# Are the British tabloids really THAT bad?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-british-tabloids-really-that-bad/846170 "2020-01-09T12:38:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-british-tabloids-really-that-bad/846170/45 "2021-04-22T22:59:54Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Here are two threads from the time. Read [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=615018) and then, when you think you know how bad things were, read [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633290).
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> And then decide just how bad the UK tabloid press is.

The links above seem to have gone in the migration and I can’t remember what the first one was (probably a thread about the phone hacking scandal) but the second link was this: **[RO: News of the World Paul McMullan admits to being scum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-news-of-the-world-paul-mcmullan-admits-to-being-scum/604698)**

Worth reading as a reminder of just how vile the tabloid hacks can be.

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