robin1234

I no longer bother with the New York Times, the Guardian or Huffington Post. I get my news from the Daily Mail.

This story ticks most of the boxes;

Lengthy, convoluted headline with one random word capitalised, and several subordinate phrases. Then there is this picture caption;

Speedwell

I think the best thing to do with a story like that is to decently ignore it.

Karrie72

Omg that is hilarious and a bit tragic, hopefully he died a happy man!

I admit to being a daily mail addict, once you realize that the tone is one of fear mongering and sensationalism it becomes amusing. The journalists (if they can be described as such) have a terrible writing style. Not sure if they use editors.

markonline1

Does Peter Hitchens still write for the mail? I love watching him on Question Time! Is there a more twisted, bigoted, pompous individual on this planet? He's tv gold though.

lansbury

Ignore it hell no, it has useful information in it, such as the Bunny Ranch does gift coupons. Added to my Christmas wish list.

Sally Redux

The whole page is SUCH a mess with all that celebrity drivel down the side.

Speedwell

HartleyHare

Commonly known as the "sidebar of shame".

cluedweasel

Found this article earlier this year. Basically, the design of the website is a mess, but it works;
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671875/...addictive-site

robin1234

Interesting article, thanks! I like the fact that DM is just one huge front page, which you scroll down forever. I'm frustrated by the homepage of the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and the NYT, which are the other traditional newspapers that I visit online.

I only use an ipad for my surfing, now that I'm retired so not sat in front of a desktop computer for eight or nine hours a day. On the ipad, I use the regular browser for everything, which I realise is not that functional. The DM has an app but I haven't downloaded & tried it yet.

Every time you visit the DM, even if only a few minutes apart, the homepage has been modified; new article rises to the top, headlines have been rewritten etc. as another poster in this thread mentions, the actual articles are a mess, with typos, paragraphs repeated and other infelicities. Interesting how different the editorial process must be in newspapers nowadays.

robin1234

OK just had to revive this thread when I saw this article.. the headline is currently "Mother who baked cookies for children on school bus for 15 years ordered to stop after anonymous complaint"

(I say currently, because the DM seems to constantly tweak and rewrite the articles, so the headline may change anytime.)

What does that sentence mean to you? I thought it could mean that the school bus has a kitchen on board, and the poor women has been on the bus baking this one batch of cookies for fifteen years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527665/Mother-baked-cookies-children-school-bus-15-years-ordered-stop-anonymous-complaint.html

Sally Redux

Or the kids have been circling the neighbourhood for 15 years and has only now been ordered to stop.

robin1234

The only thing that's for certain sure is the anonymous complaint

Sally Redux

It's certainly 'hold the front page' stuff.

robin1234

Fortunately the Front Page is like eighteen feet long ...