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Numberfour · 14/09/2010 07:57

I come from a country that had two or three daily newspapers so it was easy enough to work out who supported what and where their loyalties lie. In England, I can gauge some of them, but not all.

Which papers give balanced and fair reporting? I have found that I like The Independent and get irritated with the Daily Mail. What about the others: The Times, The Observer, etc

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Chil1234 · 14/09/2010 11:47

The Independent is about the best, really. Guardian and Mirror are left-wing and the rest are various shades of right-wing. The Sun is a circulation tart... currently right-wing because that's the way the wind was blowing this year! The BBC is soft-left but not overtly so.

If you take a variety of sources, ignore any opinions and form your own based on the facts presented, you'd be OK.

megcleary · 14/09/2010 11:52

clip from Yes Minister old but good.

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Numberfour · 14/09/2010 13:09

Thanks so much!

Megcleary, that made me laugh out loud!! I had not seen that one before. Thanks a million!

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Hassled · 14/09/2010 13:11

The Guardian was left-wing - but it came out for the LibDems before the last election. It's much more balanced than it was 10 or so years ago, I think. It's my paper of choice, but I suspect a lot of that is familiarity.

electra · 14/09/2010 13:14

I don't think there is any such thing as unbiased journalism but personally I always buy the guardian - it's the only one that doesn't make me screw my face up when I read it, although haven't tried the Independent.

BadgersPaws · 14/09/2010 13:17

Papers also have interests that go against the party that they might be supporting.

For example News International (The Sun, News of the World, The Times, Sunday Times) is a part of Murdoch's business empire and because of that hates the BBC with a passion.

Meanwhile the Independent rents office space and services from the Daily Mail's parent company so you won't find it being too harsh on what they get up to.

claig · 14/09/2010 15:49

I like the Daily Mail. It's a bastion of common sense, and very different from the rest of the spinners

KurriKurri · 14/09/2010 17:20

Daily Mail is the newspaper equivalent of people who use the phrase 'It's political correctness gone mad'.

claig · 14/09/2010 18:01

The other papers are indeed 'political correctness gorn mad'. The Daily Mail is an oasis of calm in a desert of political correctness.

claig · 14/09/2010 18:02

should have said calm and reason, to do it full justice

jodevizes · 14/09/2010 18:06

I prefer Private Eye and Viz

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