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Aladdin, you might want to have a look at this thread

It's full of Mail Online failage, all inspired by a message on Twitter.

Read it and laugh.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I saw that too. Epic fail.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ah the noble profession of investigative journalism at its best.

    But I've gotta admit I found the actual iPhone story funnier. They found the iPhone loses reception when held a particular way (i.e. the way any left-handed person would hold it when making a call). And their advise to customers looking for it to be fixed? "Don't hold it like that." Great customer service.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've just installed the OS 4 update onto my Iphone 3g. To say it's pants is an understatement. A lot of people who have upgraded, myself included have noticed significant decreases in speed and increases in instability.

    Apple's solution? Deny the problem exists....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I lost the connection to my work emails since I updated the software to 4.0. I should have waited, really...

    Regarding the article, all too often journos rely solely on the likes of Twitter and Wikipedia to find stories, which speaks volumes for the state of the industry...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    you only have to see how many pictures they put up from facebook accounts to see how they get their info. The latest story about the spies in the USA is a prime example. Loads of pictures of the redhead, but none of anyone else, presumably they weren't as daft as to have a public facebook account.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Whowhere wrote: »
    Loads of pictures of the redhead, but none of anyone else, presumably they weren't as daft as to have a public facebook account.
    Either that or the others were deemed too ugly by newspaper editors to be put on the front pages this morning - yes, I'm looking at you, Paul Dacre.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Speaking of the Daily Mail, I have just come across an informative A-Z guide of all the things in life that give you cancer (or prevent it), according to the Daily Mail. There are quite a few to consider...

    http://kill-or-cure.heroku.com/
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    Someone at the Daily Mail must know the answer to this one. What happens if someone goes onto Facebook, then later proceeds to a porn site and decides to spank the monkey whilst they're on that?

    Does the risk of cancer increase or decrease or do they cancel one another out?

    Perhaps I should set up a fake Twitter account under the name of some health professional they'd know about. I might get a story run about it on their website.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    stargalaxy wrote: »
    Someone at the Daily Mail must know the answer to this one. What happens if someone goes onto Facebook, then later proceeds to a porn site and decides to spank the monkey whilst they're on that?

    Does the risk of cancer increase or decrease or do they cancel one another out?

    Perhaps I should set up a fake Twitter account under the name of some health professional they'd know about. I might get a story run about it on their website.

    :d

    Maybe we should all keep a 'points system' to stay safe. Last week a woman had two drinks (-2) and watched 6 hours of telly (-6) but ate 3 watermelons (+3) and breastfed a baby for 7 hours (+7). Grand total +2, which means no cancer :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    Speaking of the Daily Mail, I have just come across an informative A-Z guide of all the things in life that give you cancer (or prevent it), according to the Daily Mail. There are quite a few to consider...

    http://kill-or-cure.heroku.com/


    Are they "according to the Daily Mail" ?

    I have not the time,or inclination,to go through them all but I was of the belief that they were reports and not editorials.

    Based on the selected few I saw, the claims should be rightly attributed to the modern day Divinity of "research scientists", should they not ?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Are they "according to the Daily Mail" ?

    I have not the time,or inclination,to go through them all but I was of the belief that they were reports and not editorials.

    Based on the selected few I saw, the claims should be rightly attributed to the modern day Divinity of "research scientists", should they not ?

    No, they shouldn't. There's a massive difference between the genuine research, and the sensationalist interpretation of said research. Scientists will test the affect of huge numbers of chemicals on cancer in mice. Many of these chemicals will be in food, either naturally or as part of various additives. To then make this ridiculous leap to these foodstuffs curing or causing cancer (even if they put "may" at the start) is hugely unscientific and deliberately sensationalist.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No, they shouldn't. There's a massive difference between the genuine research, and the sensationalist interpretation of said research. Scientists will test the affect of huge numbers of chemicals on cancer in mice. Many of these chemicals will be in food, either naturally or as part of various additives. To then make this ridiculous leap to these foodstuffs curing or causing cancer (even if they put "may" at the start) is hugely unscientific and deliberately sensationalist.

    Do you blame the postman for your junk mail ?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Do you blame the postman for your junk mail ?

    I would do if he didn't actually give it to me, but instead read it and just told me the jist of it, yes.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I would do if he didn't actually give it to me, but instead read it and just told me the jist of it, yes.

    Apparently there are laws against that sort of thing.

    Nevertheless, sloth is said to be one of the seven deadly sins. Beware.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nevertheless, sloth is said to be one of the seven deadly sins. Beware.

    Eh, WTF, do you twitter that kind of stuff?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Do you blame the postman for your junk mail ?

    Does the postman read your mail, misinterpret it, then write it in a different more sensationalist way before sticking it through your letter box.

    If not then that a shit analogy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MoK wrote: »
    Does the postman read your mail, misinterpret it, then write it in a different more sensationalist way before sticking it through your letter box.

    Come on now, admit it, you have not read your junk mail, have you ?

    I suspect you threw it in the bin unopened, assuming you knew what the contents were, didn't you ?

    If I am mistaken, could you give me some examples to help me out ?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Are they "according to the Daily Mail" ?

    I have not the time,or inclination,to go through them all but I was of the belief that they were reports and not editorials.

    Based on the selected few I saw, the claims should be rightly attributed to the modern day Divinity of "research scientists", should they not ?
    Not really, no. It's up to a newspaper to weigh up the credibility of reports and claims and decide whether to publish them, and if so what relevance to give them.

    There are people out there who claim the Earth is flat. If a national newspaper chose print such a claim in the front page giving it the same relevance and reverence in its pages as it devotes to real, credible and important stories, then the said newspaper is de facto passing off such story as credible.

    That's why the Mail is so fucking full of shit and is such an indescribably piss-poor rag.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    Not really, no. It's up to a newspaper to weigh up the credibility of reports and claims and decide whether to publish them, and if so what relevance to give them.

    There are people out there who claim the Earth is flat. If a national newspaper chose print such a claim in the front page giving it the same relevance and reverence in its pages as it devotes to real, credible and important stories, then the said newspaper is de facto passing off such story as credible.

    That's why the Mail is so fucking full of shit and is such an indescribably piss-poor rag.

    The qualities you attribute to the Mail may be true but which reports and/or claims from the list given are you referring to ?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote: »
    Eh, WTF, do you twitter that kind of stuff?

    That stuff was for the personal consumption of a recent sparring partner of yours.

    I think he is intelligent enough to digest the contents.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Come on now, admit it, you have not read your junk mail, have you ?

    I suspect you threw it in the bin unopened, assuming you knew what the contents were, didn't you ?

    If I am mistaken, could you give me some examples to help me out ?

    I suspect that you smoke the funny tobacco before posting on here.

    I list most of your posts as examples of that.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Does anyone else think that if Facebook went bust the Daily Mail would run out of stories?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Whowhere wrote: »
    Does anyone else think that if Facebook went bust the Daily Mail would run out of stories?
    Just set up a fake Twitter account pretending to be the head of a large technological company and send out a tweet saying you're going to have to recall your product. If enough of us did that, the Mail would have plenty of stories to fall back on.

    Although when Bill Gates has 800 Twitter accounts, even the most stupid and lazy of Mail journalists will start asking questions.
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