I hate The Daily Mail because it pretends to be good journalism and it isn't. I don't mind The Sun and The Mirror so much because it's obvious that they're full of rubbish but everything about The Mail (layout, photograph style, banners, language) makes it appear decent.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
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I agree entirely and it is dangerous because lots of reasonably inelligent people actually believe what they read in it - including (to my shame) my parents - especially my father
Exactly
The nature of the Mail has changed over the years and I'm not sure quite when it happened or whether it was just a slow descent into the pit. Of course it has always been rampntly Tory, but 20 years and more ago it was mainly thought of as a middle class womans paper - not for intellectual women obviously but certanly for thinking women. It had serious (if not in-depth) news mixed with fashion and up-market gossip. Women who worked in the city and suburban housewives were it's taget audience. I would not have bought it, but I would not have been particularly ashamed to be seen reading it back then.
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