Poisonous Daily Mail

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cws

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Angela Channing said:
The Daily Mail is a rabid right-wing, racist, Brexit loving, anti-judicial system, Islamophobic, anti-refugees , Conservative-loving, hate-mongering rag. They have been wrong on all of those issues so it's no surprise to me that they would be wrong about Ms Gray. Stirring up hate and invading people's privacy to achieve sales and clicks is more important to them than accuracy. During a toilet roll shortage I wouldn't contaminate myself to use Tory rag to use to wipe my bum.
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WOW!!!! Tell us what you really think!! Too funny.
 
cws

cws

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James from London said:
And that curiosity is precisely what the Mail and their ilk thrive on. The more clicks they get means the more attractive they are to advertisers which means the more profitable and powerful they become. All the sternly-worded letters of complaints in the world won't make the slightest bit of difference next to that. They are without shame.

The Mail is worse, i.e., more dangerous, than the Sun now, if only because it is more powerful. That's because it was the first of its kind (at least in the UK) to understand how to harness the power of the internet.

I respectfully disagree. The papers wouldn't buy the photos if there wasn't an appetite/curiosity from the public (i.e., us) to see them.

I'm not saying any of this to upset or offend anyone here. It isn't meant personally.
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Once a famous person, always a famous person. They can take pictures of you anywhere. It's not always I'm the best light, but they can.
 
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Victoria has written a message speaking out against this and other incidents which I think is very kind.

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Wow! I didn't expect that post from Victoria talking about her "Dallas family". But yes she did in deed defend Linda and also Patrick and everyone else of a certain age who have been stalked by the paparazzi and had their photos in the tabloids lately. She is spot on and maybe fans will listen to her and not buy those papers. :clap:

But like James pointed out, as long as people are buying the papers and clicks on the links nothing will change. :(

Also I don't really see how this behavior from the tabloids are any different from 20 -30 years ago when a lot of the legendary actors/actresses from the golden age of Hollywood were still with us. I remember seeing paparazzi photos of Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Paul Newman and a lot of other aging actors and actresses who were 70 + in the papers back then. So maybe the only difference is that these days a lot more things happens online than 20 + years ago. Or have the tabloids really gotten meaner in their articles?

Because if they haven't the only real difference is that a new generation is now the older generation that are being targetted in pretty much the same way as the generation before them were approx. 20 years ago!
 
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Karin Schill said:
Wow! I didn't expect that post from Victoria talking about her "Dallas family". But yes she did in deed defend Linda and also Patrick and everyone else of a certain age who have been stalked by the paparazzi and had their photos in the tabloids lately. She is spot on and maybe fans will listen to her and not buy those papers. :clap:

But like James pointed out, as long as people are buying the papers and clicks on the links nothing will change. :(

Also I don't really see how this behavior from the tabloids are any different from 20 -30 years ago when a lot of the legendary actors/actresses from the golden age of Hollywood were still with us. I remember seeing paparazzi photos of Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Paul Newman and a lot of other aging actors and actresses who were 70 + in the papers back then. So maybe the only difference is that these days a lot more things happens online than 20 + years ago. Or have the tabloids really gotten meaner in their articles?

Because if they haven't the only real difference is that a new generation is now the older generation that are being targetted in pretty much the same way as the generation before them were approx. 20 years ago!
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I recall a quote attributed to Katherine Hepburn regarding the press: :"I don't care what they say about me as long as it isn't true."

Linda Gray looks wonderful! I agree with Victoria Principal regarding the ageism. The narrative is that the natural aging process is somehow someone's fault and they should be shamed for it. Then when an actor has plastic surgery, they're shaped for it.
Maybe someday an actor will turn the tables on the paparazzi, find out names and have them followed and scrutinized. Hey! That could be a great idea for a sitcom! Oh, wait, William Holden already did that on I Love Lucy.
 
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Justine

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I saw Victoria's post and wondered what had been said. So sweet of her to speak out. The Daily Mail has always been such a horrible excuse for 'journalism' - every 'newspiece' is the same with a few words rearranged and endless spelling or punctuation mistakes :re:

I personally think Linda looks incredible as always and I'm sure she's confident enough in herself to pay no attention whatsoever to the 'article'.
 
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