BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?

Subject: RE: BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 07 Jun 18 - 12:51 PM

If my postings are "erroneous" you're welcome to correct them - that's what we're supposed to be here for
Best description of tha Daily Mail I've come across from a survey of British daily reading habits - from a site called 'Anglotopia'
Makes sense to me
Jim Carroll

The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
The Daily Mail is a tabloid style British newspaper. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom’s second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper, The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982. The Daily Mail was Britain’s first daily newspaper aimed at the ‘middle-market’ and is known to sell a million copies a day.
According to the Wikipedia:
The Daily Mail considers itself to be the voice of Middle England speaking up for conservative values against what it sees as a liberal establishment. It generally takes an anti-EU, anti-mass immigration, anti-abortion view, based around what it describes as “traditional values”, and is correspondingly pro-family, pro-capitalism (though not always supportive of its aftereffects), and pro-monarchy, as well as, in some cases, advocating stricter punishments for crime. It also often calls for lower levels of taxation. The paper is generally critical of the BBC, which it argues is biased to the left.
The Daily Mail is a bit of a joke in many realms, because it takes itself rather seriously while reporting on sensationalist, sometimes absurd stories. They wear their conservative values on their sleeves and have to qualms about it. It’s fun to read though and is usually good for a laugh.

Subject: RE: BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Jun 18 - 01:00 PM

"Quality, not quantity, is my measure."

Douglas William Jerrold

Subject: RE: BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 07 Jun 18 - 01:05 PM

""Quality, not quantity, is my measure.""

...and the race to be the first to post an 'Actress and Bishop' joke starts now...!!!

Subject: RE: BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Jun 18 - 04:29 PM

LOL!

Subject: RE: BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 Jun 18 - 05:18 PM

In general, I still trust the news media, and I believe they generally tell the truth. There are some that are propaganda organs for one side or the other, but I think it's fairly easy to see through them.

If a publication presents an issue in a rational manner, examining multiple perspectives and exploring the issue in depth, I tend to trust it. The New York Times still does that very well, and I'm also very satisfied with National Public Radio and PBS.

I guess, for the most part, I don't believe that "fake news" exists - FOXNews, however, is an exception.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: What Publications Do You Trust, and Why?
From: BobL
Date: 08 Jun 18 - 03:16 AM

The only worthwhile bits of the DM are in the centre pages - the crossword and the cartoons. Wouldn't give tuppence for the rest.