It's sadly influential on the BBC
Here are 4 of their 13 front page headlines right now:
Dying Woman Writes Husband's Dating Profile
Louis Tomlinson Arrested in LA
Burglars Raid John Terry's Mansion
She Kept the Secret for 70 Years
We're living through a century-defining defining era: I don't give a flying fuck about John Terry's crapshack.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Sat 4 Mar 2017, 15:56,
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It publishes 500,000 stories a year.
Sorry that not all it's news is serious enough to meet your yardstick. The Pink Un is very good value.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Sat 4 Mar 2017, 16:58,
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You seem to think that because it is a newspaper
It should only contain serious news. Newspapers have long been in the business of entertaining too. Indeed, tabloids or mass/middle market papers have long prioritised entertainment over news. This was exacerbated by the rise of celebrity gossip magazines. Yes, those stories are dross, but ALL papers contain acres of dross. I only know what The Pengest Munch is because I read the Guardian.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 4 Mar 2017, 17:30,
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My point was that the dross
shouldn't have a prominent place on the national broadcaster: those headlines are from the BBC News online front page which has been perceptibly creeping into MailOnline territory, despite your assertion that the Mail isn't influential.
Sorry to break it to you about Louis Tomlinson by the way. I'm sure he'll be OK.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Sat 4 Mar 2017, 17:47,
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