See if you can tell what is wrong with this article, and describe how it makes you feel.
(Disclaimer: I am a fan of both franchises.)
(Disclaimer: I am a fan of both franchises.)
Because, really, who cares what Star WARS fans think? LOL.
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Talk about LAZY research, on whoever wrote and edited that piece!
Wow. Clueless 
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Btw, I think SW fans should be called "Warsies".
.Btw, I think SW fans should be called "Warsies".
Not necessarily wrong I guess. I imagine that most Trekkies do know who Princess Leia is. 
And they don't mind a hot chick in a bikini either.
And they don't mind a hot chick in a bikini either.Oh my. If neither their fact-checkers nor editors caught this, it would tend to make me doubt the veracity of all other articles in the DM (I know that's kind of a logical fallacy of generalization: they probably don't put as much effort into fact-checking stories about models dressing up in Star Wars costumes, but still.....)
What surpises me most is that at the time I examined the article, there were no reader comments. I'd think it shouldn't take long for some reader to at least post "Star Wars, not Star Trek." Perhaps their readers don't get it either. And these aren't two obscure cult franchises. Star Wars is one of the most iconic films ever. Who doesn't know who Princess Leia is? That's like thinking Michael Jordan was a football player or David Beckham played tennis.
What surpises me most is that at the time I examined the article, there were no reader comments. I'd think it shouldn't take long for some reader to at least post "Star Wars, not Star Trek." Perhaps their readers don't get it either. And these aren't two obscure cult franchises. Star Wars is one of the most iconic films ever. Who doesn't know who Princess Leia is? That's like thinking Michael Jordan was a football player or David Beckham played tennis.
What’s wrong is that Peter Brady is tapping that.
A little jealous, but I bet my wife is a better cook.
Are you accusing the Daily Mail of not fact checking or having any shred of journalistic integrity?!
Surely not!(There really should be a warning whenever linking to that website, I accidentally helped their ad revenue, my IQ just dropped 8 points, and I suddenly have an unexplainable hatred of immigrants.)
Anyway, the mistake didn't bother me so much, most Trekkies have probably seen the Star Wars movies, and 80% of us have already masturbated to slave Leia [citation needed]. However, were they to do it the other way around I'd be outraged, most Warsies aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate our franchise.
Are you accusing the Daily Mail of not fact checking or having any shred of journalistic integrity?!
Rats! I mixed up British newspapers/tabloids again. As an ignorant American, I confused the Daily Mail with the Daily Telegraph. But it's understandable: they both have "Daily" in their names, right? And IIRC, don't both of them lean Right? Or is the Daily Mail just weird? And what am I supposed to think about the Daily Mirror? Isn't that a paper over there too?
Seriously, though: it seems to me (and I of course could be wrong) that, while we Americans have plenty of bizzarre things/media over here, nothing we have comes close to the number (per capita) and style of British papers. We *do* have a few sensationalist tabloids, but nobody takes them seriously or subscribes: they're kind of a tongue-in-cheek joke.
I guess the closest thing we have is the NY Post, but that's pretty much confined to NYC.
Hmmm. Please enlighten me: this has got me interested in North American vs British (and maybe Euro) newspaper styles and readership.
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There was an article?
I think there were these things called "words" surrounding the pictures. I couldn't really tell however.
The Telegraph is a right-leaning broadsheet British newspaper that's mostly respectable (not that any newspaper is completely respectable). The Mail both leans right and is weird. The Daily Mirror leans left and is trashy. The Sun is the biggest UK newspaper and it's mainly just trashy.
The Mail appears to be one of those situations where they're pushing an agenda and they're willing to make up facts in order to support their point of view. They're anti-immigration, anti-gay and anti-kids-playing-on-their-lawn. Back in the 30s they famously had a headline saying "Hurrah for the Blackshirts". They're weird and nobody in their right mind respects them, but for some reason they're quite popular.
There isn't really a popular pan-European newspaper, probably because of the language barrier, but also the cultural differences. You can buy French, German, Spanish (and so on) newspapers in large newsagents but they're a niche product.Hmmm. Please enlighten me: this has got me interested in North American vs British (and maybe Euro) newspaper styles and readership.
Some British tabloid papers have Irish versions which are mainly the British versions of the papers with a few Irish stories added in. You can buy The Irish Sun or The Irish Daily Mirror or The Irish Daily Mail, although I don't understand why anyone would want to (except for the tits). British broadsheets don't have Irish versions, there is an Irish Times and an Irish Independent, but they're completely separate from the British newspapers of the same name.
