Which newspaper do you read?

Which UK newspaper, and optionally, why?

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The Times and our local, The News.

My Dad works for The Times and used to be on The News (where he met my Mum), so it's kind of a given in our house. I'm not allowed to touch The Telegraph!

Reply 2

Socrates

Independent, don't really know why, just started buying it once and being British, haven't felt like changing. The new tabloid size (nicked by the times) is also convienent.

Reply 3

thebucketwoman

Mines the Guardian.

I do prefer the slightly less biased style of the Independent, but for some reason they refuse to go with the most prominent stories and always have something quite random on the front page!

Reply 4

thebucketwoman

Oh yeah and as you said, I prefer the Independent's format! Why won't the Guardian go tabloid, theyre meant to be progressive aren't they?? :wink:

Reply 5

userunknown

Daily mail, times, telegraph, sometimes the independent and the Evening Standard.

Reply 6

Kard

I never bother reading newspapers. Either they're too biased and opinionated (or holier than thou) or just have a load of crap in them, like The Sun and their victor meldrew in the stars story. If I want actual news I'll look on Google news, but if I want a cheap laugh then I'll buy a newspaper.

Reply 7

gideon2000uk

I used to read the Guardian and then I switched to the Telegragh as I became more Conservative, then I switched to the Times since it is a more compact, convenient paper.

Reply 8

Socrates

thebucketwoman

Interesting you should bring that up, since on results day (18th august) every paper was harping on about results day, the indy put the gaza withdrawal on the front page :biggrin:

Reply 9

Madelyn

Another Guardian reader. Is it that obvious?
I like it because it's sufficiently open-minded enough to have people of different opinions (Henry Kissinger, what the f*ck?) writing articles, but overall shares many of my views. Oh, and it has good obituaries and an excellent Review section on Saturdays. And what can I say, I love Polly Toynbee.
Edit: I like the awkward massive size! Makes it easier, or at any rate more fun, to lie on the floor with and read. How do you read your newspaper? :p:

Reply 10

thebucketwoman

Madelyn

Edit: I like the awkward massive size! Makes it easier, or at any rate more funn, to lie on the floor with and read. How do you read your newspaper? :p:

Usually on a cramped Underground carriage, elbowing fellow passengers in the stomach.

Hmm, I should try your floor idea.

Reply 11

thebucketwoman

**** that scared me... a huge spider just ran across my floor!

Reply 12

thebucketwoman

I've just trapped it under a deoderant can.

Dunno what to do now!

Reply 13

userunknown

Just think of it crawling over your face while you are asleep.

Reply 14

Bismarck

Where's the Economist? It calls itself a newspaper.

Reply 15

Tonight Matthew

The Independent and The Times. Although less and less The Inde these days, for the reason you mentioned. Tony Blair could be assasinated and the next morning their headline would be about some variety of flower which is in danger.

Reply 16

thebucketwoman

Yeah, sorry i've left some out. Couldn't think of any more at the time. Just choose other.

Reply 17

Socrates

Bismarck

Where's the Economist? It calls itself a newspaper.

a newsmagazine methinks. To be a newspaper, it has to be on that brownish crappy paper, its too upmarket to be a newspaper. IMO anyway.

Reply 18

RetiredAccount89

Guardian. I think its irrelevant that it has some bias because it always has the most information pertinent to a news story.
plus the science articles in there are usually identical to those in the next issue of New Scientist. its a paper which is good if you read to think not for boredom.