The Daily Mash
| You gotta spin it to win it Media |
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| Stop the presses! |
| We want pictures of Spider-Man! |
| Extra! Extra! |
“”"It's news to us."
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| —motto |
The Daily Mash is a satirical "news" website founded in 2007 by journalists Paul Stokes and Neil Rafferty.[1] Basically, it is to the UK what The Onion is to the US, or at least that is what its creators hoped for, although editor Tim Telling also cited foul-mouthed adult comic Viz as an inspiration.[2]
Typical headlines for stories storeys posted on the site:
- "Religious Belief Makes You Smile Like A Psycho Killer, Say Experts"[3]
- "OK, we'll get jobs, say poor people"[4]
- "Church of England 'an enormous waste of everyone's time'"[5]
It has also published various books collecting Daily Mash articles in an easy-to-throw-away format, starting with Halfwit Nation: Frontline Reporting from the War on Stupid.
In 2019, its parent company Mashed Productions was sold to web publisher DigitalBox, which also owns student publishers The Tab.[6][7]
The Mash Report[edit]
A TV version, The Mash Report aired on BBC2 from 2017 to 2020, featuring Nish Kumar, Rachel Parris, Andrew Hunter Murray, Ellie Taylor, Steve N Allen, and others.[8] It was cancelled in 2021, amid some controversy, with claims it was being taken off air due to left-wing bias, although the BBC claimed they wanted to clear space for new comedy.[9] Ratings for the show had not been huge, described as "sluggish" by Chortle, although there was favourable critical reaction and some attempt at generating online meme-based content for shares.[10][11]
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References[edit]
- ↑ See the Wikipedia article on The Daily Mash.
- ↑ The fake stories hitting the headlines, BBC News, 27 Feb 2016
- ↑ Self-explanatory title. Posted 18 March 2008.
- ↑ Because, you know, poor people prefer to be unemployed because living on the dole is such a sweet lifestyle. Posted 24 January 2012.
- ↑ Self-explanatory title. Posted 26 July 2013.
- ↑ Satirical news website the Daily Mash sold for £1.2m, The Guardian, 8 Feb 2019
- ↑ Digitalbox swoops for The Tab and raises £1.2mln, Proactive Investors, 1 Oct 2020
- ↑ The Mash Report: BBC satirical comedy cancelled after four years, BBC News, 13 March 2021
- ↑ BBC cancels The Mash Report in perceived crackdown on network’s ‘left-wing bias’, The Independent, 12 March 2021
- ↑ See the Wikipedia article on The Mash Report.
- ↑ Sluggish ratings for The Mash Report, Chortle, 21 July 2017