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What does “taking newspapers seriously” mean? Does it mean limiting free press to “serious” news, or does it mean convincing people that celebrity gossip is bor

• brnt 3y ago
  It 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 ago
    Example 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.