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Ah yes, in the UK we have the "broadsheets" (though that's something of a misnomer since they've all recently changed their size, except the Telegraph)- to give a quick rundown, even though I'm not a fan of the whole "left/right" thing as an accurate descriptor- the Guardian (leftish), the Daily Telegraph (right), the Times (fairly right but not as much as the Telegraph), the Independent (hmm... centre left but in a better way than New Labour? Yeah, that seems about right) and the Financial Times (to be honest, probably the best of all of them- has very little bias other than an unhealthy obsession with money, which is kindly pointed out in the title so you can look out for it while reading. Often overlooked as a decent news source because it's, well... quite dull, mostly).
Then you've got the Daily Express and the Daily Mail- both fairly far-right in terms of their views on foreigners, non-celebrity homosexuals, etc... usually able to be told apart by the Express's twin obsessions- Princess Di and the fact that the Mail was a proud supporter of Hitler until not long before Germany invaded Poland, as well as the Mail's obsession with medical conditions that WILL PROBABLY KILL YOU SO BE SCARED.
The "tabloids" are the Sun (nationalistic, sells shitloads, pioneered the depiction of tits in a national daily, does at least have a vaguely intelligent political editor though you really wouldn't think it), the Daily Star (like a downmarket version of the Sun- while all the other papers were leading a couple of years back with the story of a suicide bombing in Israel, only the Star was quite tawdry enough to base their whole article around the fact that she may have had the device hidden in her bra) and the Mirror (ever-so-slightly left of centre, but got dealt a hefty blow in the political stakes when previous editor Piers Morgan- staunchly anti the Iraq war but still something of a dick- was fired over some fake photos allegedly showing British troops abusing prisoners).
And there's Lloyds List, which is too dull to even contemplate, really, despite being notable for having ACTUAL SECTIONS dedicated to fires, explosions and piracy, while managing to make all these things sound boring.
I have to read all of these (plus the Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune) for a living. Pity me.
Oh, and it gets more complicated on Sundays. |
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