The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

Have We Hit Peak Daily Mail? ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Comment, Culture, Daily Fail, Daily Mail, Embarrassing Moments )

I hate the Daily Mail. I hate what they stand for. I hate how they conduct their ‘journalism’. I hate the way they fan the flames of hate under the guise of revealing truth. And yet I read it every day. Every bloody day. Not for the ‘news’, but because I enjoy the hate they […]

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This Says Everything About The World We’re Living In Right Now … ( Filed under: Attitude & Aptitude, Daily Fail, Daily Mail )

Have a look at this … What the hell? Now don’t get me wrong, if this was a story about the insane sacrifices people have had to make to survive in the economic crisis created by a government who have the audacity to claim they’re the ‘financially responsible party’, then I’d get it. I’d be […]

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Dear Daily Mail, Can You Please Leave The Hilariously Stupid Stories To Viz … ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Attitude & Aptitude, Brand Suicide, Comment, Content, Corporate Evil, Crap Products In History, Daily Fail, Daily Mail, Diversity, Home, Marketing, Marketing Fail, Prejudice, Viz )

The Daily Mail. God, how I hate it. Pedlars of hate, half-truths and prejudice, while all the time claiming they are a ‘family newspaper’ that practices the highest standards of journalism. For anyone who may be in doubt of how bollocks that is, I suggest you do one of four things. 1. Read a single […]

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The Daily Mail Is Another Virus We Must Get Rid Of … ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Attitude & Aptitude, Audio Visual, Brand Suicide, Communication Strategy, Confidence, Content, Context, Corona Virus, Corporate Evil, Crap Products In History, Culture, Cunning, Daily Fail, Daily Mail, Marketing Fail, Media, Prejudice )

Tomorrow I’ve written a positive post about some of the stuff Corona virus has revealed we are capable of being. Today I’m writing about the worst of it. Specifically The Daily Mail. As we all know, they have become one of the most successful newspapers and internet destinations in the World thanks to their fear-mongering, […]

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Is Rice A Weapon Of Mass Destruction? ( Filed under: A Bit Of Inspiration, Attitude & Aptitude, China, Comment, Culture, Daily Mail, Food, Health )

The picture above is from a headline in the Daily Mail. I can tell you this … Throughout my seven years living in China, I can’t tell you many times I heard people had died of heart attacks brought on by ‘arsenic poisoning through too much rice consumption’. Oh, hang on, yes I can … […]

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