The people who buy them agree with what is in them, so they're not going to stop buying them.
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tsubaki
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they agree with being lied to, repeatedly? with other people's lives being trawled through and monetized? with hacks from the paper going to and from jobs with the government? with the papers being bunged with millions of our money by that same government?
If they did not agree with the views those papers hold they would not buy them.
tsubaki
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I think it would be more correct to say they agree with the views they think the papers hold.
I mean look at the Mail - do you think many of its readers believe in large scale tax avoidance, supporting the Nazis, corrupting public servants for financial gain or promoting a culture of working from home?
I think people are bright enough to understand what newspapers are saying. If you understand what they are saying then I don't think there is any reason to suppose other people won't. I don't think many Mail readers believe the paper does support the Nazis. Have you any evidence that this is the case? It is a very poor newspaper but I don't recall them asking for Jews to be gassed?
spectateur
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It is widely acknowledged that in the 1930s the mail supported mosley's fascist party.
Hence the Daily Heil tag.
spectateur
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The big problem is that they dont believe or know that they are being lied to.
Mail readers that I unfortunately am acquainted with take the content of that paper as gospel.
tsubaki
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I don't think it is a question of being bright enough - a lot of this isn't reported, or is only vaguely reported. Unless people take the time to do the research themselves (or personally experience how much of the industry behaves, eg: how us lot perceive the S*n) they will buy into the myth that we have a responsible, free and independent press and are more likely to believe it.
As for their support of the Nazis - Rothermere's family still down the paper:
I know that. But it was back in the 1930's - over 80 years ago. I thought he was referring to the Daily Mail people read today. Using stuff from over 80 years ago as if it applies today is idiotic.
spectateur
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Thanks for your opinion.
In my view the vast majority of DM readers are idiots, they believe all they read there in.
I agree with you. The Daily Mail is an odious newspaper, but basing criticism on what they believed in 80 years ago is ridiculous.
spectateur
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As tsubaki has commented above, the owners have not changed, they obviously still have right wing views.
Isn't there a danger of going off the point of the thread slightly?
There is general discontent within the country and the rail strike is but a symptom of it. There is a definite summer of discontent happening as loads of other strikes are planned and walk outs in different sectors of the economy. These could potential lead to the government being put on the spot so much it is forced to go for an election. The anti trade union laws, in law and the proposed using agency staff to bust strikes, mean they are/will become political strikes. Seems like the 1970s/1980s all over again.
ForeverBlue92
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How much they on Sue ?
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