Any decent newspapers?
Discussion
Back in a trade where its a case of buy your food and paper then sit in the van. They just all seem to spout rubbish though. Today for instance was Cheryl and Ashley Cole taking up 3/4 of the front page, that's bad enough to me but they were doubles ffs!
Seen a few topics on individual papers but never an overall one. I want to know more about each paper and if they're known to have dubious owners/ history/ motives etc so i can just stay well clear. I also see many comments on here randomly saying 'you're such a *** reader' for posting their opinion and have no idea what they're on about.
TLDR
Say why you read yours and not others, or even none at all.
Seen a few topics on individual papers but never an overall one. I want to know more about each paper and if they're known to have dubious owners/ history/ motives etc so i can just stay well clear. I also see many comments on here randomly saying 'you're such a *** reader' for posting their opinion and have no idea what they're on about.
TLDR
Say why you read yours and not others, or even none at all.
Sun & Times both owned by Murdoch
Guardian owned by a trust, is very lefty
Daily Mail has a history of fascism, is now obsessed with celebrity, immigration and cancer
Daily Express is as above but not as good
Daily Telegraph is right leaning, used to be owned by Conrad Black
Independent is owned by a Russian oligarch
Daily Star is a comic
I think that covers it.
Guardian owned by a trust, is very lefty
Daily Mail has a history of fascism, is now obsessed with celebrity, immigration and cancer
Daily Express is as above but not as good
Daily Telegraph is right leaning, used to be owned by Conrad Black
Independent is owned by a Russian oligarch
Daily Star is a comic
I think that covers it.
davepoth said:
Sun & Times both owned by Murdoch
Guardian owned by a trust, is very lefty
Daily Mail has a history of fascism, is now obsessed with celebrity, immigration and cancer
Daily Express is as above but not as good
Daily Telegraph is right leaning, used to be owned by Conrad Black
Independent is owned by a Russian oligarch
Daily Star is a comic
I think that covers it.
Ah hah! an invitation to add one me thinks, a newspaper that has fought tooth and nail for decades to stay in print. A newspaper which carries its original headline banner to this day and is a must read in understanding (or not) the other section of this populated world. Yes I am talking about MORNING STAR.Guardian owned by a trust, is very lefty
Daily Mail has a history of fascism, is now obsessed with celebrity, immigration and cancer
Daily Express is as above but not as good
Daily Telegraph is right leaning, used to be owned by Conrad Black
Independent is owned by a Russian oligarch
Daily Star is a comic
I think that covers it.
Surprised nobody else mentioned it.
davepoth said:
The "i" takes all it's rubbish out of the Independent too, so they don't really count.
True but as I never read a whole article, preferring instead to concentrate on salient points and skimming the rest, it suits me at 20p. I always apply a bias filter depending upon which paper I'm reading so the fact that it's the Independent isn't a hardship.Times is OK, Telegraph OK but less OK than the times. Guardian is great for some stuff but their lentil weaving and left leaning gets on my wick if I delve beyond the science, tech and food related stuff.
I seldom bother with any of them any more, there's no really good papers out there IMO
I seldom bother with any of them any more, there's no really good papers out there IMO
The Times is read by the people who run the country.
The Daily Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country.
The Guardian is read by the people who think they ought to run the country.
The Morning Star is read by the people who think the country ought to be run by another country.
The Independent is read by people who don't know who runs the country but are sure they're doing it wrong.
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country.
The Daily Express is read by the people who think the country ought to be run as it used to be run.
The Daily Telegraph is read by the people who still think it is.
And the Sun's readers don't care who runs the country providing she has big tits.
The Daily Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country.
The Guardian is read by the people who think they ought to run the country.
The Morning Star is read by the people who think the country ought to be run by another country.
The Independent is read by people who don't know who runs the country but are sure they're doing it wrong.
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country.
The Daily Express is read by the people who think the country ought to be run as it used to be run.
The Daily Telegraph is read by the people who still think it is.
And the Sun's readers don't care who runs the country providing she has big tits.
I'm currently reading Flat Earth News at the recommendation of another PHer on another thread. It is written by an obvious lefty who seems to be slightly clouded on some issues however it does open your eyes as to what, how and who "makes" news.
Whilst I've always been cynical about a lot of "news" I've begun to realise that I am in no way cynical enough. In the vast majority of cases "news" is simply regurgitated PR turd sometimes polished with a political stance, it doesn't matter who publishes it.
Whilst I've always been cynical about a lot of "news" I've begun to realise that I am in no way cynical enough. In the vast majority of cases "news" is simply regurgitated PR turd sometimes polished with a political stance, it doesn't matter who publishes it.
I've not bought an actual newspaper in quite a long while, I get all my news online (and C4 news).
I think a variety is good. I like the Telegraph for general and financial, the FT for specific financial, the Guardian for culture and tend to do the BBC for sport. Oh, and the Daily Mash for satire! Although not a newspaper as such I give the Economist a look from time to time.
I think a variety is good. I like the Telegraph for general and financial, the FT for specific financial, the Guardian for culture and tend to do the BBC for sport. Oh, and the Daily Mash for satire! Although not a newspaper as such I give the Economist a look from time to time.
Up her in Scotland we also have the Daily Record (think a tartan version of the Mirror), The Herald and The Scotsman. The second two aren't too bad, although a bit of a Glasgow/Edinburgh split here.
Anywhere north of about Stirling/Perth will also be graced (if that is the word) with that institution known as The Press & Journal
Anywhere north of about Stirling/Perth will also be graced (if that is the word) with that institution known as The Press & Journal
jbi said:
Telegraph
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It used to be right wing but bearable, now it has an ex Daily Mail staff member running it it has gone down hill massively and isn't even trying to hide it./thread
Interesting to note that only the Guardian had the balls to go after the Murdoch empire and expose the NOTW hacking, it is a centre left wing paper but at the moment its the only one with any kind of credibility when it comes to investigative journalism.
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