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Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source

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26 pointsDanBC14 comments

All UK newspapers are pretty bad, especially the tabloids. But the Daily Fucking Mail is really bad.

http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/12/man-who-hates-libe...

> In the files of the Press Complaints Commission, you will find records of 687 complaints against the Mail which led either to a PCC adjudication or to a resolution negotiated, at least partially, after the PCC’s intervention. The number far exceeds that for any other British newspaper: the files show 394 complaints against the Sun, 221 against the Daily Telegraph, 115 against the Guardian. The complaints will serve as a charge sheet against the Mail and its editor.

> This year, the Mail reported that disabled people are exempt from the bedroom tax; that asylum-seekers had “targeted” Scotland; that disabled babies were being euthanised under the Liverpool Care Pathway; that a Kenyan asylum-seeker had committed murders in his home country; that 878,000 recipients of Employment Support Allowance had stopped claiming “rather than face a fresh medical”; that a Portsmouth primary school had denied pupils water on the hottest day of the year because it was Ramadan; that wolves would soon return to Britain; that nearly half the electricity produced by windfarms was discarded. All these reports were false.

Also, Why the Daily Mail is Evil (about the "all grown up" creepy as fck stuff the DM does): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9dqNTTdYKY

Jeebus - sounds more like the Daily 2-Minute Hate. No wonder people refer to them as the Daily Fail.

I think The Guardian and FT are not bad at all. I don't intend to start an argument, but I'm curious to know which newspapers (in other countries) in your opinion are good.

Fair enough, the FT is good and there's lots to like about the Guardian too.

One of the biggest issues with UK newspapers is ownership and political influence. There are very few owners and they all have distinct political goals, and are willing to influence elections by sidling up to politicians (and vice versa). See Rupert Murdoch's history with political party influence and his links to prime ministers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_Unit...

Those of us in the UK have always known the Daily Mail is about as reliable as any other rubbish tabloid, i.e. not at all. It's always seemed strange that it has a much higher reputation in other countries. Hopefully that will change.

Didn't the mail break the MP expenses scandal?

No that was the daily telegraph

I'm pretty sure that was the Daily Telegraph

(oops desas beat me to it)

I've spoken to American friends about the Mail. They mostly read it for the celebrity/gossip stories rather than relying on it for serious news.

MailOnline is far less political and far more celebrity and gossip driven than the print edition.

In other news, water is wet, the sun came up this morning, and here's that one secret that doctors don't want you to know... /facepalm

Complete with a link to buzzfeed.

Buzzfeed does some surprisingly impressive investigative journalism:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/markschoofs/21-explosive-investigat...

The Tennis Racket was one of my favourite reads of the year.

(of course, it still has a clickbait headline)

Even a broken clock is right once in a while

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