to think we should have a mumsnet whip-round and buy the Daily Mail ...

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... and completely subvert it??!! Looking round these boards we have a huge amount of wit, wisdom and intelligence, and could transform the DM, and by doing so, transform all those who believe its pronouncements to be akin to those sent down the mountain on Tablets of Stone.

genius!

YANBU it would be fantastic!

no because it is not the paper itself. It is the powers that run the media as a whole that is the problem. We only get to hear or read what THEY want us to know and campaign about.

They are all terrible in measures.

Oh that would be fun :)

But if we owned and ran the DM, it would tell people what we want them to know.

I can see the slogan now - Mumsnet - changing the world, one DM reader at a time.

Great idea But I think it would have to be a secret, secret plot discussed only in the most private of forums... if the readership knew, it'd spoil the fun...

Put me down for £5 towards it.

I've just got back from a few days to the IL's and decided not to offer to buy them the paper as I didn't want to buy The Mail.

wow, it really winds some people up doesn't it? don't buy/read it if you don't like it.

"don't buy/read it if you don't like it"

I don't think it's as simple as that.

I think it's the evidence of the bigotry, moronic stupidity and general ignorance that is constantly condoned and displayed by those who read it that gets people's goats.

The only possible use for the DM would be in a national lavatory shortage.

The problem is as I see it.. Many many memumsnetters seem to read it.. How many links do we see on AIBU and Chat? It's fun. Precisly because its horrible. How can I be outraged by it if you go and ruin it by putting facts in it???

During discussions at a NYE party of a friend, I was chatting about some funny stories I'd read. They were both links from DM that I read here. As the evening went on it must have sounded like I read it. What must they have thought of me.

They were hilarious/moral discussion inducing stories though

Aren't MNers already writing / providing the stories for the DM already.

They're quoting MN comments in their swine flu panic spreading article

Brilliant plan!

Instead of running articles on alternate days about 'Why SAHMs are shit/Why WOHMs are shit', we could go with 'Why mums are brilliant, and should go with whatever choice works best for their families'. Fantastic!

Mind you, I fear sales would plummet...

Itsgrimupnorth - as opposed to your moronic stupidity and ignorance in issuing such a sweeping statement?
have you met every single DM reader then?

dementedma are you coming out as a DM reader?

The Daily Mail and their quest to classify everything into causing or preventing cancer

The Mumsnet obsession with the DM continues...

I dont understand how it is one of the most popular UK newspapers yet no-one here reads it? Its certainly linked to often enough. Very strange.

If it causes outrage amongst the faux-liberals then I'm all for it. Long may it rule! :)

(If you want to buy out and destroy a newspaper - you should target that tired champagne socialist rag - the Guardian)

"I think it's the evidence of the bigotry, moronic stupidity and general ignorance that is constantly condoned and displayed by those who read it that gets people's goats.
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You mean similiar to that frequently displayed on Mumsnet?

i like the daily mail..

Me too I love the DM, it provides me with many happy hours of parent-baiting

If we can't afford to buy it, maybe we could just get them a dictionary and some spare punctuation? They currently have Gary and Danielle Linaker living in the duckpond at Esher.

reading the DM is not necessarily the same as agreeing with their views though..

for me, its the best website for new and gossip in terms of navigating it, layout, and being able to leave sarky comments on the articles... (I love getting red arrowed!)

is it safe to come out yet (not as brave as SS)