If you\u2019ve ever been outraged by the Mail Online\u2019s sidebar of shame or the questionable comments made by some of its equally questionable columnists and poured scorn on Paul Dacre and The Daily Mail, you might just owe them a big apology.<\/p>\n
Apparently, the Mail Online and The Daily Mail are \u201ctotally separate entities\u201d with completely different world views and very different readerships. This was highlighted in a recent argument<\/a> between The Daily Mail and The Guardian.<\/p>\n The Daily Mail accused The Guardian of lying when it suggested that controversial hack Katie Hopkins worked for The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n The piece in The Guardian followed the news that Hopkins had been reported to the police for stirring-up anti-Muslim sentiment by calling for a \u201cfinal solution\u201d following the Manchester bombing.<\/p>\n In reply, a column in The Daily Mail stated: \u201cEarlier this week, a Guardian writer attacked the Daily Mail for carrying comments by the controversialist Katie Hopkins. That was a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n The column continued: \u201cThe Guardian and its writer know that Ms Hopkins has nothing to do with the Daily Mail, but works for Mail Online \u2013 a totally separate entity that has its own publisher, its own readership, different content and a very different world view.\u201d<\/p>\n