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The Guardian is rather unique in British newspapers in that it is owned by a trust. The rest of the British press is pretty right wing and is usually pushing t

The Guardian is rather unique in British newspapers in that it is owned by a trust. The rest of the British press is pretty right wing and is usually pushing the line of it's owners pretty strongly. Brexit for example was disproportionately supported in the press. The Guardian often seems left-ish in comparison, but it would have been hard to imagine another paper publish the Snowden papers. They have been publishing stories about the links between CA/Facebook/Brexit/Trump for over a year. I used to subscribe to The Times (owned by Murdoch) but canceled after it's complete failure to challenge The Snoopers Charter[0] [0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016

alva 9y ago
"Brexit for example was disproportionately supported in the press" Not according to the most comprehensive research [0]. This is a Remain meme. " eight endorsed Leave: the Sun, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, the Sunday Express, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, and the Spectator. Eight supported Remain: The Times, the Guardian, the Observer, the FT, the Independent, the Mail on Sunday, the Mirror, and the New Statesman. Buzzfeed, HuffPo UK, Vice UK, and the Star (Daily and Sunday) did not formally endorse either side, though the editorial perspective of the first three lent towards Remain, while the Star strongly favoured Leave." [0] https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/CMCP/UK-media-coverage-of-the-2016-EU-Referendum-campaign.pdf https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/CMCP/UK-media-co...
- isostatic 9y ago
  Balance that by copies sold.