The Daily Mail are loving photographing and shaming people - they are in their element

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Judging people
Calling them idiiots
Doing lots of photographs of people breaking the rules

Their newest one is calling a street of people idiots because they stand at their doorstep and do a dance. Apparently they are inches apart - which is apparent from the photos they aren't

Showing pictures of people doing 'illegal exercise'
People buying things from shops they don't need - in the DMs view

I know it's what to expect from the Daily Mail

Ah, CendrillonSings, ever true to type.

All my life, I've seen rightwingers doing unpalatable things... and attempting to somehow frame these as the actions of "the left".

The UK currently has the most right-wing government yet in my lifetime. That is who has brought in these measures.

And no, given the things No 10 did last year (to name but a few: unlawfully proroguing parliament; demanding 100% control over the Chancellor's advisors even though that meant a Chancellor resigning), I have no confidence whatsoever that all of these measures will be undone when the pandemic is over.

Sure, we'll be allowed out of our houses again. But the less visible stuff...?

I don't see this particular No 10 relinquishing the personal data it has gained or any personal tracking measures that come in. Cummings has contempt for Data Protection legislation and is in actual Contempt of Parliament. He already appears to have made a grab for personal data from Gov.uk in September last year.

Watchdog questions collection of public's Gov.uk data
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49682833

That is who has brought in these measures.

You must have missed the legions of Labour representatives and media outriders screaming ‘Lockdown Now!’ before it came in then...

I’m sure any data gained during the crisis will be put to good and proper use.

See what I mean...

Brexiters used to claim that the stereotype of the Leave-voting Daily Mail reader was a Remainer myth.

Yet, here come the Brexiters again, leaping to the defence of the Daily Mail .

Could it be the reason they are picking on the general public is that there aren't any famous people around for them to photograph and make up 'stories' about?

yet MORE dmail haters 'finding' these things online /newspapers. some of you must be reading this stuff to moan about it !

I don't fall into my bubble of BBC, Guardian, and NY Times news. It's good to get other POV plus, regardless of how backwards you thing the Daily Fail is it has a huge readership and is very influential.

Agreed. In order to challenge a narrative, you need to know it exists and where it comes from.

I found it particularly useful during the Brexit campaign. When you filtered out the noise, both sides had some sound arguments. I based my decision on those arguments and not the sensasionalism.

willowpatterns Wed 01-Apr-20 16:13:11
Could it be the reason they are picking on the general public is that there aren't any famous people around for them to photograph and make up 'stories' about?
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My thoughts entirely. The bigwigs are having a reprieve (it won't last).

iheartislesofwight, people search the internet for news, that's how come the Mail is mentioned. Most of us wouldn't actually go out and buy it!

Whinging about others buying non essentials and such, whilst buying a daily rag yourself, which is potentially one of the least essential things around at all. Hmm.