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Topic: An explanation of the sensationalist Daily Mail, for the Americans who know no better.

stickybuns !bENfolDsOU started this discussion 15 years ago #12,816

I had to learn as well, so it's time for everyone else to!

compare these two stories about a recent study on optimism

Brain 'rejects negative thoughts' - BBC News

Is your glass always half full? Optimism could be down to a brain malfunction - and it may have caused the banking crisis - Daily Mail

Notice immediately the headlines. BBC news covers it from a neutral, simple standpoint. Daily Mail jump to the sensationalist 'malfunction' bit and something about the banking crisis.

Then it just gets worse in the article itself. misrepresented data abounds, and they jump to conclusions more than Jeremy Kyle.

To give you an idea of the Mail's other content, here are some of the other articles on their frontpage:

Woman 'cut unborn child out of murdered mother's womb and told hospital baby was her own'

Shackled U.S. citizen faces 15 years in jail after admitting online insult to Thai royal family

American basketball player dies after savage beating - over a girl - in Romanian bar

Armored Zombie !VoCaLoNunI joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 37 minutes later[^] [v] #230,718

tl;dr yellow journalism

Green !6PPj7P5Iag joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #230,719

Daily Mail is the best news source.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #230,720

I didn't see anything wrong with that article.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #230,721

Bloody marvellous read, old chap. Really rather good for showing our friends over the pond what a nasty piece of work the Daily Mail is.
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