The Daily Mash


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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:

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

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

  1. ↑ See the Wikipedia article on The Daily Mash.
  2. ↑ The fake stories hitting the headlines, BBC News, 27 Feb 2016
  3. ↑ Self-explanatory title. Posted 18 March 2008.
  4. ↑ Because, you know, poor people prefer to be unemployed because living on the dole is such a sweet lifestyle. Posted 24 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Self-explanatory title. Posted 26 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Satirical news website the Daily Mash sold for £1.2m, The Guardian, 8 Feb 2019
  7. ↑ Digitalbox swoops for The Tab and raises £1.2mln, Proactive Investors, 1 Oct 2020
  8. ↑ The Mash Report: BBC satirical comedy cancelled after four years, BBC News, 13 March 2021
  9. ↑ BBC cancels The Mash Report in perceived crackdown on network’s ‘left-wing bias’, The Independent, 12 March 2021
  10. ↑ See the Wikipedia article on The Mash Report.
  11. ↑ Sluggish ratings for The Mash Report, Chortle, 21 July 2017
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