The Daily Mash

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'''The Daily Mash''' is a [[satire|satirical]] "[[news]]" website founded in 2007 by journalists Paul Stokes and Neil Rafferty.<ref>{{wpa|The Daily Mash}}</ref>  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.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-35635929 The fake stories hitting the headlines], BBC News, 27 Feb 2016</ref>

Typical headlines for 
stories
 storeys posted on the site:
*"[[Religious]] [[Belief]] Makes You Smile Like A [[psychopath|Psycho]] [[murder|Killer]], Say [[experts for hire|Experts]]"<ref>[http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/religious-belief-makes-you-smile-like-a-psycho-killer-say-experts-20080318805 Self-explanatory title.]  Posted 18 March 2008.</ref>
*"OK, we'll get jobs, say [[poverty|poor]] people"<ref>[http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/ok-well-get-jobs-say-poor-people-201201244803 Because, you know, poor people prefer to be unemployed because living on the dole is such a sweet lifestyle.]  Posted 24 January 2012.</ref>
*"[[Church of England]] 'an enormous waste of everyone's time'"<ref>[http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/church-of-england-an-enormous-waste-of-everyones-time-2013072677179 Self-explanatory title.]  Posted 26 July 2013.</ref>

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''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/08/the-daily-mash-sold-to-digitalbox-satirical-news Satirical news website the Daily Mash sold for £1.2m], The Guardian, 8 Feb 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/930450/digitalbox-swoops-for-the-tab-and-raises-12mln-930450.html Digitalbox swoops for The Tab and raises £1.2mln], Proactive Investors, 1 Oct 2020</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56371683 The Mash Report: BBC satirical comedy cancelled after four years], BBC News, 13 March 2021</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-mash-report-cancelled-bbc-nish-kumar-b1816326.html BBC cancels The Mash Report in perceived crackdown on network’s ‘left-wing bias’], The Independent, 12 March 2021</ref> 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.<ref>{{wpa|The Mash Report}}</ref><ref>[https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/37117/sluggish_ratings_for_the_mash_report Sluggish ratings for The Mash Report], Chortle, 21 July 2017</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ Homepage]

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