Last week a few of us decided there were more constructive ways of responding to The Daily Mail than banging our heads repeatedly against our desks. We have written to them instead. You can read about our letter here, and the article we were responding to (the one where the President is said to have complained of the squandering of money on legal aid lawyers). In due course if we receive a response, we will publish it on The Transparency Project blog. Don’t hold your breath though. The auto acknowledgment email tells us that they will respond “if appropriate”. You have to love an approach that says “meh, we might respond if we feel like it”, don’t you? I paraphrase mildly inaccurately of course, but you know, I’ve learnt from the best about creative licence…
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The Daily Mail has two functions,
One is a very good gardening column.
And the other? Suffice it to say that you get a better product from the supermarket in various pastel shades.
Don’t know if you have seen Buzzfeeds’ translator (link below) for the Daily Mail’s Sidebar of Shame.
Maybe you should do one for “legal stories”.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/samjparker/the-daily-mail-translation-guide?utm_term=.vlJ40rdmy#.bszzwrB8d
that is brilliant!
The best way to get the Mail’s attention is to write directly to the journalist who wrote the article, copying it to the relevant editor, i.e. either Paul Dacre or Geordie Greig. For example, if you write directly to Quentin Letts he will reply, the addresses are usually standard (name.surname@website address).
You might also try copying your letter to Lord Rothermere as the proprietor.
thanks – that’s really helpful.