Can anyone from the UK explain the Daily Mail to me? :)

[Freddiemercury]

Hello,

Like many HA sufferers, I am prone to googling my symptoms and diagnosing myself with every cancer under the sun. I've noticed that many times when I do this, an article will pop up from the Daily Mail in the UK. I don't know anything about the Daily Mail since I'm from the US, but I've noticed they always post really scary stuff about some poor soul who had a rather benign symptom and it turned out to be stage 4 of whatever cancer it might be. I mean I know that these things can happen in life, but can you guys tell me - is this kind of like a tabloid magazine that just publishes these sensationalist stories? Can they even be trusted for accuracy? I was hoping if my suspicions were correct maybe it would help me not pay attention to them as much Thanks!

[katesa]

They are a right wing tabloid pile of journalistic ********. They hate foreigners, gays, and socialism and love to scare people.

Commonly known as "the daily fail" or "the daily heil" due to their historic support of Hitler. I ignore them always

[cpe1978]

The Daily Mail is a rag. They pretend to be so where between a tabloid and a broadsheet, but in reality they put forwards stories of doom, misery laced with a bit of racism here and there.

Accusing someone of being a Mail reader in the UK is widely regarded as an insult. Everything is carcenegenic and we are all going to die, if not from some horrible disease, from global warming, swarm of locusts, the plague or anything else.

That said, I great friend of mine is a sports journalist for the Mail so I have to say that their sports coverage is second to none

[NE21 worrier]

I mean I know that these things can happen in life, but can you guys tell me - is this kind of like a tabloid magazine that just publishes these sensationalist stories? Can they even be trusted for accuracy?

Hello there,

You may be from over the pond but I would say that you've got good instinct. The Daily Mail is indeed just a sensationalist, right-wing rag and I wouldn't trust it as far as pretty much anything is concerned, to be honest.

More generally, I find that medical/scientific journalism - unless it is in a medical journal - is usually, at best, sensationalist and, at worst, totally inaccurate.

My view: Stick to getting medical advice from the professionals (doctors, therapists etc), and not the papers.

Peter

[cpe1978]

In fact press journalism in this country is universally shit!

[katesa]

In fact press journalism in this country is universally shit!

Except the guardian - though I would say that, since it's leftist slant fits my own preference

[Saoirse]

The daily mail is sensationalist rubbish and utter c**p. Not worthy to even hold your fish and chips in!!

[cpe1978]

To be honest I don't have the attention span for reading......I get all my news from 5live which may skew my understanding of current affairs.

[katesa]

The daily mail is sensationalist rubbish and utter c**p. Not worthy to even hold your fish and chips in!!

My husband just said that in its defense, it's strong and absorbent in an emergency

[Freddiemercury]

LOL - well it looks like my instincts were spot on then! I will definitely steer clear! Every time I read something it seems like it is intentionally trying to scare the crap out of anyone who reads it.