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Their journalists hold their opinions because they can earn a good living by doing so, not because they particularly believe them. > The Mail attracts writers,
by slashdotdash 13y ago
Their journalists hold their opinions because they can earn a good living by doing so, not because they particularly believe them.
> The Mail attracts writers, who ought to oppose it, because it pays them top rates on one condition only: they say exactly what the editor wants them to say. You can get at least £1,000 for a morning’s work, and Dacre will fill your pockets even if he decides not to use your piece. Writers will bark like a performing seal for money as easy as that.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/nick-cohen/2013/10/who-is-the-greater-hypocrite-mehdi-hasan-or-the-british-left/ http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/nick-cohen/2013/10/who-is-the-g...
- hipsters_unite 13y agoThat sounds familiar. I know somebody who worked on our student paper that swallowed their beliefs to go and work for the Mail because it was the only paper still hiring. Not believing in it doesn't absolve you from being complicit in it, though.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoI actually have more respect for someone who is a genuine right-wing nutjob and tells it like it is than someone who abandons their principles and sells out. As Marina (of 'and The Diamonds') so eloquently put it "better to be hated / than loved, loved, loved for what you're not".