I'm not trying to be shirty.I just did not type some words to save time.
I assumed - obviously incorrectly from the reaction - 'people' and 'tabloids' would be recognisable in this context as shorthand for 'a few Daily Mail readers with nothing better to do. And maybe The Sun, The Star, and Daily Sport. And those that don't actually follow news at all, just go by the topics on Jeremy Kyle', not 'everyone in the world except me'. Next time, if there is one, I'll spell everything out...
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Wed 18 Feb 2009, 23:46,
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I assumed - obviously incorrectly from the reaction - 'people' and 'tabloids' would be recognisable in this context as shorthand for 'a few Daily Mail readers with nothing better to do. And maybe The Sun, The Star, and Daily Sport. And those that don't actually follow news at all, just go by the topics on Jeremy Kyle', not 'everyone in the world except me'. Next time, if there is one, I'll spell everything out...