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** Had a [[Kick the Dog|Crowning Moment of Tastelessness]] when it ran an article attacking ''the grown-up survivors of the Dunblane massacre'', for the heinous crime (a [[Moral Event Horizon]] in the paper's eyes) of... having pictures of them drinking on their Facebook pages.
* ''Daily Mail'' - [[Bloc Party|Says the enemy's among us,]] [[Waxing Lyrical|taking our women and taking our jobs.]] Ultra right-wing, populist, nationalistic, xenophobic, isolationist often [[You Can Panic Now|hysterical]] and notoriously obsessed with the immigrants and house prices and, lately,{{when}} campaigns against same-sex marriage and claimants of state benefits. Infamously supported fascism in a big way in the 1930s (hence the common "Daily Heil" nickname); prior to [[World War II]], it openly advocated an alliance with [[Adolf Hitler]] and claimed German Jews seeking refuge in Britain were "exaggerating" the bad treatment they claimed to be getting from Herr Hitler's sound and firm government. In the Mail's opinion, they were just economic migrants taking advantage of Britain's lax generosity, (and besides we have far too many Jews in Britain as it is.)
:Currently,{{when}} it likes to present itself as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI the voice of the "silent (moral) majority"]. It provoked a protest march from [[Emo]] kids due to some [[Media Research Failure|shoddy journalism]]. Has an Irish edition that is similarly populist in its editorial policy, humorously leading to [
:Some journalists, notably the ''Guardian'''s Paul Davies, have pointed out the ''Daily Mail'' isn't right wing as a rule; it's just slavishly devoted to its huge market, the white 30+ middle class. If this market is resentful towards bankers (most recently), the Tories, etc., then the ''Mail'' is not afraid to bash bankers and the Tories. So it all comes down to the bottom line in the end. The ''Mail'' is very similar to ''The Sun'' when at its worst, but likes to pretend it's more upmarket. Obsessed with [[Karen Gillan]], [[Katie Price]] and [[Kim Kardashian]]. Only escapes being considered 'gutter press' due to tradition, but is even losing that battle, with its journalists famously trying to distance itself from their editor, Paul Dacre. Saving graces are that it sometimes does some pretty interesting historical articles (thanks to the presence of respected historian and ex-war correspondent Sir Max Hastings on the writing staff), and often has very nice nature and landscape photographs. The crossword isn't bad either.
** Another common theme in the ''Mail'' is that just about everything causes cancer, or cures it, possibly both on different days, and actually has a segment on ridiculous health theories, usually involving cancer, fruit, or fruit that gives you cancer. This is why it is nicknamed "The Daily Hypochondriac". The comedian Russell Howard created [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTu7GLfrmUI the Daily Mail Cancer Song] to [[We Didn't Start the Billy Joel Parodies|the usual tune.]]
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