The Daily Mail

I can't see the point in reading what is basically a comic - not a newspaper. My mother, a lifetime Guardian reader, changed to the DM as dementia set in. I refused to buy it for her!

I am signed up for the Guardian snd Independent online which are decent balanced, generally, news.

Even if I don't agree with all the viewpoints (no one is going to always agree) it is done in usually a much more respectful way.

I do glance over articles of papers online when i see a headline of a subject I'm interested it (Brexsh*t and H & M who I support for example)

As an activist I need to know what's going on. I would never subscribe or buy the tabloid trash which are divisive, vindictive and utterly vile

Iam64

I dislike Sarah Vine as much as Owen Jones.
But I suspect her memoirs will be interesting, I bet she knows a lot about the shinanegens in the government this past twelve years. There’s a lot to emerge about Gove

Yes I simply ignore Owen Jones. He needs a lot of maturing.

I read articles from a wide range of online newspapers, often when friends who know what I like raise my awareness of them. Occasionally the Daily Fail, or Daily Hate Mail as I call it has something of interest but rarely

We have the Guardian delivered daily, the I newspaper on a Saturday and the Observer on Sunday. But, I glance at the Daily Mail online for two reasons - the absurd headlines and to wonder who on earth buys and reads this vile newspaper. Surely it can’t just be for the crossword. I also look at CNN online and Fox News. I think I get a fairly balanced view.

Haven’t read a newspaper OR watched the news since I was 70 ( two years ago) …I figured if I hadn’t been able to change my small bit of the world in 50 years of voting …. what’s the point of reading all the crap they talk and print!

I buy it the Saturday Mail for my dad and make sure that I say that loudly to anyone within earshot. He reads it then quotes things back to me as gospel. It’s mostly drivel.

I don't buy papers. I don't even believe most of the news whether it's on TV or Social Media. Ever since Covid-19 I'm never sure who's exaggerating to scare us or who's just telling downright lies. I take it all with a pinch of salt until I see some more evidence or u yil.it effects me.

Hetty58, not a very caring daughter if you refuse to buy your mother's preferred reading matter. Why should it matter to you ?
I read the mail online and other newspapers and I would take exception to anyone inferring I was ignorant because I did so.

I can't remember when I last bought or even read a newspaper but it is decades. Partly because I don't have the time and partly because I can't be bothered. I keep myself updated with what I need to know by listening to a couple of radio stations, podcasts and Question Time on Thursday evenings. HIGNFY can also be quite enlightening as can Gransnet

Three of us !! I like a different point of view!!!

But why do people read the DM when it's known to be right-wing biased and to print questionable news items?
It can't just be for the puzzles. The little i paper has plenty of those and is reasonably balanced, slightly left-leaning.

And, by the way, I thought this thread was supposed to be a discussion, not just people chiming in to say what paper they read.

I have not bought a newspaper in print fur many many years!

Owen Jones may well need a lot of maturing but whilst he looks like he's fresh out of the 6th form he is in fact nearly 40. It seems from the testaments of the two female journalists who left The Guardian, Hadley Freeman who now writes for the Sunday Times and Suzanne Moore he is shielded by editor Katherine Viner. Anyone who has perused the many threads over on MN will know how loathed he is by so many posters for his perceived misogyny and it is also striking how many of them were once avid Guardian readers but have now abandoned that paper for other publications.

I'm increasingly hearing The I is a paper worth investigating for its non partisan stance.

Its important to read things which hold different opinions to yourself whether those are right or left wing.

I need to order Hadley Freemans new book

I buy the Yorkshire Post at the weekend because as others say you get a fair bit for your money, magazine puzzles etc and both general and local news. With the cost of things these days I do not have a daily newspaper. I am always aware that any newspaper I read has its own slant and can usually see the viewpoints of the various contributors. Used to be a Guardian reader and at school we had the Times and Telegraph besides the Guardian and Observer plus others which again gave a variety of viewpoints and we were made aware of the differing viewpoints and occasionally would be asked to look at a situation and comment on the various newspapers write up and slant on that situation. That way we could agree on the small number of facts that all papers agreed on and on balance would seem to give actual information, i.e. there was a car smash involving 3 cars and 2 people were hurt. Then you would see the importance each paper gave to specific information and decide if it could be true, or partially true. You could also then make a judgement as to whether the overall paper was right or left wing etc. This stood us in good stead in being aware of how things could be reported and in those days there was not the social media or even the constant tv information. I hope that I still use my common sense and judgement when reading things today. What other people do is not for me to judge, unless they put views out that are patently and easily proved to be untrue. But I have to say when I see Donald Trump , with his flock of donaldsheep or Putin and co it is rather sad and worrying to see their followers not using their own brains. Whatever we are all reading, at least we are not being ostriches with our heads in the sand. Keep on reading and commenting folks

I read the print Guardian, the online Telegraph and Spectator and skim the headlines (free of charge!) on the Daily Wail, the Independent, the Times and occasionally the Economist, Scotsman, Huff Post and the I. I also review the headlines on some foreign newspapers online including the Washington Post and the Irish Times once a week. I find the Guardian and Telegraph informative of news and opinion though I take their editorial lines with a good pinch of salt. The Wail is worth glancing at if only to see what the Tories want the population to get wound up about. The Spectator sometimes has well-written articles but one has to ignore some Tory pontificating.

I read the daily mail the express the guardian the independent and many more every day via the pressreader app. Free if your local library subscribe to it. I just use my library card number to sign in. Between them all, I can take a balanced view for myself.

Galaxy

I need to order Hadley Freemans new book

I've read her book "House of Glass" relating to her family history, if that's the one you mean Galaxy, it's very good.

The DM was quite a right wing broadsheet but with its new editor is less so and does have some great investigative journalism. I’m not fond of it’s slant on public sector employees but read articles online from most newspapers now but my DH reads the DM every day and does the puzzles

Whenever I’m in the UK it’s the Daily Telegraph for me, and the Sunday Times at the weekend.
In the US we take the Wall Street Journal, and catch up with the BBCNews via the internet.

We are extremely fortunate to be able to download newspapers and magazines for free through our local library services. Has most dailies and weekend publications from Scotland, Uk and rest of the world. Wonderful service.

I read the Telegraph or the Guardian on line and if I want the gossip or some light relief then I occasionally look at the Daily Mail although haven't done for a good few months as got fed up of all the nonsense.