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How The Daily Mail Works
Morning,
The Mail is a much loved paper round here, so I thought you might be interested in a story of what really goes on:
http://
(This is the DM website, not the paper necessarily)
Journalism has never been a pretty field to be working in - and I always find it interesting that some people have this idea that journalism is somehow noble - but reading about their processes (which are very Buzzfeed) is still a bit of a shock :)
All the best,
Ed
The Mail is a much loved paper round here, so I thought you might be interested in a story of what really goes on:
http://
(This is the DM website, not the paper necessarily)
Journalism has never been a pretty field to be working in - and I always find it interesting that some people have this idea that journalism is somehow noble - but reading about their processes (which are very Buzzfeed) is still a bit of a shock :)
All the best,
Ed
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I think the policies described in that article are fairly typical of online news sites. It is a fast paced, attention grabbing medium reliant on advertisers and if a site is ignoring a 'hot' topic they are going to miss out. If they get it badly wrong, an article can be quickly removed and hopefully forgotten about. Celebs and people in power know that...
11:34 Thu 05th Mar 2015
AOG - // Yet another anti-Daily Mail thread, but from the Ed, really that is surprising.
Why don't he make the other AnswerBank anti Daily Mailers happy and ban the paper from the site.
Didn't I once read that the Daily Mail was partially responsible for creating AB? //
I am always curious as to why you defend the Mail whenever and wherever it comes under (usually deserved!) attack.
I have been a Mail reader for over forty years, but have never felt personally required to defend its policies or its features, and I am mystified about why you do - can you enlighten me? Thank you.
Why don't he make the other AnswerBank anti Daily Mailers happy and ban the paper from the site.
Didn't I once read that the Daily Mail was partially responsible for creating AB? //
I am always curious as to why you defend the Mail whenever and wherever it comes under (usually deserved!) attack.
I have been a Mail reader for over forty years, but have never felt personally required to defend its policies or its features, and I am mystified about why you do - can you enlighten me? Thank you.
I think the policies described in that article are fairly typical of online news sites. It is a fast paced, attention grabbing medium reliant on advertisers and if a site is ignoring a 'hot' topic they are going to miss out.
If they get it badly wrong, an article can be quickly removed and hopefully forgotten about. Celebs and people in power know that complaining about an inaccuracy can bring much more attention to it than if they had kept quiet.
If they get it badly wrong, an article can be quickly removed and hopefully forgotten about. Celebs and people in power know that complaining about an inaccuracy can bring much more attention to it than if they had kept quiet.
We are all used to seeing videos on the Mail website. All those are usually copyrighted to the author and YouTube, LiveLeak etc.
What the Mail does is steal those videos and charges advertisers to put an advert before the video. The original author of the material get no hits on YouTube (so no money) while the Mail gets the advertising money.
They could embed a youtube video like we do on AB and the original author gets hits, but the Mail prefers to steal the material instead.
What the Mail does is steal those videos and charges advertisers to put an advert before the video. The original author of the material get no hits on YouTube (so no money) while the Mail gets the advertising money.
They could embed a youtube video like we do on AB and the original author gets hits, but the Mail prefers to steal the material instead.
AOG: "Yet another anti-Daily Mail thread, but from the Ed, really that is surprising."
No it's not. I quite like the DM. I think they're excellent at spinning stories - it's what they're there for.
The way they're producing their online copy is exactly the same as many other outlets - and somewhat similar to AB. I thought it might be a insight for some who don't know how this business is done.
The writer of the piece on gawker is probably anti-mail, but he did work there, so maybe take his opinions within the context of that?
Cheer up, not everything is against you :)
No it's not. I quite like the DM. I think they're excellent at spinning stories - it's what they're there for.
The way they're producing their online copy is exactly the same as many other outlets - and somewhat similar to AB. I thought it might be a insight for some who don't know how this business is done.
The writer of the piece on gawker is probably anti-mail, but he did work there, so maybe take his opinions within the context of that?
Cheer up, not everything is against you :)
