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The Daily Quail
http://www.dailyquail.org
A digest of the worst British tabloid churnalism, liberally dusted with a smattering of satire.
- Added on: Feb 6th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Jamie Sport
- Listed in: News & Media Humor
- Tags: satire daily mail
Recent Posts
Science disproved by seagull
A special sciencey dispatch from Eoinin McAlpine of the Mobar GazetteGod-hating scientists and the BBC say it's one of the most expensive and technologically complex machines in the world, but that didn't prevent the Large Thingy Collider from being ...
A.N. Wilson: These proud titans of truth will destroy us all
Appropriately named Professor David Nutt, who was chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, was finally sacked last week for saying things the the Government - and more importantly, the Daily Mail - did not agree with. He hissed that a...
The decline and fall of the commentariat
Lezard: So you don't like something you don't understand? Fascinating.Anyone - even the verbose literary critics of the most troubled newspapers that prop up one of the country's most antiquated professions - can see how inane "Twitter" is. Eurgh! I...
The ladyboys that can ruin your career
Radical feminist writer Julie Bindel caused controversy last week with her comments about the ‘dangers’ of transgendered people in an article for sane, rational and in-no-way-foaming-at-the-mouth-reality-denialist magazine Standpoint. Quail corre...
How bollocks spreads in the world of Web 2.0, with Iain Dale
Part three of our infrequent guide to reporting the news.This week: social mediaThe dead-tree press is increasingly using so-called "social media" to promote content. It can be a daunting, confusing, often sticky experience, but using the "internet",...
COMMENT: Why can\'t minorities just get a sense of humour?
It's common knowledge that racist jokes are hilarious, and - as eruditely pointed out by half-chin-half-man Bruce Forsyth, who is not at all old fashioned and out-of-date with his views - anyone who can't stand being called a "paki" should get a sens...
