The Telegraph headlines always derogatory about Starmer.

Ps I was talking about the Telegraph.

I used to read the Telegraph as it was a well-balanced paper but recently I have been shocked by the vitriol and lies it spews out. It has gone too right wing for me and is far from unbiased.

I don't give two hoots for what the media says. I can make up my own mind and Starmer and the police have pulled together to quell the riots.

Agree completely. The Telegraph has moved from a newspaper to a propaganda sheet.
Shame on them.

I used to pride myself on being able to read the DT through my own "filter" - ie knowing its bias but still enjoying some of the regulars.
Getting harder now and there's probably only Matt left for me! The trouble is that a paper can Cry Wolf only do often before people start ignoring it - viz the Mail, Express etc

"So often"

I always glance at the front page of The European when I pass a news stand. It’s a welcome and amusing antidote to most of the other front pages.

The Telegraph is a blatantly tory newspaper. It has been like this for some time, and worse since the Brexit vote. I don't think it's considered to be 'balanced' any more.

I don't read it because of its paywall, but titles and excerpts from some of its columnists articles appear quite frequently on former twitter and it's like seeing writing from a parallel universe.

But then, I'm a Guardian reader so I would say that, wouldn't I? 😁

While I have my doubts about Starmer and his government I think he handled the 'riots' absolutely correctly and in a timely fashion.

I wish he could have said something about the heartwarming 'counter demonstrations', which, to me. showed a love of country and community in a very positive way. There were more people than just the police helping to calm the situation...

At least the King had some good words to say about them, though...

Perhaps I've been under a misapprehension, but I always thought the Telegraph was blatantly right wing? I therefore don't see how it can, or would even want to, offer a balanced view.

AGAA4

I don't give two hoots for what the media says. I can make up my own mind and Starmer and the police have pulled together to quell the riots.

Where do you get your news from?
I am assuming you dont mean newspapers?

Are you meaning from what you see in your area?

fancythat I get my news from BBC, some newspapers and Reuters. I haven't read the Telegraph for a long time and nor will I if this is the best they can do.
I live in Wales so as far as I know there's been no rioting here. The EDL wouldn't get much support here.

AGAA4

I don't give two hoots for what the media says. I can make up my own mind and Starmer and the police have pulled together to quell the riots.

But surely you only know what Starmer has done because it has been reported in the media? Or has it entered your mind by some sort of osmotic process? 🤔

Oh, sorry, AGGAA4. Ignore my last....

Many people dont get their news from that kind of media anymore, its a different landscape now.

It has got worse.

I tend to do general searches by topic, which then brings up the breadth of coverage.

Galaxy

Many people dont get their news from that kind of media anymore, its a different landscape now.

Where do they get it from?
I am genuinely curious.
I too want unbalanced "news".

Wyllow3

I tend to do general searches by topic, which then brings up the breadth of coverage.

Good idea.

I was gifted a year's subscription to the Telegraph last year. As I'd stopped subscribing to the Guardian for its anti-feminist stance I was prepared to give it a chance. I expected to disagree with a lot of it, but didn't expect the laughably biased journalism. Last summer the election hadn't been announced, so there were lots (and I mean several times a week) of articles about impending WW3 and how we are unprepared. At the time there were several threads on MN from young mothers wanting to build bunkers or leave the country because they were terrified for their children's lives, and I was saddened to think that their mental health was being impacted by stories like that. At my age and having lived through more crises I was able to be more dispassionate - at times I laughed at the hyperbole and scaremongering, as it was so bad - but my first baby was born when we were at war with Iraq, and I well remember the hormonal fear and desperation to protect my unborn child.

As the election approached, it was as though the 'imminent' world war had been called off for the duration, and attacks on Labour took over. The subscription ran out before the election, and I didn't renew it . I now subscribe to i, and am still unsure what I think.

I think the Telegraph gives a fair representation of Starmer's performance.

Well it isn’t nicknamed ‘The Torygraph’ for nothing.
According to the sensational headlines Starmer is leading us all into certain oblivion, though I would consider it a bit difficult to lead us somewhere the Tories have already been taking us to for 14 years.

Sometimes dip my toe in the guardian or watch channel 4 news.

My husband thought that I needed to see and hear Starmer speaking in real life rather than through the prism of tv coverage. I do find myself quite irritated by the way a number of politicians of all parties have presented themselves in public. I don’t think that I shall be able to meet with Starmer directly though. It’s a thought….

The Telegraph is a Tory paper which says it all!