The Daily Mash provides parodic coverage of current affairs and other stories and has been described as the U.K.'s leading satirical news website.Mansized w00t!media feasts on The Daily Mash , How Do, 10 June 2008. Accessed 6 February 2009. The site satirises with Guardianesque centre left humour hence its significant student appeal. The site's humour has been described as "cruel," "scatological," "absurd" and "irreverent."'Bastard Americans ruin your life': Top 5 Daily Mash financial crisis satires, The Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2008. Accessed 6 February 2009. It is considered a British alternative and upstart rival to the better known US publication The Onion and its coverage has been compared favourably and in some instances considered superior to that of the latter.The Daily Mash, The Good Web Guide. Accessed 6 February 2009. Despite its humour, the site is considered to be insightful on occasion. Some critics have remarked that not all of the site's articles succeed as satire, and that its content lacks the linguistic invention of some other satirical works.
