What papers do you read?

[modeller]

I read the other day that which newspaper a person's reads is a good guide to their beliefs. Is that true ? Gromit claims to read the Telegraph but I would think the Morning Star was more likely. Sorry Gromit if that's wrong but that's the impression I get.

[craft1948]

I get the Daily Mail Mon-Sat and the Mail on Sunday............I like the sports coverage, the crosswords, and the gossip column.

[Prudie]

I read the Mail online, I like the pictures

[Barmaid]

What does Peterborough Evening Telegraph get me? (Although that is once in a blue moon!).

[Euphemia]

The Scotsman for local news rather than quality content; also The Telegraph for articles and crosswords.

[DTCwordfan]

so you are a Mail reader then, craft.....why not say as you are a 7 day a week devotee, or is it embarrassing that you read one of AOG's bibles.

[snags]

On the very rare occasions I read a newspaper it'll be 'i'...

[DaisyNonna]

i?

[Kromovaracun]

'i' is a concise newspaper made by the Independent intended to cover the bases for people with less time on their hands. It goes for about 20 or 30p I think and shares the Independent's political stance (i.e. slightly centre-left).

[Gromit]

'The Sport' and 'Sunday Sport' not longer exist.

[modeller]

I think some pattern has emerged albeit from a small sample but the readers of the ' i ' are the least political and make least provocative remarks.
The ' i ' was also read by the most, followed by the Telegraph with the Daily Mail.. Readers of local papers especially in Scotland express fairly balanced views.
Another noticeable point is that some of our most vocal posters have not responded which in itself may tell us something about their beliefs.

[DrFilth]

what i have spotted is that more mail on sunday readers get stuck with their crossword on a sunday :)

[DrFilth]

i think the mail on sunday crossword is too Hard for housemouse :)

[MarkRae]

West Highland Free Press / Le Monde

[plautus]

Le Monde? How very "rive gauche"! Moi, je préfère Le Figaro.

[ichkeria]

"I think and shares the Independent's political stance (i.e. slightly centre-left)."

The Independent is supposed to be non-party political.

I read the Times most often, closely followed by the Independent and Guardian, which I conside the best newspaper by some way, but I haven't time to do it justice often enough sadly. I'd also read the Daily Telegraph at a pinch, as although I don't agree with its politics it's a serious paper and a good read. The FT is full of financial stuff I don't understand (and is far too expensive).
I also read the Morning Star very occasionally for an alternative view. Some of the stuff in it is nonsense, but it does have some good things occasionally.
On Sundays - when I bother - the Observer. I hate the Sunday Times with a passion: not sure why - I think one reason is its bulk(!).
The Mail on Sunday is not the worst either, although I despise the "politics" of the Mail newspapers generally.
I rarely bother with online versions of papers, being rather old-fashioned.

Any paper will do me, I suppose, if it's intelligent, regardless of its politics. I'm afraid anything with a metaphorical red top gets ignored

[craft1948]

DT I have posted several times that I am a Daily Mail reader.............I enjoy the pity and derision in equal measure.

[plautus]

Many years ago newspapers were bought not so much for their content or political direction but more for their suitability to be cut up into squares and hang on a nail in the outdoor privy. It was reckoned that the Daily Sketch was far superior to the Daily Mirror in terms of absorbency.

[Kromovaracun]

"The Independent is supposed to be non-party political. "

Well, yeah. But it isn't.

All newspapers have bias - it's inescapable. You couldn't really publish a paper without it. Most of them don't go so far as to explicitly endorse specific parties all the time, but every paper is somewhere along the political spectrum.