The Mail surpasses itself
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My attention was drawn today to the awful story concerning Leah Croucher - young girl who went missing a few years ago, she is local to me.
Some human remains have been found at a house and police are there with forensics, etc.
The Mail are reporting this development in the case. Here's a quote from the 4th paragraph:
Some human remains have been found at a house and police are there with forensics, etc.
The Mail are reporting this development in the case. Here's a quote from the 4th paragraph:
The Mail said:
According to sources, much of the forensic work has been focused on one of the ceilings of the home, which is valued at £490,000
It's like a compulsion they have. I mean, they drop it into every celebrity story they run but to put it in something like this just beggars belief!Hoofy said:
I'd comment if there's a car in any photo and ask if they have the value of said car and its 0-60 time.
The Mail always get it wrong with cars. They nearly always use the full MSRP because it sells the story.They'll report a £3k 20 year old S-Class as being £100k, rather than the true value of £3k.
Story has been updated.
Now the house value is the headline!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11306997/...
Now the house value is the headline!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11306997/...
Muzzer79 said:
Story has been updated.
Now the house value is the headline!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11306997/...
They are trolling this thread Now the house value is the headline!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11306997/...
Its all about engagement. As a media company, they are driven by revenue and how much ad revenue that they need. The more engagement they get, the more revenue they receive. Getting engagement can be done a number of different ways, but most media companies like the Mail, like to do this via fear, envy or even shock. Its not about reporting the news, its about how many people can they offend, drive fear into or basically get to click, share or read their reports. I heard this not long ago - an angry reader is the best kind, they read the article multiple times (multiple ad impressions) and they tell 10 other people.....
So yeah, if they can get some envy in there about a house price, they will do it. Probably will try and get some sort of z-list celeb too, because you know, SEO, and then try some fear mongering too with a classic "wont you think of the kids" or "we arent being protected by the Police".... you can almost write the headlines yourself.
So yeah, if they can get some envy in there about a house price, they will do it. Probably will try and get some sort of z-list celeb too, because you know, SEO, and then try some fear mongering too with a classic "wont you think of the kids" or "we arent being protected by the Police".... you can almost write the headlines yourself.
sunnygym said:
I believe they intentionally add stuff like that just to ps off their readers and make them comment. Same as using Fahrenheit instead of Celsius which seems to really wind everyone up.
Basically this, it is like some errors and framing of content - its to provoke engagement from idiots, usually on social media, which then pings an algo and gets stuff shared more. More shares, more surfacing of content, more clicks and therefore ads. Well done to the OP, you are what you hate and have been played by the Mail
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