why do they report attention seeking pregnant celebs like helen flanagan. being pregnant isnt news

    Because "ooooooh a woman had sex and now she's pregnant let's comment on everything she wears or doesn't wear as her body changes and maybe if we're lucky she'll light up a **** or swig out of a bottle in a paper bag and we'll get the exclusive pics and society will be outraged"
    I assume that's why anyway
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    jackiebopsjackiebops Posts: 3,503
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    My favourites are 'the busy mum-of-one' and 'the star is already back in her size-8-jeans'
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    J-StarJ-Star Posts: 220
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    Regardless whether the subject matter is celebrity or real life tragedy we all know the most important part is the person's house price, which the mail never fails to include.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 897
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    Don't forget - whatever the story, however tragic or mundane, the most important thing is how much the person's house is worth.
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    J-StarJ-Star Posts: 220
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    Beat you to it sweetums :)
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    wilehelmaswilehelmas Posts: 3,610
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    why do they report attention seeking pregnant celebs like helen flanagan. being pregnant isnt news

    said Kate Middleton. ;-)

    At least the Fail is consistent with its pregnancy headlines from the high to...not so high.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 897
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    I'm sure they are all off their faces on drugs at the DM headquaters. Why else would anyone think it okay to call a four year old boy (Orlando Bloom's son) "strapping"...ugh, so creepy.
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