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Defend the Daily Mail...
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Finny Skeleta
01-01-2017
I'm really interested if anyone here can defend the journalism of the Daily Mail without using the word 'Guardian'.

It's a bit like trying to argue that Terminator 2 is better than The Terminator without using the word "effects".
annette kurten
01-01-2017
i cannot defend the indefensible.
RobinOfLoxley
01-01-2017
The website is very good.

Hitler built good roads...
RobinOfLoxley
01-01-2017
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2083917
Aneechik
01-01-2017
They have a successful formula that almost always works despite being very well known.
Alrightmate
01-01-2017
Without mentioning the other paper?
Okay, both papers can sometimes feature decent articles from time to time.
Quite often they're both guilty of terrible news articles, but not always.
himerus
01-01-2017
The Mail is good at revealing abuses of power and corruption.
CELT1987
01-01-2017
Originally Posted by himerus:
“The Mail is good at revealing abuses of power and corruption.”

Except when it happens to be the Tories.
balthasar
01-01-2017
Well, why not mention the Guardian, the comments online seem obsessive about the people who read the paper.?

The Daily Mail, seems to focus more on show business type news and people posing for
rather sad looking pictures because their hamster did not live to three score and ten.
finlux
01-01-2017
The Daily Mail is better than a lump of shit.

Oh, wait......
eggchen
01-01-2017
Sideboob
Gordon g
01-01-2017
They're good at getting people who supposedly dislike the paper, reading it.
eggchen
01-01-2017
Some of their natural world photography and articles are good.
blueblade
01-01-2017
For such an unpopular publication, it's truly astounding how many people read it !
MonsterMunch99
01-01-2017
1) Print inflammatory nonsense that people will agree with and disagree with strongly in equal measure to maximise hits on ad-infested website. Disregard concepts such as "research", "fact checking" and "not giving that c*nt richard littlejohn a job".

2) Hire people to go around forums and facebook posting links to said website.

3) ??

4) Profit.
alan29
01-01-2017
If you want to know how a lot of Brits think take a look.
annette kurten
01-01-2017
Originally Posted by blueblade:
“For such an unpopular publication, it's truly astounding how many people read it !”

i like to embrace my rage in the morning so that i have the day free to get on with things.

plus you can verbally abuse a few strangers in passing.
flashfiction
01-01-2017
Originally Posted by Gordon g:
“They're good at getting people who supposedly dislike the paper, reading it.”

^ This.

Originally Posted by alan29:
“If you want to know how a lot of Brits think take a look.”

^ Equally, some people just don't though, do they?

Similarly, plenty of posters will also say that they refuse, on principle, to open the Sun and then, strangely, be happy to give links to The Times.
Ditto they're probably not that interested that Fox wants to buy Sky and if that's successful they'll continue to pay for Sky and abhor the Sun.

And yet, it's amusing that the contents/topics of DS threads is very similar to the content of something like the DM.

So I reckon the "I would never open the DM" comments repeats are either BS, virtue-signalling or laziness.
TerraCanis
01-01-2017
Originally Posted by Finny Skeleta:
“I'm really interested if anyone here can defend the journalism of the Daily Mail without using the word 'Guardian'.

It's a bit like trying to argue that Terminator 2 is better than The Terminator without using the word "effects".”

The DM prints its front page headlines in nice big letters so that you can spot it from 50 feet away, which makes it easy to keep that distance. Although, in fairness, the same can be said for the Daily Express. When you see two headlines on the opposite side of the shop, one reading "Arise Sir Foreign Aid" and the other "Britain Braces For Icy Blast", you don't have to look any closer to know which is which.

It's brilliant!
soap-lea
01-01-2017
Originally Posted by blueblade:
“For such an unpopular publication, it's truly astounding how many people read it !”

It is because of the good website.

It is much easier to find articles on the DM website than the majority of its competitors
GiraffeGirl
01-01-2017
The website has the best pictures of the Royal Family. For real. It's basically a comic book.
Andy2
01-01-2017
I like the Mail, it's views generally chime with my own. However, their obsessions with 'sideboob' (WTF?) and 'toned legs' etc is getting out of control. They've also started featuring far too many 'spot the wally' type puzzles and optical illusions. These things remind me of the comics of my youth.
TerraCanis
01-01-2017
The DM's advice column is very useful if you need to know how to stop white cat hairs from showing on your black shirt.
FingersAndToes
01-01-2017
They usually have really great pictures featured in their articles.
Rekekah_Carter
01-01-2017
The DM appears to be the paper that people love to hate, particularly on here. It seems to make them feel somewhat superior.
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