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rendelharris Wrote:

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> uncleglen Wrote:

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> Since between them the Sun, DM and DE have a

> total

> > sales of under 4 million- and there are people

> who

> > only read the sport, or only do the puzzle

> pages.

> >

> > I think that most people make up their minds

> about

> > what is going on in the UK from their own daily

> > experiences.

>

> That rather disregards the fact that most papers

> are shared between people - a family sharing the

> one paper, papers shared between workmates, etc -

> so the real readership is a lot higher than the

> actual sales. Plus, of course, the internet, with

> the DM website, God help mankind, apparently the

> most popular in the world.

>

> People make a lot of decisions on the basis of

> what they see around them, but when it comes to

> something requiring expert analysis - for example,

> the economic benefits or otherwise of Brexit -

> surely they can only rely on the information

> gleaned from the press?

Most people get this from the TV (and mainly the BBC), (and I suppose increasingly worryingly the Internet) - the supposed massive influence of the press is a myth and a stock answer from those that are so certain in their rightgiousness thet still can't see why people have different opinions to them and why for eg the working class don't all vote Labour. People choose what newspapers to read and the Mirror, the Guardian and more left wing alternatives have all been in sharper long term decline than the more 'right wing' newspapers, The Sun wot won it is one of the biggest myths of politics - The Sun switched to Blair for eg when it saw the way the electorate was moving. People aren't gullible media led saps - (though anyone who post a link to The Canary is clearly :) ).

[Otta]

Haha, spot on about the canary.

[rendelharris]

Stunning effort from the Sun and the Mail here: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-corbyn-not-dancing-remembrance-service_uk_5828d511e4b0ec3145f8af9e

[red devil]

I think someone needs to tell the current incumbents of the Trump thread that Jonathan Pie is a spoof journalist...