Daily Mail

I love (more hate really) the way DM readers can turn even the blandest story into a racist wankfest.

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'Triple-decked luxury ship full of immigrants docks in Stoke Newington'
 
Mail said:
170-year-old thumbnail provides new clues on whether Sir John Franklin's doomed crew turned to cannibalism when they got trapped in Arctic ice in 1845
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I hope this is not a prelude to a Global warming article.
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Awful crimes, but bizarre case.

Voyeur Elvis singer Derrel Weaver jailed for sex crimes

As he was led away from the dock he shouted: "My Grandma is a real witch and I call upon her to curse everyone in this courtroom".

"Apart from my friend", he continued, pointing to a man in the public gallery.

He then appeared to cast a spell on the court as he was taken away, saying: "You think it's mumbo jumbo but you wait."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-38287086
 
Let's hear no more talk of 'fake news':

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She's on BBC Radio 2 today. Why on earth are people like her given the airtime? Does our media merely exist to infuriate the public now?
 
I thought we had broadcasting standards people who were supposed to slap down the papers if they said anything too extreme? It seems to be all the Mail does now. I mean they've always been quasi-fascists, but now they don't seem to even bother trying to hide it.
 
SteveJ said:
She's on BBC Radio 2 today. Why on earth are people like her given the airtime? Does our media merely exist to infuriate the public now?
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In 2015 I would have said it was because controversy generates clicks and ad revenue, but after the referendum and some of the top rated posts on The Mail I think people like her get airtime because the general public agree with her loony rants.
 
Kentonio said:
I thought we had broadcasting standards people who were supposed to slap down the papers if they said anything too extreme? It seems to be all the Mail does now. I mean they've always been quasi-fascists, but now they don't seem to even bother trying to hide it.
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Oh no mate you misunderstand, the Leveson inquiry made these journos open their eyes and notice the shocking tactics of some of their colleagues. Not them though, mind, as they were all totally scandal free and had no knowledge of the underhand tactics going on in their industry. It was all, erm, Dave's fault (fecking brilliant, Pidgy, fecking superb distraction) yeah, fecking Dave did everything but now he's gone so it won't happen again.

So, to summarise, people apparently did illegal things at papers in the past but that's totally been taken care of and as an industry no external monitoring or changes to the law are needed to make sure that this sort of thing doesn't happen again. In fact, let's just forget that the Leveson inquiry was even a thing... deal? (Fecking phenomenal Pidgy, first fecking class)
 
Posted it at 2am. Has a particular script which stops people with adblockers viewing it and was posted in such a format so that it won't be listed on Google search results.

Class.
 
Bizarre overblown story about a model (apparently), who wants to leave Worcester after her plug got blocked. Oh and the town apparently has insane water pressure.

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news...cked_plughole_saw_shower_water_rise/?ref=fbpg

Ms Brown said: “I ran the water for two seconds and the room was filling with water. The shower had no plughole. Are they trying to kill me? I thought ‘this ain’t right’. I can’t believe it.”
 
SteveJ said:
She's on BBC Radio 2 today. Why on earth are people like her given the airtime? Does our media merely exist to infuriate the public now?
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Yes.

Controversy creates interest, page clicks, newspapers sold and readership/listeners.

The media lost it's integrity (if it had any) a long, long time ago. Now they're simply here to make a big deal out of everything to make more money.
 
matherto said:
Yes.

Controversy creates interest, page clicks, newspapers sold and readership/listeners.

The media lost it's integrity (if it had any) a long, long time ago. Now they're simply here to make a big deal out of everything to make more money.
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Except most newspapers are going bust...
 
Jippy said:
Except most newspapers are going bust...
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An interesting point, had a conversation with a friend of mine who is a writer and someone who holds classical investigative journalism in high regard. I was complaining that our local main newspaper had dropped its standards to clickbait level and he pointed out that the newspaper had to make money and because the print versions sales and subscriptions had dropped because so many were reading news online it had become one way they can compete. He felt that if we wanted serious journalism to flourish we would have to pay for our online news but the reality was that people wouldnt do that so the result was newspapers and online news having to do what they could to drive traffic to their sites. Its sort of a sad downward spiral, wonder if there will become some sort of natural correction in the future, somehow i doubt it.
 
As someone who knows feck all about the industry, I offer my baseless assertions...

Print media will die. The desire for decent journalism won't and a sensible way to monetise it will be found. It won't be paywalls.
 
Stack said:
An interesting point, had a conversation with a friend of mine who is a writer and someone who holds classical investigative journalism in high regard. I was complaining that our local main newspaper had dropped its standards to clickbait level and he pointed out that the newspaper had to make money and because the print versions sales and subscriptions had dropped because so many were reading news online it had become one way they can compete. He felt that if we wanted serious journalism to flourish we would have to pay for our online news but the reality was that people wouldnt do that so the result was newspapers and online news having to do what they could to drive traffic to their sites. Its sort of a sad downward spiral, wonder if there will become some sort of natural correction in the future, somehow i doubt it.
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There's a reason the FT etc...dropped their investigative teams (Peston used to head it). No-one can afford to fund a team that might work on a story for weeks only for it fall through.
Print advertising is in secular decline but online is up. You need more content to service the ads booked online, hence clickbait.
 
DiseaseOfTheAge said:
As someone who knows feck all about the industry, I offer my baseless assertions...

Print media will die. The desire for decent journalism won't and a sensible way to monetise it will be found. It won't be paywalls.
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I'm not sure print will die soon. Not sure anyone can get paid online work though yet. Tel trying new premium content model.
 
Jippy said:
I'm not sure print will die soon. Not sure anyone can get paid online work though yet. Tel trying new premium content model.
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Continuing in my ignorant pretensions - I do wonder if the mainstream print media will suffer the worst earlier than the more niche publications. I can imagine things like Private Eye, the likes of your mag, Tractor Fanciers monthly, and other HIGNFY guest publications, benefiting from a more dedicated readership.
 
DiseaseOfTheAge said:
Continuing in my ignorant pretensions - I do wonder if the mainstream print media will suffer the worst earlier than the more niche publications. I can imagine things like Private Eye, the likes of your mag, Tractor Fanciers monthly, and other HIGNFY guest publications, benefiting from a more dedicated readership.
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Yep niche is probably the place to be tbh. I haven't physically bought a newspaper this year.
 
It's from Planet Cactus-With-A-Crowbar.
 
Cheers Steve. Not sure which is harder to decipher- that picture or his handwriting.
 
It kind of looks like a spiky-belled giant cock.
 
...or just a hole in the bus shelter.
 
Why is Mail Online going after the fact checkers?
There are those in the media landscape trying to fix the fake news problem. Then there are those who are happy to play fast and loose with the truth

On Wednesday evening, Mail Online published a lengthy investigation into fact-checking site Snopes containing salacious details gleaned from legal battles between its recently divorced cofounders.

The claims, mainly about the sexual history and preferences of Snopes employees, but also allegations of financial misbehaviour by its founder, David Mikkelson, which he disputes, are titillating but not Earth shattering.

Far more revealing is Mail Online’s decision to go after Snopes and the way it has gone about it...
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/23/why-is-mail-online-going-after-fact-checkers-snopes
 
They probably think it's Charlie Brown's mate.
 
Sassy Colin said:
And, tbf, rather odd looking. I still would her mum though
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She is somewhat gangly, like she hasn't fully grown into her body yet. She is only 15 though I guess, which is why it's so odd that they chose to run so many pics of her.
 
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