National Newspapers

[Fingerprint]

Which national newspaper do you read and why? Which newspaper do you hate and why?

[unruliejulie]

I love the Sun and am proud of it. News of the world and the sunday people too!!!!!!

[jno]

jl and WM agree; excellent, can we have this thread engraved in stone and mounted in the AB reception area please.

[johnlambert]

Where,

arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh curses foiled again

[VINNY100_2]

Daily sports good.It was the only newspaper to get a photo of that london bus on the Moon...(:o)

[ll_billym]

I read the Times as I think it gives a balanced and fairly un-sensational report of the news. I also liked the Independant on the few occasions I bought it.

I don't really despise any papers as they are only giving their readers what they pay them for and we all like making money.

I think that the journalists at the Daily Mail must have a right laugh at some of the slants they put on stories. Either that or they are very indignant people.

[flashpig]

Weekdays I read The Grauniad because I'm a leftie and The Daily Hate because I like to understand what people with opposite views to myself believe and why they believe it. Saturdays the Telegraph for the General Knowledge crossword, Sunday I'll buy anything that has a free DVD.

I hate The Sun. Too much celebrity stuff. Not enough words. Rubbish crossword.

[SarCaustic]

In my house, after trialling all the major broadsheets we chose The Independent as our daily because its the most balanced, neutral, daring and original.

I despise the Daily Mail for all the same reasons as every other sane and rational person.

[jump79]

I don't buy newspapers any more, I read most of the news online. I read The Independent sometimes, and occasionally browse through the Daily Telegraph as well as The Spectator to get a better idea of opposing or popular views/opinions in general.

[beejaybee]

None whatsoever. The only thing I belive in ANY newspaper is the date.

[Champagne]

I would always buy The Times, but I have put it down in the past because it was too depressing to read!!

I don't read 'gossip' newspapers. Also at work I have to browse The FT, Herald Tribune and The Independent on a daily basis for work-related stories, so I browse through general articles in these papers too.

[sp1814]

The Independent on Saturday because I like Deborah Orr's column and 'Errors and Omissions' (I'm a pendant too when it comes to grammar and spelling).

Sunday - Observer and Independent On Sunday.

Daily - none...not enough time in the day...I prefer the BBC website/

Sorry to sound like a stuck record, but I really hate The Daily Mail.

[admarlow]

I am a media planner/buyer it is my job to know which people read which papers and so:-

Daily Mail - 'complain about everything' middle england

Guardian - busy body lefty veggies

Mirror - Builders

Sun - less classy builders

Express - Chav grannies

Telegraph - Posh Grandads

Indi - no one

Sport - people who really wanted to buy p*rn

[gessoo]

I am another who doesn't take a daily newspaper any more. I read news on line, listen to the radio and watch and least two news broadcasts a day on television. I take my local newspaper (Eastern Daily Press) once a week for the jobs section and also log into it daily on line. The EDP is a good daily paper as it is generally unbiased in its actual reporting of news. I think it is true that people buy newspapers that support their own views.