Newspapers

[chrismpw]

Always amazes me that they still exist and therefore - people must be buying them to read the tripe.

Spotted this via an online link to the Express about the win over Chelsea

Everton (4-2-3-1): Howard; Coleman, Jagielka, Funes Mori, Baines; McCarthy, Barry; Lennon (Stones 88), Barkley (Besic 90), Cleverley; Lukaku (Niasse 90). Booked: Barry, Jagielka Sent-off: Barry Goals: Lukaku (77, 82) Next Up: Arsenal (h), PL Sat.

Spot the lazy mistake?

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Newspapers are dead as News communication mechanism, they are now fully reliant on reflecting their readers political bias back at them so they will still buy it out of habit because it justifies their world view. They are little more that vehicles for selling advertising.

 

[tim gabbott]

Howard in goal

 

[dandydan]

I cant remember the last time I read let alone bought a print newspaper, it would have been in a barbers or ale house.

 

[domingo77]

Funny enough, for the first time in ages brought the Sunday paper yesterday because I fancied a read - it lies unopened!

 

[McBain]

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

One exercise I would recommend a teenager do (and older if they fancy it) is to buy 4-5 newspapers a day for a week as an exercise. Something like the Mail, S*n, Express, Guardian and Telegraph

Read them all, spot the cut and pasted stories that are the same across them, look at the facts some choose to leave out and the subtle editorial added in with no basis in fact or relevance to the story. Work out who the papers are being aimed at and how the stories are being altered to reflect the views of the target audience.

Once you've done that you should have an excellent grasp of bias in the media, be able to quickly spot it in other forms of News Delivery (TV/Interwebs etc) and will never buy a newspaper again or take any News Reporting at face value.

 

[Milk]

Love a newspaper ......... try mopping up puppy piddle with an ipad

 

[rascal]

Newspapers keep me warm at night

 

[COYBL25]

Going to the pub by yourself with a paper is a proper pleasure, especially on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[verreauxi]

I still get the weekly version of The Guardian (The Guardian Weekly), which is the overseas version of the daily. I love it. But I must agree that printed newspapers are a dying breed.

 

[verreauxi]

Going to the pub by yourself with a paper is a proper pleasure, especially on a Sunday afternoon.

Must agree...every week I go to the pub have a few pints and read the Guardian Weekly. Don't invite anyone, nor talk to anyone.

 

[The Cowboy]

A good newspaper (varies depending on your views, I guess) can do something online news will probably never successfully replicate: introduce you to news you didn't know you'd be interested in. Online news is all about profiles, preferences, favourites. You say what you're interested in, it bombards you with that, and that alone. Sit and turn the pages of a paper, and you're exposing yourself to a vast range of topics you may have hitherto been oblivious to.

A slight tangent, but I've recently discovered the 'random page' button on Wikipedia. Highly recommended!

 

[silent bob]

Going to the pub by yourself with a paper is a proper pleasure, especially on a Sunday afternoon.

Or a sign you`re a proper Billy No Mates!!

 

[JammyP]

.... Sit and turn the pages of a paper, and you're exposing yourself to a vast range of topics you may have hitherto been oblivious to.

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Just like the Ale House, and then some.
Dapper Asparagus - would never have found that in the Guardian.