"Daily Mail readers are more exposed than most of us to the bizarre ramblings of old timer hacks whose social attitudes haven't progressed with the rest of the British population. I mean, where else would news of David Beckham's shaved head and newly grown beard prompt the headline: ‘Has David Beckham joined the Taliban?' "
That is one story, I read many papers, hear many opinons and I agree with the framework of what the Daily Mail talks about. Some of it is truely not worth my time but they wrote a impressive articles about the state of crime in Britan and how traditonal, simple ways have dissolved.
People complain "when there is something obvious to complain about" then it goes against their instant feelings.
Brand/Ross was a reaction that the pair got away with too much, this was different, the journalist in question didn't have any bases for her argument.

I once bought a copy of the Daily Mail over 30 years ago, when I couldn't find a copy of the newspaper I nromally read. Within 10 minutes I had thrown it away in disgust, and vowed never to read it again, and resented having paid some of my hard earned cash to make the owners even more money.
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"Once again, under the carapace of glittering, hedonistic celebrity, the ooze of a very different and more dangerous lifestyle has seeped out for all to see."
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I rest my case. Now we come to the Internet. If it wasn't for my Yahoo Home Page, I would not have known about this article. Is it offensive? Depends on your point of view. The interesting thing is that it makes a stronger impact on my opinion about the Ms Moir than it does about Mr Gately. The fact that the Daily Mail continues to sell says a lot about it's readers too.
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Perhaps we could rephrase her sentence to "Once again under the carapace of hedonistic, self-serving journalism, the ooze of a very different and more dangerous propoganda has seeped out for all to read"? As for Ms Moir, I couldn't give a flying ****, but if the multitude want to express their disgust to a wider audience than she is ever going to have the ability to command, then that's her lookout. I am sure she is crying all the way to the bank...

Jam Moirs rational is about on par with the Taliban she and Beckham should both be packed of too Helmand Province for a lengthy spell community service

Gordon Brown; Single Mothers; the EU; Socialists; Dole Bludgers; Sloppy tradesmen; Parking restrictions; Housing Developments; that's what upsets Daily mail readers. Feel the heat of indignation now!

I read the article and although I doubt most were from Daily Mail readers, they were still all deserved. However, I don't agree at all with this quote from this article 'People seemingly hear that something is offensive, seek it out, become offended and then share it with someone else to continue the cycle. There's something uniquely British about that.' How is that at all 'uniquely British'? If something offends you it makes you feel like complaining and the first port of call is a friend who is likely to agree with you. They will then look at what offended the first person and so on. It happens all over the world, not just in Britain. I didn't complain to anyone about the article coincidentally.

Looks like somebody's trying really hard not to offend the Daily Mail readers who read Yahoo News as well.

"Cast your minds back to Sachsgate in October 2008 where more people complained about the Ross / Brand show than actually listened to it, ironically thanks to the Daily Mail."
That is such a fatuous comment. Are we only allowed to be offended by a radio show if we heard it on its original broadcast? Why is it not a legitimate complaint if one heard about the story elsewhere, witnessed the endless repeats of it on the BBC's own news programmes, and was offended then?!
As for Jan Moir's article, it was too soon to publish such a piece (the poor man wasn't even buried, AFAIK). But what she says about civil partnerships, sleaze and the tawdry lifestyles of our new aristocrats is far from objectionable, IMHO. It was too soon to write it, though.

Britains just full of whiney wimps who need a backbone in my humble opinion. Or maybe 21000 is the number of whiney wimps we have in the country? Im undecided.

i think she is entitled to her views although what has amazed me is they have complained about her complaining about gatleys last night and his @#$%ual preferences, while the vile SUN STAR AND DAILY MIRROR have all been printing disgusting references to his last hours refering to it s as a drinking binge(the word used over and over) when it was completly false,references to 3some gay @#$% orgies and tell tale stories already, saying he had chocked on his vomit when they had no clue how he died(it was fluid on the lungs it seems) refernces to canabis which are all conjecture etc while the poor guy was only dead a day and all his family were still in shock,so i think these people who are complaining are hugely hypocritical and the editor of this article is using steven gatelies death as an excuse to attack the daily mail. THESE PEOPLE ALONG WITH THIS ARTICLE WRITER ARE SHEER HYPOCITES AND A DISGRACE. to not complain about disgusting headlines that would have hurt gatleys family rather than a not so offensive piece in the daily mail which incidently( the complaints were not from mail readers but twitter fans on the internet)to attack the Mails moral stance just to enhance their own agenda and morals (or lack of ) is shocking. I wonder how people think the vile disgusting headlines in last weeks headlines are not as bad as some-one who disaproves of the lads morals, perhaps she was reading the false reports before she wrote her peice , i dont know. AT LEAST SHE IS NOT A HYPOCRITE

This disgusting, vile, downmarket, rag, does all but publicly support the B.N.P.
Personally, I wouldn't even eat my chips out of it.....
It would probably turn the vinegar sour, anyway !!!