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What does your newspaper say about you?

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Emmielu · 03/04/2012 19:43

Looking around on here & other forums its mainly the guardian that gets the best comments for great reads & correct info. Daily Mail however doesnt. But what do you think the paper you read says about you when you compare it on here? iykwim?

I read daily mail online & sky news online but by reading daily mail & comparing to what people think on here & other forums, i feel a little common or dumbed down lol!

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AllShiney · 04/04/2012 15:17

Imperfectionist - thanks for that :)

saralyn · 04/04/2012 15:25

The ultimate answer to the OP's question is found in the TV series "Yes, minister":

"Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: the Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by people who actually do run the country; the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the Financial Times is read by people who own the country; The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.

Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."

slug · 04/04/2012 15:37
Grin
Imperfectionist · 04/04/2012 15:39

@dapplegrey, I guess it depends what source you're reading, as I certainly wasn't alive then. Before and during WWII it was well known that the owner of the Daily Mail, Lord Rothermere was not only a supporter of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini but also their friend. In the 1930s the Daily Mail published articles that praised Hitler and the Nazi party, as I recall that the Nazis went onto to use some of those articles as propaganda ("look, we're ok, even this leading British newspaper likes us!")

I support it doesn't follow that his newspaper was - as I said, subjective opinion, everyone should google for themselves, and I'd hate to unfairly taint the Daily Mail in any way, or certainly not imply they still have a liking for the far-right!

Imperfectionist · 04/04/2012 15:39

support = suppose. Just call me a Grauniad reader.

Imperfectionist · 04/04/2012 15:40

@Saralyn. Genius. And it still works. I hope the new series will be coming out with gems like that.

Sposh · 04/04/2012 15:40

It says I am a lily livered liberal lefty. I am also a Grauniad reader.

usualsuspect · 04/04/2012 15:42

I didn't know the Metro was owned by the Daily Fail.

WifiNappies · 04/04/2012 15:47

I read the Private Eye which shows I can't be arsed to read newspapers and would rather read condensed and spoof news

nickelhasababy · 04/04/2012 15:48

hmm, I thought you meant what does my newspaper actually say about me? Grin

I haven't been i nit recently, but the last time, it said that I like boring hymns Wink

chipstick10 · 04/04/2012 16:55

I watch Sky news as a matter of choice.

strandednomore · 04/04/2012 17:03

(nickelhasababy - I thought that too; it's been a while since I've been in a local paper!!)

I read Sky news on my phone because I downloaded the Ap; the Times on Saturday because I think it's got good features and I like Giles Coren and Caitlin Moran; Private Eye to see what's really going on; and the i because usually that's all I have time for and I like how condensed it is.

I am not a big fan of any politically leaning newspaper because I like to make my own mind up, but realise the Times and Sky are not completely down the middle. I also like the BBC news online. If I wasn't putting the children to bed/making supper I would probably watch Channel 4 news.

That thing from Yes Minister is spot on.

Ryoko · 04/04/2012 17:16

I don't read any, what does that mean?

nickelhasababy · 04/04/2012 17:35

(i'm in the paper a bit, stranded, so it's not unusual for me Grin )

Nancy66 · 04/04/2012 18:14

hardly an unbiased breakdown there Imperfectionist.

Imperfectionist · 04/04/2012 18:37

I openly said it would be subjective in my first line Nancy66!

But then nothing in the media is ever unbiased, not even the BBC, so it's quite fitting really. I'm sure everyone else could make their own summary, but I don't think anyone will better the Yes Minister one...

wonkylegs · 04/04/2012 18:45

Guardian on a Saturday, Sunday Times on Sunday, BBC news + guardian online during week

  • loads of professional press stuff & mags Don't agree with all the points of view in all of them (get ranty with both papers regularly) but get a good broad view & enough for me Yes I know G & ST are polar opposites Grin
SauvignonBlanche · 04/04/2012 18:51

I read the Telegraph on Saturday and if on a day off in the week which probably says I am a posh Tory - not true!
I also read the Observer on Sunday.
I think this shows I am intelligent enough to see past the paper's natural political bias.
I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than read the DM - I loathe it!

frumpet · 04/04/2012 19:51

I used to read the Guardian , i just went off it a bit , about 5 years ago , started to read the telegraph , which i found had more humour in it , now read the times , although every saturday i have an overwhelming desire to grab Caitlin Moran by her ridiculous hair and scream ' we were all fucking poor in the 70's my lovelie' at her , even though i enjoy her column . I buy the daily mail on sunday , only ever read the magazine , and occasionally play the ' send the nignogs home on sunday game' with it , with DH and DS1.
Other than that i go to sleep with bbc news 24 on , so if i wake in the night i dont miss anything Grin

frumpet · 04/04/2012 19:52

You can also play 'burn the witch on sunday' with the mail on sunday too Grin

echt · 05/04/2012 02:41

Guardian reader here, since the days when it was the "Manchester Guardian", and still reading it every day online now I'm in Australia. Observer on Sunday.

JeanBodel · 05/04/2012 02:55

I went to university a Times reader and came out a Guardian reader. For which I am grateful. :)

Anna1976 · 05/04/2012 02:59

imperfectionist: I read Nature's news, and the London Review of Books. oh and the the Times Higher Ed supplement or the Economist when I'm feeling like some cheap gossip Grin Can you add those to your assessment of UK journalism?

longfingernails · 06/04/2012 09:46

Jim Hacker has a masterful summary:

kitelois · 06/04/2012 11:12

I read the i paper - that's because I'm always strapped for time.

If I get chance to read a longer paper it'll be the guardian or Independent.

Wasn't there a Mori research thing on newspaper readers a few years ago and that showed ...

Daily Mail readers were most concerned about immigration, asylum seekers and crime.

Guardian and Independent readers were most concerned about education and typically read by teachers, those in the new media etc...

Telegraph most typically read by men.

The sun, mirror and mail had a typical reading age of just 14 compared to the broadsheets with a typical reading age of 17.

It was quite interesting and indepth - I used to use in my teaching, but sure you can google it If interested!

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