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{{quote|'''PM Jim Hacker:''' ''"Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: ''The Daily Mirror'' is read by [[Driver of a Black Cab|people who think they run the country]], ''The Guardian'' is read by [[Soapbox Sadie|people who think they ought to run the country]], The ''Times'' is read by [[British Political System|people who actually do run the country]], The ''Daily Mail'' is read by [[Housewife|the wives of the people who run the country]], The ''Financial Times'' is read by [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|people who own the country]], The ''Morning Star'' is read by [[Dirty Communists|people who think the country ought to be run by another country]] and the ''Daily Telegraph'' is read by [[Strongly Worded Letter|people who think]] [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|it is]]."''
'''Sir Humphrey:''' ''"Prime Minister, what about the people who read ''the Sun''?"''
'''Bernard Wooley:''' ''"''Sun'' readers don't care who runs the country, as long as [[Page Three Stunna|she's got big tits.]]"'' |''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Minister]]''
([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}DGscoaUWW2M&feature{{=}}player_detailpage#t{{=}}54s Watch the video], and note that [[Double Entendre|PM at the time was]] [[Margaret Thatcher]].)
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* ''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, 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, 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 [[
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.
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