Newspapers

Pighardia · 10 May 2011 at 19:04

I imagine that there have been quite a few threads like this in the past, but a search revealed that there have been none very recent i thought i would start a new thread.

I used to buy the Times every day and read it completely through, however i stopped reading it when they got Jeremy Clarkson and Martin Samuel in and it just generally went downhill, about 2 years ago i think.
I stopped reading the paper all together but now i am thinking that i really should start again.
I have been reading the Independent for a few weeks, but it just seems a bit woolly if you understand what i mean. I get the impression that there is quite a bit of news that is not reported in it, or is not gone in to detail enough.

So, i am looking for a new paper to read. I am not too worried about political bias, as you can generally look through it if you know it's there. As little comment as possible too really, as i don't really like them tbh.

Any suggestions?
What do you read?

PS. I find that it's just not the same getting all your news online, i like to have the paper

Pighardia · 10 May 2011 at 19:16

simulatorman said:
I've always been a Times man and will remain one until I drop.

I generally got on well with The Times, it has the best sport section by a mile for a start, but there was a point a few years ago when it was just filled too much with comment. I might get it again tomorrow to see how it is now. Does Martin Samuel still do the football because i really can't stand him?

I have thought about The Telegraph, as the way they broke and handled the expenses scandal won them a few points with me tbh.

Pighardia · 10 May 2011 at 20:19

So that's Samuel down. Now just get rid of Clarkson

(presuming he's still there)

Pighardia · 10 May 2011 at 20:32

Ahleckz said:
The Independent has hardly got any news in it! It's terrible.

I bought the Independent on Sunday, i went up to the counter and the guy said "that's £1.80" I couldn't believe it! Most of it was just useless padding anyway. There was an especially smug piece by Janet Street-Porter about why people shouldn't shop in Supermarkets and a 3 page interview with Danny Dyer (which admittedly was hilarious though

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dmpoole said:
The last time I read a newspaper was probably the late 80's so excuse my question.
Did Jeremy Clarkson and Martin Samuel write most of the articles in the paper for you to stop reading it?

Lets just say I took it as a general sign that it was time to move on

Obviously it wasn't just because of them, it was going downhill at the time.

Pighardia · 10 May 2011 at 21:43

Masterdog said:
The independent had too many 'Don't shop at Tesco you Nazi' and 'Why aren't you growing your own vegetables, you complete ****'-type articles for me.

I have definitely found this too

Pighardia · 12 May 2011 at 12:48

I've gone back to The Times now. I bought it yesterday and today, it's certainly better quality than the Independent.
And the sport seems to be back to it's high standards. Michael Atherton is about the only Columnist that i would read tbh.