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> A lot of people overseas Maybe it depends on which sea you mean, but in my primary school, decades ago, British 'press' was held up as an example of what hap
by brnt 3y ago
> A lot of people overseas
Maybe it depends on which sea you mean, but in my primary school, decades ago, British 'press' was held up as an example of what happens when a nation doesn't take newspapers seriously.
- labster 3y agoWhat does “taking newspapers seriously” mean? Does it mean limiting free press to “serious” news, or does it mean convincing people that celebrity gossip is boring and they should read investment news instead?
- brnt 3y agoIt means that they are wasting their freedom of the press; an example of where newspaper-like productions have become divorced from journalism. People on reading gossip, publishers on shameless pandering and moneymaking.
- InCityDreams 3y agoExample of almost exemplary British journalism (apart from the floaty ad, easily clicked away): https://www.private-eye.co.uk https://www.private-eye.co.uk Also podcasted as 'Page 94' and the editor Ian Hislop is a longtime panelist on highly (have I got news for you), can be seen on youtube. *Mr Hislop's description of Boris Johnson coming out of make-up and deliberately messing up his hair is very telling.