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The Times newspaper is left wing

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Thatsenoughcoffee · 07/11/2024 09:50

The Times has been moving to the left for years. They’re trying to compete with The Guardian as much as The Telegraph. They try to reflect the politics of the middle and governing classes which veer left.

It’s a high quality publication, but as a conservative I read it knowing there will be many left-wing writers whose opinions I disagree with. Hugo Rifkind is one example.

The news stories also veer left - for instance the recent attack on the finances of the Royal Family which was carried out in conjunction with Channel 4. There is also a lot of focus on Gaza and not much support for Israel.

My feed on X by contrast is properly right wing. And also low status.

AIBU to think The Times is left wing?

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SerendipityJane · 07/11/2024 10:02

The news stories also veer left - for instance the recent attack on the finances of the Royal Family which was carried out in conjunction with Channel 4. There is also a lot of focus on Gaza and not much support for Israel.

Maybe Murdoch has decided it's time to dump the Royals ? Then he - or his organisation - can decide who will be president.

Moglet4 · 07/11/2024 10:01

Did you actually just insinuate that the Torygraph is left wing???

SuperGinger · 07/11/2024 10:00

I read it, I would describe it as the paper for people in the centre. I literally cannot stand the Guardian anymore.

GatherlyGal · 07/11/2024 10:00

I agree there's been a move to the left but I think it reaches more widely.

I'd say a lots of wealthy professional types who in my parents generation would have identified as right wing are now proudly lefty.

BarbaraHoward · 07/11/2024 09:58

I don't have a subscription so don't read it often, but the bits I do see I wouldn't see as particularly left wing.

I don't think examining royal finances or criticising Israel in relation to the current situation in Gaza are left wing though. Confused

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Thatsenoughcoffee · 07/11/2024 09:57

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 07/11/2024 09:56

The Torygraph is not left wing

We’re talking about The Times though

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CharSiu · 07/11/2024 09:56

We have The Times and a few others with an online multiple news and magazine sub, I wouldn’t class it in the same category as The Guardian at all.

What you do if you don’t like something is stop buying or subscribing to it if it irritates you. I personally like to read a few articles from across the political divide so though I pinch my nose for both I look at The Guardian and the Daily Mail as the extreme ends of what’s available and hate them both with equal measure.

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 07/11/2024 09:56

The Torygraph is not left wing

Drivingoverlemons · 07/11/2024 09:55

Maybe they are just trying to balance against the really right wing.

Catza · 07/11/2024 09:55

Why does it matter, though? Do you only want to read publications which agree with your view? I find it much more interesting to read something which allows me an opportunity to reflect and, potentially, change my viewpoint.