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Old Jul 27th 2011, 10:27 am
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http://hellokinsella.posterous.com/t...hat-give-you-c or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...2464297&ref=nf



As if you needed a reason to avoid the nasty old Daily Mail, here's a list of their articles of things that might possibly give you cancer if the stars are aligned in a certain way, if you are fat/thin/old/young/ugly/attra​ctive and everything in between.

In short, they hate you all and want you to die.
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Old Jul 27th 2011, 11:35 am
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Default Re: In case you need another reason to hate the Daily Mail

Originally Posted by Meow
http://hellokinsella.posterous.com/t...hat-give-you-c or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...2464297&ref=nf



As if you needed a reason to avoid the nasty old Daily Mail, here's a list of their articles of things that might possibly give you cancer if the stars are aligned in a certain way, if you are fat/thin/old/young/ugly/attra​ctive and everything in between.

In short, they hate you all and want you to die.
Don't need any more reasons, but have also seen a long list of items that the Mail have claimed both to be good for you and carcinogenic at one time or another.
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Old Jul 27th 2011, 11:40 am
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Default Re: In case you need another reason to hate the Daily Mail

Why do you even read the DM?

I only ever look at the DM through a link posted on here.

It seems that the DM exists solely so that people can be upset with it. And being upset with a media source has become as British as warm beer and weak curries. Something we whinge about but privately enjoy.
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Old Jul 27th 2011, 11:57 am
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Why does who read the Daily Mail? I never do and rarely even look at links when posted as it's invariably unsubstantiated nonsense. The links above are clearly not to the DM
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Why does who read the Daily Mail? I never do and rarely even look at links when posted as it's invariably unsubstantiated nonsense. The links above are clearly not to the DM
9.9% of the UK adult population. ****, that's scary. NOTW had 13.8%, with the Mail on Sunday 9.8%. No doubt a good number of the 7.5 million who read the NOTW will step up to the Mail on Sunday. I can't go on...

http://www.nrs.co.uk/toplinereadership.html
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Their analysis of shoppers in supermarkets is fairly spot on

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ng-styles.html

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Default Re: In case you need another reason to hate the Daily Mail

I think the internet has proven that the general level of debate and discourse is far lower than we think.

Most British papers are heavily bias which is why I rarely read them without a salt shaker next to me. Either blindly political, serving the aims of their owner's private agendas or just out to sell plenty of copies with sensationalism and boobs.

I think I admire the boobs and sensationalism more, it seems a more honest and open agenda - flog papers to people stupid enough to buy them. The so called higher brow and more subdued political agenda prints are often so self-righteous and condescending (you know, like Jeremy Paxman) they would make a 17th Century Aristocrat think "what an arrogant twat" if they were people.

So in essence Boobs and Shock 1 - Fake High Brow 0

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Good: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...-care-all.html

Better: http://twitter.com/#!/LizJonesSomalia

I've always wondered about the type of person who ends up writing for the Daily Mail .
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Originally Posted by Charismatic
Good: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...-care-all.html

Better: http://twitter.com/#!/LizJonesSomalia

I've always wondered about the type of person who ends up writing for the Daily Mail .
What a tosser--after the drivel of the first one I couldn't be arsed to read the second. Strangely, the Fail "is no longer accepting comments on this article", after only 6 were posted--all pointing out that she's a tosser.

Brightened up my morning no end
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What a tosser--after the drivel of the first one I couldn't be arsed to read the second. Strangely, the Fail "is no longer accepting comments on this article", after only 6 were posted--all pointing out that she's a tosser.

Brightened up my morning no end
Obviously she has written this with her head up her arse. I am a very strong supporter of the NHS. However, this did make me smile as she raises a couple of truths...

Have you actually phoned up an NHS doctors recently and tried to book an appointment?

You are met by a very painful menopausal women who hates you for being a man, hates you for calling at 9.30am (did you not know that all calls have to be done by 8am so she can complete the book for the day?), hates you for attempting to even try and see the doctor without 72 hours notice and hates you even more for interrupting the conversation she was having with the other menopausal bitch about her husband cheating on her.

I think the doctors and nurses are great and are massively under recognised - but the front office? that really does suck. It's worse than a BA check in desk.

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Obviously she has written this with her head up her arse. I am a very strong supporter of the NHS. However, this did make me smile as she raises a couple of truths...

Have you actually phoned up an NHS doctors recently and tried to book an appointment?

You are met by a very painful menopausal women who hates you for being a man, hates you for calling at 9.30am (did you not know that all calls have to be done by 8am so she can complete the book for the day?), hates you for attempting to even try and see the doctor without 72 hours notice and hates you even more for interrupting the conversation she was having with the other menopausal bitch about her husband cheating on her.

I think the doctors and nurses are great and are massively under recognised - but the front office? that really does suck. It's worse than a BA check in desk.
So you had a bad experience then?

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Originally Posted by WakeUp
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Originally Posted by Millhouse
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I want to know how a mere journo can afford to 'go private' to all of those people................
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