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The Guardian is almost as bad. When I loaded their page just now, the top story in the sidebar was also celebrity news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2012/
by wyclif 15y ago
The Guardian is almost as bad. When I loaded their page just now, the top story in the sidebar was also celebrity news:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2012/feb/19/stella-mccartney-london-fashion-week http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2012/feb/19/stella-mccartn...
I think it's clear this kind of "news" plays across all age groups and classes, not simply "middle Englanders." Even wealthy elites have their forms of lowbrow entertainment. If the goal is to get readers to click on ads, scantily-clad women work wonders.
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- mjwalshe 15y agoIts London Fashion Week which is why that story got a lead - and Stela Macartney frocks are way out of the "middle england " price bracket. Why do you think it strange that a rare example of the UK actually making stuff is featured?
- wyclif 15y agoI don't think it's strange. I'm suggesting the opposite: it's normal across most newspaper websites in every Western country. The parent was making the claim that only certain classes respond to this kind of marketing.
- petercooper 15y agoNo, I said the Mail's Web site is general and mass market ("the site focuses hard on mass market and celebrity stories"). It was their paper I said focuses on middle Englanders :-)