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> The Daily Mail has a bad reputation with the Twitterring classes, but like every other UK newspaper they cater for their own audiences

The Daily Mail has a bad reputation with virtually anyone in the UK who has any interest in accuracy of reporting. It is a rag which makes money by selling fear and outrage.

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Which UK papers, except perhaps The Spectator or Private Eye, do not make their money through fear and outrage on either the left or right?

I'd say the Grauniad (read - Guardian) isn't _as_ bad as the other broadsheets.

Well, they've definitely been starting on the clickbait and outrage baiting in the last few years. They especially like riding the 'internet harassment' bandwagon into the ground.

Better than the Daily Mail? Yes, not much isn't, even in the UK media. But they're still getting worse over time.

All papers will carry stories that have elements of fear and outrage in their mix of course. What makes the Mail special is that it puts fear and outrage at the very core of its proposition. It is what it specialises in. It will jettison any other aspect of a story, including accuracy, to maximise these factors. It is wholly toxic.

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