101 Reasons to Hate the Daily Mail

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1. Because they can't report a fact without putting a slant on it

1. Because they deliberately try to make everything more frightening than it is

Come on you know you want to

Because my mil reads it.
I hate to admit it, I used to read it- nay, buy it.
But it is so sensationalist- bar topless women, it's up there with the sun. And nasty salacious comments about celebrities bodies...just like Heat or other rags.
I must say I have a guilty pleasure of reading the mail on line just to read the comments from readers- especially ex pats.

Was lurking on this thread just to see when you arrived Shiney

My mum reads the DM is a die hard labour voter, daughter of pit worker, was a SN teacher until she retired a couple of years ago...ALSO reads the Guardian but prefers the Times on a weekend.

She enjoys it as a bit of fluff.

They photoshop all the pictures.. half of the 'fat, celulite, knobbly knees' pictures are so blatantly photoshopped, it is a disgrace!

Because they keep publishing articles saying what a tragedy it is that women are not placing enough importance on having babies, and how women's lives will be meaningless if they don't have babies or don't have them early enough. Without acknowledging that many women who delay having children do so because of reluctant male partners, discrimination in the workplace and lack of affordable childcare, not because they are selfish.

and without realising that not all women want babies and are actually happier with a childfree life.

but shiney, don't you work for the police..that surely makes you prime DM target audience

Last time I read it (copy provided in a cafe - I'd never buy it!) they also had a two-page article about a couple in which the woman earned more than the man. Apparently this shocking state of affairs was deeply distressing to them both and put a huge strain on their marriage.

Peachy, you're going too far with me, ......or do you think I'm an easy target? "Oh it's only DP what the fuck does she know." I'm entitled to my opinion, just like you, I'm really getting pissed off with the way some people treat me on here. I think a loads of you talk crap sometimes, but I wouldn't want anyone banned or whatever, that's crazy.

Why can't people just leave me alone. ? I read the daily mail......so fucking what?

found it in a cafe?did someone super glue it to your hands

this thread is laugh out loud funny

deep and extensive knowledge of contents,recollection of stories read and recurrent themes

but yet no one buys it

And I'm on my phone so sorry for all typos

Fairs fair SM - after they don't pay MN for all the story ideas they nick research

I honestly would never buy it. But I admit I get a somewhat masochistic thrill from reading it and getting indignant. And then I feel dirty guilty afterwards...

A lot of their articles are so ridiculous they are amusing - until you remember that some people take them seriously.

i dont see you all clucking with indignation when telegraph or times nick MN threads

bottom line is,for the extensive knowledge of DM displayed here it isnt consistent with i dont read it/found it/someone told me...

No I really don't read it, other than what i see on here

I am a sticker for refusing to bump their sales figures

Howeer Dh used t get a free copy from work and if someone I am with or a place I am at has a copy then absolutely I will read it

TBH I only read papers regularly on holiday anyway, then it's The Times- used to be The Indie but it's soooooooooo morbid these days

bang on

all this extensive knowledge but none of you read it?

how does that work?

know thine enemy?i don't read Sunday sport but i know it is a tits oot rag.but i don't then recite a list of their frequented stories or predilections

My parents refer to it as "The Paper" and take delight in quoting various facts that "The Paper" has proven.

Latest shockers being that

1. the majority of primary school children start reception still wearing nappies. According to "The Paper" and my parents this is the fault of disposable nappy companies as the little dcs don't notice/care that at age 4/5 their nappies are pooey. Apparently primary school teachers are having their job descriptions changed to ensure that they can/will wipe dirty bottoms.

1. On a similar them according to my parents/"The Paper" most year 6 pupils parents' are insistent that a leavers' ball will be arranged which is overly extravagant.

I despair really.

Ils also quote these "facts" and take massive offence if I dare to criticise/question "The Paper"

My parents refer to The Sun as The Paper

Lol @ Peachy.

So which one is The Real Paper, that's the question?!

this is cringeable.guess what the oh the oiks/little people/my family read the DM/SUN/express but not i.obviously as i is way too clever and right on

i shall show my utmost disapproval by linking and discussing the very thing i claim to abhor

onepiece

Actually, both the stories distressing your parents so much originated in other papers - the nappies one was in the Sunday Telegraph, the year 6 ball was in the Times

Stop patronising your parents all of you - they can read what they like!

I admire the DM for its audacity in nicking headline-grabbing stories from its rivals and presenting them as its own .

I also admire it for getting you all into such a lather

And for making me come out with a sentence I never thought I'd write - I'm with Scottishmummy. If you don't like it, don't read it - and that includes online.

To be fair, the DM is so repetitive about their pet topics that you only need to read it 3 or 4 times to know what it's like.

Many/most of us enjoy taking part in arguments about contentious issues. For many mners, reading posts that you vehemently disagree with, and then responding, is part of the appeal of mn (just witness the AIBU section etc). I don't think that's so very different to reading DM while disagreeing with it.

you at least admit you read it for the salacious/indignant thrill

we live in a democracy...we should be grateful..

guardian readers have the piss taken out of them more than daily mail readers.....