[greghendershott]

I rarely read The Register. Is that the usual tone -- as if the author wishes they were Lady Whistledown, the gossip writer on Bridgerton?

[QuercusMax]

Maybe with a little Variety mixed in, but you're not far off the mark. Definitely in the standard British vein of snarky tabloid writing.

[tym0]

It is, it's similar to Private Eye in the UK or Le Canard enchaîné in France.

[arp242]

Yes, pretty much.