The tabloid newspapers are weird, they do contain proper news, they don't just make up stories about Elvis secretly living in East Timor, but they're lax on fact-checking and usually push an agenda of some form. They're trashy and don't have much journalistic integrity, but the stories are vaguely true so some people are willing to accept them at face-value. And they get completely caught up on celebrities doing stupid shit. I have no clue why I should care that some z-list celebrity from a reality TV show has been having an affair with some guy that plays a sport I've never even heard of, but apparently some people out there do, and there's a terrifying amount of them.
I get my news from the internet, mainly from the RTE and BBC News websites because they're public service broadcasters and usually report the news without putting too much of a spin on it. The only newspaper website I visit frequently is The Guardian (British, broadsheet, left-leaning) and even then it's only to read Charlie Brooker's column.
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I sure didn't see any words. Maybe they were smudges.
hey, now, don't go insulting the Daily Mirror! they're the only lefty paper around!
i tried to leave a comment, but you have to register and shit and i ain't doing that. fucking facist paper.
i tried to leave a comment, but you have to register and shit and i ain't doing that. fucking facist paper.
According to an old joke the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country. Personally I think that's giving it a bit too much credit. It's a nasty paper in my opinion, but slick and polished and knows how to push people's buttons, so it's very successful.
The Daily Telegraph, for all that I disagree with its politics, is at least a serious paper that you can read and probably get a reasonably accurate view of events.
The Daily Telegraph, for all that I disagree with its politics, is at least a serious paper that you can read and probably get a reasonably accurate view of events.
Thanks a lot for elucidating things. I had completely forgot about The Sun!The Telegraph is a right-leaning broadsheet British newspaper that's mostly respectable (not that any newspaper is completely respectable). The Mail both leans right and is weird. The Daily Mirror leans left and is trashy. The Sun is the biggest UK newspaper and it's mainly just trashy.
The Mail appears to be one of those situations where they're pushing an agenda and they're willing to make up facts in order to support their point of view. They're anti-immigration, anti-gay and anti-kids-playing-on-their-lawn. Back in the 30s they famously had a headline saying "Hurrah for the Blackshirts". They're weird and nobody in their right mind respects them, but for some reason they're quite popular.
There isn't really a popular pan-European newspaper, probably because of the language barrier, but also the cultural differences. You can buy French, German, Spanish (and so on) newspapers in large newsagents but they're a niche product.Hmmm. Please enlighten me: this has got me interested in North American vs British (and maybe Euro) newspaper styles and readership.
Some British tabloid papers have Irish versions which are mainly the British versions of the papers with a few Irish stories added in. You can buy The Irish Sun or The Irish Daily Mirror or The Irish Daily Mail, although I don't understand why anyone would want to (except for the tits). British broadsheets don't have Irish versions, there is an Irish Times and an Irish Independent, but they're completely separate from the British newspapers of the same name.
The tabloid newspapers are weird, they do contain proper news, they don't just make up stories about Elvis secretly living in East Timor, but they're lax on fact-checking and usually push an agenda of some form. They're trashy and don't have much journalistic integrity, but the stories are vaguely true so some people are willing to accept them at face-value. And they get completely caught up on celebrities doing stupid shit. I have no clue why I should care that some z-list celebrity from a reality TV show has been having an affair with some guy that plays a sport I've never even heard of, but apparently some people out there do, and there's a terrifying amount of them.
I get my news from the internet, mainly from the RTE and BBC News websites because they're public service broadcasters and usually report the news without putting too much of a spin on it. The only newspaper website I visit frequently is The Guardian (British, broadsheet, left-leaning) and even then it's only to read Charlie Brooker's column.
I wonder if the reason for the seemingly great disparity in English-language papers in NA and the UK/Ireland is geography. It's pretty hard to have national papers in the US that people subscribe to. They usually take just the closest medium-to-big city paper for local news, which probably causes these papers to try to stick to mostly news, local, national, and international. A nationwide sensational paper like The Sun probably couldn't work in the US because it'd be unable to give local news, weather, and sports — some of the biggest reasons people subscribe.
It's still hard to fathom how, eg, 50+ million people live in England alone, an area about the size of my US state of Oregon, which has a mere 3.5 million. Of course, most of it is orchards, mountains, farmland, ranchland, and desert. Most of it except for the temperate Portland metro area is, IMO, uninhabitable. The islands of Britain and Ireland have a perfect climate everywhere and are largely free of big mountains or desolate deserts. Sorry: that got a little off-topic. I'm just envious of the mild, rainy climate you have (I'm a Seattle native who loves cool weather and rain. The UK and Ireland seem to have those in abundance!)
move to Canada.
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