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 Post subject: Re: The most pointless story ever?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:57 pm 
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You should copyright that. If they can write an article based on comments on their own site by saggy 50 year old Daily Mail women they can certainly use that!

That is one thing I haven't seen mentioned much on here. The bitchy comments on women under any article about a pretty celeb. It's unbelievable how catty the comments are. She's fat. She's got ugly hair. She's skinny. She looks old. I'd fucking love to see the state of the women that write these comments!


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 Post subject: Re: The most pointless story ever?
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'I just made history so what's wrong with my hair?' Olympic star Gabby Douglas hits back at critics who say her look is unkempt

Features several Mail Online specialities:

1 The "hits back at critics" angle. This allows the Mail to report the critical comments while appearing not to endorse them. Of course, the rag's real aim is to air the bitchy remarks to its own audience, in order to create yet more bitchy remarks in the form of a 'debate'.

2 Idiotic opinions on Twitter as a source of news. It would be, arguably, a news story if one of Douglas's rivals had made the remark about her hair. But as it is, the source is a couple of dweebs on the internet. Since it's possible to find idiocy in every comment thread in the Daily Mail, I assume it's even easier to dig out on twitter. All twitter-based 'controversy' stories are pointless, since they amount to 'Unqualified, attention-seeking nobody makes stupid comment on internet.'

3 Focus on woman's appearance, not on her achievement.

4 Attempt to set women against each other at all levels: between the tweeters and the athlete; among the commenters; and between those who are critical of the Mail for publishing this kind of crap, and those who clearly lap it up. Again, gives the impression that women are naturally at each others' throats, thus proving that female solidarity is a myth and a coherent feminist agenda a pipe dream.


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Here's an intro to set the pulse racing:

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Last night Kate Moss was pictured as headed home after an evening of partying in central London.

And the supermodel was spotted earlier today near her home in North London with friends.

Wow. 'Woman goes home', followed by 'Woman observed in unidentified location.' With typo, obviously.

The story goes on to reveal that this same woman was wearing different trousers today from yesterday. And sidebar inelegance mutates into out-and-out waffle, as we learn that Moss "was seen holding a conversation on her phone as she journeyed onto her location."


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 Post subject: Re: The most pointless story ever?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:04 am 
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Child grows tooth.

Actually, the real angle to this story is probably:
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One thing she [the mother] has not been enjoying as much is shedding he post pregnancy pounds.

Which has become a Mail obsession.

Note the obligatory typo.


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 Post subject: Re: The most pointless story ever?
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I wonder how the Mail managed without Twitter. A whole new source of material to churnalise.

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Woman wears dress twice.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2187652/Duchess-Cambridge-Kate-Middleton-recycles-Whistles-dress-Olympics-closing-ceremony-bash.html


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The Harry Potter star looked soaked through as his brown hair was drenched and his clothes were ringing wet.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2191852/Vanessa-Hudgens-slips-pretty-knee-sundress-stripping-new-movie-role.html

Three for the price of one!

Woman wears street clothes in street.

Woman wears gym clothes for gym.

Actress dresses according to role when acting.

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I wonder how the Mail managed without Twitter. A whole new source of material to churnalise.



What's the betting that Mail hacks set up Twitter accounts for them to make comments to create a story? Say you wanted to run an article about a young sleb having cellulite because the picture editor has a pap photo of the woman which, due to lighting or whatever, makes it looks like she has. All they then have to do is caption it and end the sentence with a question mark, bang off a few tweets and you have a story.


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MailOnline finds clip posted on YouTube in April and asks:

Is this Bigfoot? Intriguing video shows hulking, hairy creature stalking the Ohio woods

No.


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