To ditch the Daily Mail

[Morag72]

Realised that reading all the crap in DM was just depressing me. Finally ditched it. Will use Sky news for factual updates. Feel so much better already. A few years ago I ditched East Enders - similarly depressing.

Can't believe I'm speaking in defence of the daily Mail....but they always pipe up at
for womens rights gender critical issues when few others were

I suspect it’s not so much that they support women as that they hate trans people.

OMG what were you doing reading the Mail in the first place? Glad to hear that you've seen the light, it is abysmal!

@SomethingNastyInTheBallPool

I suspect it’s not so much that they support women as that they hate trans people.

Exactly this.

If your feminism takes you in that direction then say hello to the Taliban and the black shirts. They'd both be on your side of the battle too.

Moving from DM to Sky News is almost like jumping out of the pan and into the fire 😐

No, it’s really not.

I can’t believe you were reading the DM in the first place.. I thought it was only really old people like my grandad! Isn’t every other story about the royal family or migrants?! Plus it’s well known all the comments are bots.. Last place I’d go for ‘news’! X

Scary how many people read the Daily Mail - it's such a biased rag. It really is a shit stirring arse wipe.

OP, I've managed today without it. It's doable, be strong.

If your feminism takes you in that direction then say hello to the Taliban and the black shirts. They'd both be on your side of the battle too.
Yup, but unfortunately that does seem to be where some feminists are now at. Even on here I’ve seen posters favouring Trump over Biden solely because of transgender issues, even accepting that the loss of bodily autonomy re. abortion is a price worth paying.

Can’t get my head around that personally.

I had terrible anxiety early this year /last year and I ditched it for the first 3 months of 2021. It was great. No anxiety. No health anxiety. I did miss the celeb gossip (don’t k ow why because it is utter tripe)
Here I am end of this year and I’m constantly on it looking at articles and reading the comments.
I will be ditching it next year again and hopefully stay off it.

I can't understand why people are saying the Mail has a good website. It's old-fashioned, messy and cluttered to my eyes.

I haven't read the daily mail since Jan Moir wrote an horrible article on Stephen Gatley just after he had died. The article got around 10k in complaints. She still writes for then but I will not read a single word she has written or a paper that chooses to promote her work.

www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TewMMitzDUwYPSSzErMU8jNzyxSSEnMzKlUyAWSCiX5KYmVAO0EDNY&q=jan+moir+daily+mail+today&oq=Jan+Moir+daikt+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i13j46i13j0i13l2j0i22i30l2j0i8i13i30l2.6187j0j7&client=ms-android-huawei-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

@Riapia

Yet it’s the paper most linked to on MN. Strange as nobody on MN would dare admit reading it.

100% agree

I would add, they all have an agenda. If you can look for commonality of facts and avoid the subtext.

But DM is particularly toxic, if for nothing else than it’s princes above a common tabloid.

*pretences

I haven't read the daily mail since Jan Moir wrote an horrible article on Stephen Gatley just after he had died. The article got around 10k in complaints. She still writes for then but I will not read a single word she has written or a paper that chooses to promote her work.

Jesus yes, it was a disgraceful piece of hateful bigotry in a paper which has catered for readers who enjoy that sort of thing for decades. It actually got 22,000 complaints, and is the most complained-about article in the history of the PCC.

I always read Aljazeera on the iPad if I want to know about current affairs, it’s pretty good and covers everything, I stopped reading newspapers because of the conflicting information and general shite.

That article about Stephen Gatley 😡 OMG. Followed by a mocking piece on Tara P-T and a body shaming one on the Nolan sisters. I didn't read more than that as I felt disgusted. I'm sure one of their journos could write a hateful piece on cancel culture or something about people not reading their hateful rag.

I suspect it’s not so much that they support women as that they hate trans people

In most articles, there is little to no (mostly no) transphobia and simply an articulation of the erasure of women's rights.

For example;

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10275757/CHARLOTTE-GRIFFITHS-facing-dilemma.html

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9837615/Laurel-Hubbard-Tokyo-Olympics-Petition-calling-rule-change-removed-hate-speech.html

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10282301/Transgender-UPenn-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-smashes-records-weekend-meets-14-SECONDS-ahead-rival.html

I read the DM every day, sometimes twice a day, just the news and sport.
I'm not interested in the sleb side it, can't stand any of them.
I don't care what anyone thinks of my reading material or me for reading it 🤷

@OhGiveUp

I read the DM every day, sometimes twice a day, just the news and sport. I'm not interested in the sleb side it, can't stand any of them. I don't care what anyone thinks of my reading material or me for reading it 🤷

Same

I skim the headlines and will look at very few articles, usually check other websites for other ‘views’ on the subject

Not bothered with celebrities, tv shows or sport

This is the reason I read the Daily Mail.

Masterclass in 2,000 words. If you don't get it I understand. But some of us do.

I purposely don't read any tabloids. I prefer more academic sources for my news consumption.

I prefer lots of sources…

And to be fair I do need to read at least the headlines cos forewarned is forarmed when it comes to my dad 😀