Re: Crossword helper

On 2008-07-23, Tony Houghton <h@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I still think the amount of criticism the Mail gets compared to other
papers is out of proportion to how its content actually compares to them
and the main reason for that is because it's like a catchphrase.

The reason why is because it's the most influential, so its faults and
deliberate distortions have the most impact by far. Even its website,
which I'm told is actually more right-wing and salacious than the
paper version, is the most read newspaper website for all UK
newspapers (I don't know if they include the BBC website in that).

Yes, I thought you were trying to show why the Mail is one of the worst
examples of a newspaper. In terms of sleazy pictures of women there are
obviously worse culprits which are well known as "newspapers". Porn
mags are a different kettle of fish, they don't make any claim to
providing a news service.

The women angle is actually fairly minor to me (as I'm a bloke) but is
just an example of its trivialisation and eagerness to tittilate, it's
the gross distortion of the state of the country that gets of my
nerves the most, and their willful distortion of stories like the
Madeleine Mcann affair in order to sell papers.

Still, with any luck all the Mail readers will whip each other up into
such a frenzy that they'll emigrate!

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