Cream Cheese Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I've been noticing a lot lately when i've been visiting different shops (from small news agents to super market giants) that when I have a look through the newspaper section, all of the papers that are neatly stacked and in plain view are papers such as the Telegraph, Scotsman, Daily Mail, Express (and pretty much anything owned by Murdoch). Then below these neatly stacked stands is the "shite pile", where left leaning papers are scattered all over the place, hidden under a heap of weirdos magazines. Is it just me and the shops i'm visiting. Or has anybody else noticed this to be the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I'd say someone will along soon enough to partake in a little gentle ribbing there pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureiknow Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Just you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Cheese Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 List of the top mainstream UK papers. Their political ideology and daily circulation figures. Right Wing Papers The Daily Telegraph - 489,739 The Sunday Telegraph - 374,617 The Times - 396,621 The Sunday Times - 839, 077 Financial Times - 234,193 Daily Mail - 2,105,365 Daily Express - 255,250 Sunday Express - 176,826 Mail on Sunday - 1,555,977 The Sun - 1,178,548 The Sun on Sunday - 679,519 Daily Star - 424,453 Daily Star Sunday - 310,063 Average Daily Circulation - 9,000,000 Left Wing Papers The Guardian - 161,152 The Observer - 214,644 Daily Mirror - 897,786 Sunday Mirror - 1,845,683 The Morning Star - 10,000 Sunday People - 277,021 Average Daily Circulation - 3,400,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Couple of things from that - one, if the Daily Heil is the top selling daily newspaper now, that's fucking terrifying. Two, that's an amazing drop in circulation from The Sun. Last time I looked, they were still "selling" about five million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 It's clearly a wide ranging conspiracy, involving everyone's local paper shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 The only paper worth buying is The FT and to call it right wing is ignorant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 1 hour ago, The_Kincardine said: The only paper worth buying is The FT and to call it right wing is ignorant. Anything that doesn't pander to left-wing dogma is wrong and by default therefore 'right wing'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Cream Cheese said: List of the top mainstream UK papers. Their political ideology and daily circulation figures. Needs a source. Fails to account for online readership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Cheese Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 8 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: The only paper worth buying is The FT and to call it right wing is ignorant. Fair enough. On social matters its fairly central, i'll give you that. But it's economically neo liberal. They backed the ConDem coalition to the hilt between 2010-2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom#Broadsheet_and_former_broadsheet_newspapers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Cheese Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 7 hours ago, banana said: Needs a source. Fails to account for online readership. The sources are from wiki, which I assume they've taken from circulation figures released from each newspaper company. Not sure if online readership figures are commonly released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 On 28/07/2016 at 02:43, The_Kincardine said: The only paper worth buying is The FT and to call it right wing is ignorant. It historically supported Thatcher and Reagan, while recently it supported the coalition government of the Lib/Tories, so economically speaking it's extremely right-wing. However, you're right to point out it stands head and shoulders above the national press in terms of criticism and overall openness of reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 The readership numbers of the Daily Mail aren't surprising, and it's a paper that's read (seemingly) almost exclusively by the elderly. Have a look in an old dear's shopping trolley in Asda and you'll often as not see a copy of the Daily Mail. Old boy on the bus? Odds are he's got a Daily Mail under his arm. It's a horrendous newspaper and for a lot of people it and the BBC news are the only source of news for these people. Little wonder they're (obviously with a few exceptions) right wing, brexit supporting No voters. Have some of THAT, Unionists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 These are probably the very people who will deny you your independence. Your only hope is they die off!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Well, quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Newspapers The news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Cheese Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 hours ago, Highlandmagyar said: These are probably the very people who will deny you your independence. Your only hope is they die off!!!! It's not so much a hope, but a fact of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 On 8/9/2016 at 08:22, Fide said: The readership numbers of the Daily Mail aren't surprising, and it's a paper that's read (seemingly) almost exclusively by the elderly. Have a look in an old dear's shopping trolley in Asda and you'll often as not see a copy of the Daily Mail. Old boy on the bus? Odds are he's got a Daily Mail under his arm. It's a horrendous newspaper and for a lot of people it and the BBC news are the only source of news for these people. Little wonder they're (obviously with a few exceptions) right wing, brexit supporting No voters. Have some of THAT, Unionists. If only that were true - it seems to be the paper of choice amongst a majority of my colleagues at work. The same colleagues who moan like f*ck that the POA haven't managed to overturn Government policy on Public Sector Pensions, retirement age and a seven-year (and counting) pay freeze. Oh, and don't believe in Industrial Action - apparently we should have magic fucking wands to make things all better - or trust NOMS to treat us as human beings doing a difficult job*. And yes, the mood at our place was overwhelmingly pro-brexit**. Sometimes I despair. *I think the magic wand route is probably more realistic, tbh. **Before the referendum at least. They all seem a wee bit confused now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 10 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: If only that were true - it seems to be the paper of choice amongst a majority of my colleagues at work. The same colleagues who moan like f*ck that the POA haven't managed to overturn Government policy on Public Sector Pensions, retirement age and a seven-year (and counting) pay freeze. Oh, and don't believe in Industrial Action - apparently we should have magic fucking wands to make things all better - or trust NOMS to treat us as human beings doing a difficult job*. And yes, the mood at our place was overwhelmingly pro-brexit**. Sometimes I despair. *I think the magic wand route is probably more realistic, tbh. **Before the referendum at least. They all seem a wee bit confused now. You clearly work with a shower of utter c***s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 3 hours ago, Fide said: You clearly work with a shower of utter c***s. No more than any random grouping of the Great British Electorate, tbf - but I certainly feel that our population has a much higher ratio of utter cúnts than it used to. All about entitlement over reponsibilities, material possessions being the most important measure of a person, and simply not caring about anything or anyone outside their wee bubble. If John Logie Baird had seen what his invention would do to mankind, he'd have binned the prototype and gone for a walk instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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