Why do some people regard the Daily Mail as an "evil" paper?

Question

I don't understand.

Answer 1

It's very right wing.

Gays tend to hate is as it has often expressed homophobic views.
It's very 'british and british only' etc etc, it's fair play to be patriotic to assume a negative stance against LEGAL refugee's in danger that borders on racism.
Their idea's and printed views, mirror that of the BNP in some instances. The BNP tend to be disliked by the British public (obviously with some exceptions) so why should a so called 'up market' newspaper be allowed to get away with the same thing?

Answer 2

I wouldn't go as far as to say evil! basically, the Daily Mail is a tabloid, like any other. It's style is sensationalist, often at the expense of the facts and it's contents tend to be orientated around popular culture, rather than more serious issues.

The Sun, Star and Mirror are targeted at the lower end of the market, whereas the Daily Mail and the Express cater for the slightly less "chav" variety of "average Joes".

Consequently, the Mail likes to consider itself respectable, but accessible, although it is just as poor in terms of journalistic merit as the Sun. Traditionally, the Mail has always been the paper of the tory - although New Labour types have somewhat blurred these boundaries and of the major nationals, only the Guardian maintains any pretence of having left wing sympathies.

This has lead to a readership of Royal loving, middle aged, lower middle class types of below average intelligence who are interested in Cliff Richard and Cilla Black's lives rather than any actual news. These people are very set in their ways and believe that what they read in their daily newspaper must be true - they're old enough to remember a more innocent time than the one we live in now.

So when the Mail prints a libelous story, there's a lot of fifty somethings out there who will swear it to be true until the day they die. Which is why the Mail has become the butt of jokes lately.

Answer 3

I wondered about this for a while - I actually read the Daily Mail. It often irritates me - is a picture of Tony Blair in his bathing trunks really worth putting in a newspaper?
I am middle aged, I suppose, not wealthy. I like to spend no more than 30 minutes on a newspaper, which is why I read the Daily Mail. The broadsheets take too long to read. I've decided they sneer at the Daily Mail because the more downmarket newspapers are just so far below par it isn't considered sporting to have a go at them. The Daily Mail is more middle class and so considered fair game. The Guardian, Independent, Times etc consider themselves to have a particular audience, but the Daily Mail is just us average Joes. No particular group, no particular political influence, no financial clout, not particularly educated. But a cut above naked women and sex stories.

Answer 4

Evil is a bit strong, but it irritates many people because it is alarmist, right-wing and obsessed with defending a version of Brtiain that died off in the 1960s. Many of the points the Daily Mail makes are actually quite astute, cutting through the political correctness that leads papers like the Guardian to be intellectually dishonest. However, its reputation as a reactionary rag, obsessed with asylum seekers, house prices and Princess Di, leads people to dismiss it out of hand.

Answer 5

All papers are evil, all push peoples natural fears and prejudices in the direction forced by political and social allegiances. All except the daily Star that is. It is an honest and well researched update on the worlds happpenings....

Answer 6

Most of the papers are quite bad its not always the reporters fault they have to go along with the newspaper owner and the editors or the old school tie

Answer 7

Because it has a reputation for being conservative and leans to the right a bit in its beleifs.

And that annoys the Lefties who think we should all read "The Guardian" which is just as "alarmist" and defends a leftie vision of Britain that will never exist.

Answer 8

my sociology teacher called it the 'Daily Snail'. I don't read it though, I prefer the intelligent papers like The Sun and The Mirror

Answer 9

Bills

Answer 10

It is very biased in its stories. IT is extremely right wing, to the point of being racist. For example it will continually denigrate Asylum seeker with sensationalistic headlines, wihtout considering the positive elements