How The Daily Mail Works

[AB Editor]

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://tktk.gawker.com/my-year-ripping-off-the-web-with-the-daily-mail-online-1689453286

(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

[jackthehat]

Perhaps AOG shouldn't have taken the blue pill, zacs.....

[jno]

it's been accused of plagiarism for some time

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/nov/18/mail-online-plagiarism

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/jan/21/dailymail-new-york-times

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jun/10/mail-online-news-corporation

[AB Editor]

"See the type of thing that you have started Ed? "

I know, I'm a terror :)

"Where have I heard that before, could it be that you post under different usernames? :0)"

We've got three Editors covering various daytime shifts now, if that's what you mean? Evening and Weekend Eds don't talk much. It's very hard work keeping up all these personae!

"AOG, there are no other posters on here....just you and the Ed."

Shh!

[anotheoldgit]

jno

Ah yes, the squeaky clean Guardian.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3954972/Guardian-says-sorry-to-The-Sun.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14164756

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2920238/Guardian-journalist-forced-apologise-branding-recently-deceased-ex-football-club-chairman-Sir-Jack-Hayward-massive-racist-comparable-HITLER.html

[chrissa1]

I've read The Daily Mail for years and always take their headlines, "with a pinch of salt."

[Svejk]

Wow, talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Hell hath no fury like an employee sacked.
Of course, all the other papers have Cary Grants with a notebook and a press badge in their fedoras.