An interesting experiment

MaizieD

Owen Jones doesn't have a daily column in the Guardian you know, Maybee ? It's quite safe to read most days...

I don't know how people can afford to read a wide range of newspapers every day. Most of them are paywalled. I know many offer a limited number of free articles a month, but it's a faff and sets off a constant stream of emails...

Whenever an article by him pops up on Facebook for some reason I always think to myself ‘ he’s not a journalist, he’s just a very naughty boy’ .

Zoejory

I'm not one for sticking to one paper. I read them online. Guardian, Mail, Times, Independent.

Just wanted to say that the Mail is very anti Boris.

If it's very anti Boris why is it running this ridiculous and dangerous campaign to get the Privileges Committee to drop the investigation into his lies over partygate?

It's well on a par with the Mail's 'Enemies of the People' which impugned the independent judiciary. It is dangerous because it incites its readers to lose all trust in the institutions of government and sets them up to be open to conspiracy theories and goodness knows what else.

Once confidence in our institutions and consent to be governed by them is gone we are in a very dangerous place indeed.

Actually I guess it was a bit of a sweeping statement regarding the Telegraph and the Mail considering I haven't read one for years and only glance at the front page of the Mail to try and get some balance!! I do get really angry about stuff like Brexit and the PM's shenanigans plus some of the members of the Tory cabinet who are so appalling it's unreal. My main thought was that I wanted to see how much effect reading a newspaper which tended to be biased in one direction, would have. I do occasionally read the i as my husband frequently buys it (good value actually at 70p) but it is very much of the same vein as the Guardian. I also listen to a brilliant podcast called 'The Rest is Politics' but again, it tends to re-enforce my thinking. Perhaps I need to be more open minded.

When we returned from living abroad in the 70s we asked our newsagent to deliver the Guardian on Mondays, the Express on Tuesdays, the Daily Mail on Wednesdays, the Sun on Thursday (we also had the local weekly paper on Thursdays and it didn't take long to read the Sun), the Telegraph on Fridays and the Times on Saturdays. On Sunday we would sometimes go out and buy whichever paper looked interesting but usually didn't have one.

We kept that up for two years and it certainly gave us an interesting perspective on newspapers.

Owen Jones doesn't have a daily column in the Guardian you know, Maybee ? It's quite safe to read most days...

I don't know how people can afford to read a wide range of newspapers every day. Most of them are paywalled. I know many offer a limited number of free articles a month, but it's a faff and sets off a constant stream of emails...

I'm not one for sticking to one paper. I read them online. Guardian, Mail, Times, Independent.

Just wanted to say that the Mail is very anti Boris.

The Guardian seems very self righteous to me. Mind you, a lot of newspapers do these days. I used to be a big fan of The Age, similar to the Guardian in attitude but it has become unreadable. I would really like an independent newspaper but, hey, not going to happen in my lifetime.

I must emit that we have The Times online now and quite like it ( I love Caitlin Morgan’s weekly column). I feel that I should buy The Guardian now and again ( especially as I’m running out of newspaper now we don’t have a daily paper) but I really loathe Owen Jones. I found a box full of old Observers in the shed today. I always find reading old newspapers fascinating. The one on top of the pile had an article about Margaret Hodge that I’m going to read.

I do make donations to the Guardian from time to time as although I seldom buy the print version I do look at Guardian online and I think it would be a disaster if the Guardian ceased to exist.

In fact I just read some on this tablet. It seems to be on the laptop upstairs that I come across frequent reminders for money.

I'll try that tomorrow!

It doesn’t mean you have to pay fairfraise you can read unlimited Guardian articles for free. Just press the cross in the right hand corner, and carry on.

The trouble with The Guardian online is that you can only read one or two items before it pops up asking for money or even telling you that you have read x number of articles this month. I just use it for the crosswords which I print off daily.

Loobs I might advise your father to read the "i" in addition to reading the "Guardian". Possibly he could also have a look at the "Financial Times" or even the "Mirror" for a bit of balance.

Maybe your dad will come to realise Brexit is a disaster after a few weeks of The Guardian but even Telegraph readers must see information about small businesses unable to cope with all the export form filling, the problems faced by fresh fish exporters, t ofhe Northern Ireland problem (which Boris obviously lied about - 'no checks') and the queues at Dover caused by our not being part of the common travel area any more. Rees-Mogg, the laughably entitled Minister for Brexit Opportunities, moved his investment business to Dublin to stay in the EU single market. He's alright, Jack. Michael Heseltine thinks we should re-join and he is right.

For those who believe the Daily Mail never criticise Boris, they’ve obviously never read Peter Hichins articles on him.
He doesn’t hold back.

www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10998465/PETER-HITCHENS-Boris-Johnsons-fall-coup-pointless-against-useless.html

I don’t know. My parents are in their nineties, but they’ve always read the Guardian. My mum would deem the Telegraph only suitable for lining the cat litter tray.

I’m interested to see what happens. We used to buy the Telegraph because DH used to like the sports section but when we cancelled and they kept offering him all sorts of deals he told them he didn’t want it even if they offered it to him for free.

Real concerns being raised about the culture at the guardian with regard to misogyny, so keep an eye on him

An interesting experiment. Some say he might be too old to change but let's see.

Fans of Boris will overlook anything they don't want to know about.
What a fatuous statement.

Fans of Boris will overlook anything they don't want to know about.

Have you read the Telegraph?
I do and it contained full, and critical, details of the wallpaper and Lulu Lytle (?)'s designs, although the price seems to increase every time it is mentioned. No -one in the Conservative government will admit to having seen it.

If you had read the Telegraph you would also notice it was and still is, sharply critical of Boris Johnson's government when it felt it was warranted; not all the time, but certainly not as biased as you choose to believe.

What a ridiculous thought Loobs. People don't live in bubbles. I read the Mail and the Times. But also knew about Boris's wallpaper etc. News is everywhere not just in the papers. Though actually I think that's where I read about the wallpaper.

Oh, how very interesting, Loobs. Please keep us informed.