With all due respect, the UK (which stands for United Kingdom), is not in America. And the pond is a slang for, well, the Atlantic Ocean in this case.
>Daily Mail is in England, ie, across the pond.<
With all due respect, DMGT is a global multinational with management offices in Austin, New York, Calgary, Singapore, and London, and news bureaus all over the world, including Los Angeles, New York, And Chicago. More people read Daily Mail than the New York Times.
When FReepers repeatedly express amazement that a "UK newspaper" "across the pond" reports on American news, they're basically saying, "I'm a retard and I don't understand this newfangled internet and the modern global economy!" It's like being awestruck at seeing a German car on the roads in America.
Their stupidity reflects poorly on all of us.