ender4 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Actual newspaper - Daily Mirror (as i work for them, and so get the paper free everyday). Online - The Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 If you listen to the Now Show on R4 - you can podcast this weeks. John Finnamore takes the Daily Mail to pieces over its coverage of the original Vicky Pryce trial. is this the piece that included the fact that 'only two whites' were on the thick as shit jury, though even the darkies did have a working knowledge of the english language? It was on in the background, the sad thing is, whilst i was only half listening I did presume it was about the Mail. Yes thats the one. Asking how the jury managed to understand proceedings without a witch doctor present. It was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2013 Metro and Brum Mail are the only hard copies I read but I will read all the big ones online, usually after being diverted via a link . The one thing you should always remember is that they are not working in the public's interest . They exist to make money . Doesn't the Guardian lose money? Obviously they need to make SOME money, and they're not above publishing nonsense to boost circulation, but I have it in my head that as an organisation they lose money.IINM, all of the national quality papers (with the possible exception of the FT) run at a loss (though the Guardian's following the Mail into being a global website may make the website profitable): they stay around because the owners make enough money from other papers (e.g. The Sun subsidizes The Times) or because they're willing to burn the money for influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 4, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2013 If I was to buy a paper it would probably be the Guardian as that's the website I find myself reading the most. I get my news from all over t'web though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2013 Only paper I buy religiously is Barron's.As for more general interest: occasionally the Boston Sunday Globe and rarely the Wall Street Journal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2013 If I was to buy a paper it would probably be the Guardian as that's the website I find myself reading the most. I get my news from all over t'web though. What are the Irish papers like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I very rarely buy a newspaper, but when I do it's always the I, which is the Independant's compact little newspaper, as I'm sure you all know. Anything else is just an excessive waste of paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 4, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2013 If I was to buy a paper it would probably be the Guardian as that's the website I find myself reading the most. I get my news from all over t'web though.What are the Irish papers like?Irish Times, Irish Independent & Evening Herald would be the big non-tabloid ones. We also have a Sun, Mail and Daily Star amongst smaller ones. IIRC our Irish Times isn't part of your Times so it doesn't have whatshisface dictating the M.O.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2013 Local papers amuse me. The Bradford Telegraph and Argus normally has three banner headlines on its publicity hoardings each day - you know, those small sandwich boards propped outside kiosks, etc. I've been making a little informal study of them for the past couple of years, and concluded that the pattern is to emphasise bad news (easy to do in Bradford, admittedly). Most likely pattern is "two bad, one good/neutral". "Three bad" is fairly common. "Two good" is unknown. A typical day will read something like: "Tragedy of disabled man beaten to death by burglars" "More shops to close in city centre" "Brave city narrowly fail to salvage a point" It must help to reinforce peoples' negative mindsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'd have though only having the one disabled man being beaten to death on a given day would have counted as 'good news' in Bradford? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2013 Good point, Gareth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 If I was to buy a paper it would probably be the Guardian as that's the website I find myself reading the most. I get my news from all over t'web though. What are the Irish papers like? Irish Times, Irish Independent & Evening Herald would be the big non-tabloid ones. We also have a Sun, Mail and Daily Star amongst smaller ones. IIRC our Irish Times isn't part of your Times so it doesn't have whatshisface dictating the M.O.. Irish Sun, Mail and Star are actually probably worse than the British equivalent as they do about 4 pages on Irish news and the rest is the British paper. I read Irish Sunday Star once and it was an absolute disgrace to journalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 If I was to buy a paper it would probably be the Guardian as that's the website I find myself reading the most. I get my news from all over t'web though. What are the Irish papers like? Irish Times, Irish Independent & Evening Herald would be the big non-tabloid ones. We also have a Sun, Mail and Daily Star amongst smaller ones. IIRC our Irish Times isn't part of your Times so it doesn't have whatshisface dictating the M.O.. Irish Sun, Mail and Star are actually probably worse than the British equivalent as they do about 4 pages on Irish news and the rest is the British paper. I read Irish Sunday Star once and it was an absolute disgrace to journalism You haven't read the New Paper then (Singapore's equivalent of the Mail), horrendous newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 6, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2013 "Disgrace to journalism" is tautology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Actual newspaper - Daily Mirror (as i work for them, and so get the paper free everyday). I hope you are not responsible for their appalling transfer rumours. Must be the only media outlet with a 100% incorrect transfer rumour rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 "Disgrace to journalism" is tautology. Thought you said you read the Guardian regularly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2013 "Disgrace to journalism" is tautology. Thought you said you read the Guardian regularly? I said I did the daily cryptic crossword online, and I buy the paper on Saturday - mainly for the sports and book review sections. Very rarely read any of the editorials, etc. It is the best of a bad bunch, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 "Disgrace to journalism" is tautology. Thought you said you read the Guardian regularly? I said I did the daily cryptic crossword online, and I buy the paper on Saturday - mainly for the sports and book review sections. Very rarely read any of the editorials, etc. It is the best of a bad bunch, though. So should I study Journalism at Uni? (genuine question) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Not if you're planning to get a job any time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Telegraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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