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# Apologies for the threadjack
I know this should go on talk, but as I need a pretty quick answer (if possible) I am posting here...

As I am not in the UK I'm wondering which paper to advertise in... Can someone tell me (basically) the difference between:

The Guardian
The Telegraph
The Mirror
The Daily Express
The Times
The Sun

I'm not asking for a review or demographic of readers, just wondering who is the best and what would be their basic target audiences?

Thanks for reading!

BoiOinG! What do YOU think it's going to be?
(I helped save b3ta! @stephenshortt Jaysus it's been a while!, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:41, archived)
# Yes, they are all spelled differently . . .


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:41, archived)
# you can`t threadjack without wooing a picture
woo it HARD!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:41, archived)
# Get to fuck
The Daily Sport is best
(I helped save b3ta! the RAND corporation a.k.a. Kevin Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:42, archived)
# ok, here goes
Guardian - Illiterates
Telegraph - Conservatives over the age of 65
Mirror - Ken Livingstone
Daily Express - Your Grandad
Times - Rupert Murdoch
Sun - Rupert Murdoch / Builders (also contains tits)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:43, archived)
# Nice breakdown!
(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:45, archived)
# Don't listen to ol' no-brain . . .

What does he know . . .

*sniggers*


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:47, archived)
# what about "The Indy"
as the cool kids call it.. and The Star ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:46, archived)
# Or the Observer
*sighs* I'll stick to my "Eastern Daily Press"
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:47, archived)
# I read the Independent.
BECAUSE I HAVE NO FIRM OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I guess that makes me a bad person.
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:47, archived)
# How comfy is that fence to sit on?
is it ronsealed?
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:48, archived)
# I so hope thats the woodstain on my trousers
...
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:49, archived)
# hmmm, lets hope it doesnt do exactly what it says on the tin then...
or you'll have problems for the rest of your life
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:50, archived)
# You forgot the Mail
Racist Grandmas.
(kidcamel is due to call your mum at, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:52, archived)
# do you mean
the daily hate mail?
Get off my hat!
(I helped save b3ta! Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:53, archived)
# I worry about my Grandma.
She is becoming more and more racist, and I can think of no other cause than the Daily Mail she reads. (She is on good terms with her many Asian neighbours, and also visits an illegal immigrant from Ghana quite frequently.)
(I helped save b3ta! Albert the Mildly Deranged purveyors of nothing much since a year or two ago, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:12, archived)
# well
guardian: lefty, liberal, arty farty, dyslexic proofreaders
telegraph: righty, establishment, fox hunting sociopaths
mirror: supposedly lefty, tabloid toilet paper
express: righty, pretentious tabloid push-button-A-for-middle-class-moral-outrage nonsense
times: righty, owned by murdoch and reports news based on his business interests, employs the maximum number of smug twat columnists
sun: see above but with extra lying, sensationalist bullshit and hypocrisy
(I helped save b3ta! gravytrain, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:45, archived)
# This is an excellent summary.
100% fact.

EDIT: What do you think of the Mail and Independent?
(I helped save b3ta! Mr Gear the gay-maker, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:50, archived)
# the mail is what the express aspires to be
and i like the independent but it can cause acute narcolepsy due to its inherent fence-sitting. and it takes itself a bit too seriously

i like the grauniad online though - tis quite funny, especially teh sports
(I helped save b3ta! gravytrain, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:55, archived)
# You wanted to know...
The Guardian - Protentious twats.
The Telegraph - Protentious tory twats.
The Mirror - Read it if you have an iq below 50 but above 20.
The Daily Express - Boring bastards.
The Times - Middle class wannabes.
The Sun - Read it if you have an IQ below 20.
(Pete Tranter's Sister, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:47, archived)
# I`d go for The Sun if I had to buy a paper
- they have the sport section, TV bit, and boobies

you can`t lose

(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:00, archived)
# the sun
along with channel 5, actually makes you stupiderer and lowers your QI
(I helped save b3ta! gravytrain, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:05, archived)
# hmm I can believe this
but after 6 years of study, it`s all I can manage
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:08, archived)
# nearly the right list...
Jim Hacker:
- The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
- The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
- The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;
- The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
- The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;
- The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country;
- And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read the Sun?
Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.
/yes minster
edit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:53, archived)
# wonderful! I've now got that sketch running through my head!
Ta for that, much appreciated!
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:54, archived)
# i got the dvd of them all recently
it still rocks :)
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:55, archived)
# ive got a few taped, but dvd sounds the way to go
I've just managed to get the spoof 'whoops apocalypse' on dvd - sublimely funny
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:56, archived)
# oh aye, i have a vague memory of that too
and the yes ministers are definitely worth getting hold of, they're wonderfully funny and remain scarily apt
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:02, archived)
# brilliant
forgot all about that :D
(I helped save b3ta! gravytrain, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 13:58, archived)