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33 replies

sheffield11 · 08/07/2020 18:20

Remember that thread about wanting to cancel wedding abroad for a house but friends had already paid?

mol.im/a/8502303

Guessing it was a journalist who made it then?

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Standrewsschool · 08/07/2020 18:22

I don’t the journalist is the bride, but a lazy journalist looking to Mumsnet for an easy story. It’s not the first time, and won’t nbe the last.

Lazy, lazy Daily Mail.

SillyMoomin · 08/07/2020 18:23

No Hmm it just means the Daily Fail as always have scraped “news” from here

Not sure why you think it was a journalist who posted it. Also, are you new??! The Mail (and other newspapers) have been lifting stories from MN for donkeys years

YabbaDabbaHooooo · 08/07/2020 18:24

Not necessarily, it just means a particularly shit one has lifted a story so they don't have to put any actual work in.

sst1234 · 08/07/2020 18:30

To be honest it’s not even the most interesting story on here. Lazy indeed.

Billben · 08/07/2020 18:54

Can’t have much talent, can they ? But then again they do “write” for the Daily Fail 😂

gotothecooler · 08/07/2020 18:54

Lots of threads end up on the DM

ivycw · 08/07/2020 18:57

It's not even a good story/well written

bruffin · 08/07/2020 18:59

All the papers lift from MN, not just the DM

Topseyt · 08/07/2020 18:59

It is very common that the twatty Daily Fail lifts stories from here. Stupid rag that it is!!

weathervane1 · 08/07/2020 19:01

It's almost worth faking a post to see if the DM can be shared... it doesn't seem like they check the integrity of the original sources.

bruffin · 08/07/2020 19:05

Weathervane
The fake Alphabet Street threads ended up in the Mirror

ilovesooty · 08/07/2020 19:25

So? It happens all the time. Don't post anything that will cause you concern if it reaches a wider audience.

GabsAlot · 08/07/2020 19:54

alphabet street was fake! i was enjoying that

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 08/07/2020 19:55

Alphabet Street was fake?!?! No!!

GabsAlot · 08/07/2020 19:59

all 3 threads are still up for alphabet street

RainbowBabyDreams · 08/07/2020 20:01

What's alphabet street?
Anyone for a link?

RainbowBabyDreams · 08/07/2020 20:01

*got

bruffin · 08/07/2020 21:16

Just because it ended up in classics doesnt mean it was true. The op had 2 long sagas running under different names

ShebaShimmyShake · 08/07/2020 21:27

It's lazy and stupid non-journalism, but this is a public website and it's effectively a share. It's not unethical in that sense. It was already in the public domain.

Scaredmum1995 · 08/07/2020 21:30

No won’t be the journalist. Most lifestyle journalists track Mumsnet for stories, Mumsnet ones do really well. I was a lifestyle journalist for a national for 5 years. Mumsnet stories weren’t in my realm (mainly covered health and real-life exclusives) but other women on my team did them often and they got a LOT of hits. Think in the hundred thousands.

FlibbertyGiblets · 08/07/2020 21:34

There used to be a column in the DM "this week on Mumsnet". True fact.

chrislilleyswig · 08/07/2020 21:38

The term "journalist" working overtime here

She's a reporter. No journalistic talent at all

I wonder if Miss Morgan wakes up in the morning full of self loathing at what she does for a living

lifesalongsong · 08/07/2020 21:39

Threads from here end up in news outlets all around the world most weeks, as do ones from reddit and whisper and I'm sure other places.

It's a totally normal thing

ShebaShimmyShake · 09/07/2020 07:09

@chrislilleyswig

The term "journalist" working overtime here

She's a reporter. No journalistic talent at all

I wonder if Miss Morgan wakes up in the morning full of self loathing at what she does for a living

I doubt it, to be honest. Trawling Mumsnet for clickbait isn't the most exciting or important job in the world, but it's not unethical or exploitative.
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