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This is the more relevant metric to asses a paper's influence - though of course, most are still struggling to make money from their online readers.
The fact that the Telegraph sells 2.5 times as many physical papers as the Guardian but has a lower total readership must tell us something about the demographic of its audience - or maybe just that their keyboards are all gummed up with stilton crumbs
I read newspapers regularly (sadly) although not really to be informed, more just to pass the time. I don't find them, on the whole, to be a particularly good source of unbiased news. Looking through Internet news sites I tend to think of as more reliable as it's easier to find different views and opinions of the same story. Easier to find supporting evidence of accuracy.
Unless i'm able to verify information via different sources i'm inclined to treat all news media with a degree of scepticism.
Ah yes, the Indy. Preserve of bolshy liberal over-educated under-achievers who are upset with most aspects of the status quo but don't have the guts to adopt a proper radical politics
Ah yes, the Indy. Preserve of bolshy liberal over-educated under-achievers who are upset with most aspects of the status quo but don't have the guts to adopt a proper radical politics
It does make one wonder what percentage of the papers' online viewership is from overseas? The Guardian is pretty popular among Europeans and Americans wanting to read a British newspaper. The Telegraph has always been much more localized which isn't surprising given it's euroskeptic viewpoint. In the early days of online papers the Times used to be read by many overseas readers but they were the first of the major newspapers (still the only one?) to charge for online access and that probably explains their currently very low media readership levels. I used to read the Times for free but once the charges came in I stopped.
I would not at all be surprised if you restricted the online readership numbers to viewers solely within the UK the Guardian's numbers would drop considerably.
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The largest print circulation/readership. Here is a list of newspapers in the UK by total combined readership (print and digital):
This is the more relevant metric to asses a paper's influence - though of course, most are still struggling to make money from their online readers.
The fact that the Telegraph sells 2.5 times as many physical papers as the Guardian but has a lower total readership must tell us something about the demographic of its audience - or maybe just that their keyboards are all gummed up with stilton crumbs
By the way, I've frequently enjoy the warm hospitality of very good friends (and their friends) in the UK who are quite liberal, read the Guardian and yes, enjoy their port and stilton as much as anyone. Perhaps your stereotype is a bit out of date?
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- or maybe just that their keyboards are all gummed up with stilton crumbs
Both the DT and Guardian are rather tongue in cheek with their readership, which causes others to find the papers sanctimonious if they don't adhere to the general outlook of the respective paper.
This is a good description. As an American I find the slant of both publications to be jarring. I know it’s impossible for any newspaper to completely unbiased, but it becomes tedious when it’s so obvious and pervasive.
I usually check the Telegraph's live 'crisis' blog if I want to know what's happening with the economy, but that's out of habit. I'm not a raving lunatic, or anything. Seriously.
I'd go with the Times as its a littke more 'balanced' than the DT. The DT is also starting to feature some American style hard right wing pundits. I would read the Times or the Guardian when living in the UK.
By the way, I've frequently enjoy the warm hospitality of very good friends (and their friends) in the UK who are quite liberal, read the Guardian and yes, enjoy their port and stilton as much as anyone. Perhaps your stereotype is a bit out of date?
No I don't think it's out of date. I also like port and stilton and am far more left-wing than anyone who regularly writes for the Guardian. That doesn't mean that the 'port and stilton' image doesn't perfectly encapsulate the sort of fusty old Tories who read the Telegraph.
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