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Should the Daily Mail be closed down.
- Thread starter Larry
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RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
No.
Although it's an obnoxious rag, it's no worse than the Sun, and Express, and I don't buy any of them, so, I really don't care.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
No..those chips have to be wrapped somehow 
What a well presented and thought-provoking post.
Just because you don't agree with something, doesn't mean it should be banned (shite as the DM is).
Just because you don't agree with something, doesn't mean it should be banned (shite as the DM is).
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Until comparatively recently l was a great advocate of the freedom of the press and would have agreed with you, however, in the case of any publication owned by the odious Rupert Murdoch, and the Daily Mail in particular . . .
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Can the OP provide a reason for such drastic action? I loathe the DM, but that's not a particularly good reason to close it down. I think there should be limits to free speech, and that the whole notion is over-fetishised by many, but the DM hasn't crossed any boundaries.
larus
Well-known member
I assume from your post you are a 'leftie', I may be mistaken and you just oppose it's tripe. However, if you are, should the Guardian be closed down?
And no, I don't read it, nor the Sun/Express either.
Hillian1
( . ) ( . )
If it meant nobody could post links to their articles anymore then I'd go along with you tbf.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The only real reason to is if they had been used as a tool of a hostile foreign power to subvert our democracy.
I see no evidence of this, though.
I see no evidence of this, though.
Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,265
This is a democracy with free speech. The best outcome is that the Daily Mail change its editorial policy and start reporting sensibly, but that won't happen.
A lot of people like something to moan about and the DM is excellent at satisfying their readers innate lust for bigoted sh1te.
The DM in itself is not the problem, it's the way in which it sets the agenda and their views are discussed in the media, i.e. phone-in shows, Sky News Paper Reviews. In this way their harsh views are treated as credible and plausible, and are therefore 'normalised'. The same can be said of the Daily Express.
A lot of people like something to moan about and the DM is excellent at satisfying their readers innate lust for bigoted sh1te.
The DM in itself is not the problem, it's the way in which it sets the agenda and their views are discussed in the media, i.e. phone-in shows, Sky News Paper Reviews. In this way their harsh views are treated as credible and plausible, and are therefore 'normalised'. The same can be said of the Daily Express.
DavidRyder
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,930
I've always thought they had really good football results pages on Sunday, so it's a no from me.
No. Dead tree papers are dying anyway, so it'll all go online within the next 15 years anyway for the nationals. Then it comes down to their website offering.
The Mail, Guardian, Independent & Telegraph should easily survive that transition. The others? Not convinced.
The Mail, Guardian, Independent & Telegraph should easily survive that transition. The others? Not convinced.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Anyone who BUYS the Daily Mail should be imprisoned and hopefully when Comrade Corbyn is in power they will BE
Tricky Dicky
New member
No. Why is everybody so much in a rush to ban everything that they don't agree with. Just don't buy it. I wouldn't anyway, just like I have never bought the Sun or Mirror. If enough people don't like them they will die organically, but they survive so obviously there is enough people to buy them.