Royals and American media coverage

[ButteryPuffin]

Saw this cover posted on Twitter and noted that it seems the tabloids do indeed exist in the US (amazing, huh?). This is pretty much what you'd expect from the source, and I think it's pretty deplorable, but I am interested to see how the American media in general cover the presence of the former royals who've now arrived to make their home there. Of course we can discuss their coverage of other Royals too and related topics. All welcome.

Link to cover story - please note I'm not endorsing it, I'm just sharing it:
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Now, you know I meant you and your "(book-lined) shelves".
Be off with you and your faux-naïf post

Hopefully you also know what I was referencing when I mentioned my (book lined) shelves.

I'll faux-naïf away right here, thanks. It's a free society after all.

Ugh.

I do not want to think about scorpions, in or outside books.

Mustress, I signed up to your blog! Looking fwd.

I am almost feeling cheerful this evening, seeing as we have not one but two Bank Holidays. Not sure what I'll do, mind.

How unpleasant. It's a form of bullying to be nasty to other posters.

@ButteryPuffin

I have said the DM is a rag and that it wouldn't survive except as bog roll if not for the bum and tit pics. Also that it's a danger to democracy - its contribution to the fake news genre, to the concept of fake news itself, and thus to the breakdown of trust in society's institutions is noteworthy.

But where have I said I boycott it?

O Vienna - everyday feels like a bank holiday here at the moment. But the next few days can be filled with eating chocolate eggs - so that makes a change.

Mustress - I have signed up for your blog.

I thought you said you were leaving or did I misunderstand?

HarryDaylight
It means scornful, contemptuous, derisive, derisory.

I can’t wait to use that in scrabble tomorrow! I wish I was as smart as you.

Dictionaries are amazing. I have one.

Thank you, mathanxiety

I knew.

I just wondered if you knew how aggressively unpleasant a word it is, as you have used it several times.

Yeah, in your book lined shelves.

I think I will just sob from now on. It’s better that way.

Nothing happens in a vacuum, HarryDaylight.

everyday feels like a bank holiday here at the moment. But the next few days can be filled with eating chocolate eggs - so that makes a change.

Thanks for a much-needed laugh. This thread is keeping me sane.

HarryDaylight Thu 09-Apr-20 19:42:21

Yeah, in your book lined shelves

Au contraire - I keep it to hand at all times.

Thank you again, mathanxiety

Soooo... media coverage. What are the headlines in the US?

Have to admit that I was a bit dubious about Premium Mumsnet but, I must admit, the "Hide poster" button is well worth it.

There's a hide poster button??

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Soooo... media coverage. What are the headlines in the US?

All were about their new endeavor, and the redirect of golddigger. There is no sympathy for them. But really, not much beyond that. I think if they keep a low profile, they'll stay out of US media.

Speaking of 'unpleasant', did you read here that Meghan Markle's blog was called 'The Tig' because she didn't know the G in Tignanello was silent?

Oh the irony of preaching about totalitarianism while at the same time making snide remarks about someone not to the manor born not knowing how to pronounce the name of an expensive wine. Looking down on others, loosening of the stays of civility when speaking of others, othering in general - remind me again about the dangers of that...

And is this what you might call double irony?
“Several years ago I had a sip of wine called Tignanello (pronounced ‘teen-ya-nello’). But let’s be real – in the states most people said ‘tig-na-nello’… or just plain old ‘Tig.’

Meg's 'low profile' usually includes a pap walk and an Insta post.