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The Daily Mail is a British tabloid. The Daily Mail along with another tabloid, The Sun, are the two largest newspapers in Britain. Interestingly, the Daily Mail readership is 55% female. There used to be, and still pretty much is, a strong class element among British papers. The Times, The Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph were read by the upper and professional classes. Workers read the Daily Mail and The Sun. Socialists and the Labour Party members read The Guardian.
It has always been noted for its sensationalism and its casual regard for rigorous sourcing of facts. That used to distinguish the Daily Mail from the mainstream media.
There was an earlier song by Tom Paxton about the American equivalent, The Daily News. Never having read the Daily News, I only know it from the song, but its themes are a lot like the Daily Mail song.
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Daily News
by Tom Paxton
Civil rights leaders are a pain in the neck
Can't hold a candle to Chang Kai Shek
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
Ban the bombers are afraid of a fight
Peace hurts business and that ain't right
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
Daily News, daily blues
Pick up a copy any time you choose
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand
And you ride right along to never, never land
We got to bomb Castro, got to bomb him flat
He's too damn successful and we can't risk that
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
There's millions of commies in the freedom fight
Yelling for Lenin and civil rights
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
Seems like the whole damn world's gone wrong
Saint Joe McCarthy is dead and gone
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
Don't try to make me change my mind with facts
To hell with the graduated income tax
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
John Paul Getty is just plain folks
The UN charter is a cruel hoax
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
J. Edgar Hoover is the man of the hour
All he needs is just a little more power
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News
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