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by vixen99·2y ago·view on hn ↗

Is this the UK or US edition? It's always easy fun to have a go at the Daily Mail which presumably you read regularly else you wouldn't be commenting. Its sin seems to be that it's not a serious broadsheet. It's a tabloid with very broad appeal that has to be profitable and therefore tries to reflect the requirements of the British public for such a publication. Perhaps you should lower your expectations.

'Tag anything parenting or healthy ...'? No, that's not correct. Here are a few health & food related items back to mid-September that did not appear in 'female'. You are right about parenting; most parenting in the UK is still undertaken primarily (in terms of executive action) by females so items on this topic are reasonably included in 'female'. The growing number of people who don't have children probably appreciate this sub-grouping by the Mail. You may not approve but this is what happens. Single males with dependent children are not known for objecting to checking out that section. It's not forbidden.

Dailymail is actually site a frequent multiple times a day everyday.

not all content is for everyone, but they got something, they are definitely a tabloid style.

they narrate particular views to the public but cover all different contents, and alot of content i would consider advertisements/plug than actual articles.

i would guess a highly elderly/conservative majoroity base

they pander to lowest common denominator, which is fine -- they are a for profit news/tabloid, i find some of it entertaining (As per daily visits).

do you work for them/just a big fan for doing all that digging in defense of DM overexaggerating i made that ALL content like that is in that category? i didnt take my own comment all that seriously so honest ask.

> tries to reflect the requirements of the British public

The issue though is that quite often the Dailymail doesn't reflect, but rather controls the requirements of the British public.