<i>&gt; It&#x27;s British, which might explain some of the language and humour</i><p>It&#x27;s better explained by simply describing the site as a tabloid. Tabloids aside, British news reporting isn&#x27;t typically that informal.<p><i>&gt; I keep forgetting about &#x27;El Reg&#x27;, but whenever I return there, I enjoy my visit. It has a strong, unique tone which I find a breath of fresh air amongst all the dull, neutral news reporting out there.</i><p>Personally I find the site appalling. It&#x27;s up there with the The Daily Mail for rewriting other people&#x27;s articles. Granted this is basically how 99% of reporting happens these days, but these kinds of tabloids often miss the entire crux of the original piece they&#x27;re plagiarizing due to their editorialisation. For example, their articles on OpenSSL parallels the Daily Mail&#x27;s absurd anti-immigration propaganda. And often, again like the Daily Mail, El Reg will completely miss-report a story just for the sake of having a clickbait headline.<p>Frankly, I&#x27;d rather have dull neutral news reporting over biased misinformation.