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Independent, perhaps. Unbiased? Definitely not. Since we're on the topic of newspapers, this old Yes Prime Minister quote explains the UK press quite accurat
by DrBazza 3y ago
Independent, perhaps. Unbiased? Definitely not.
Since we're on the topic of newspapers, this old Yes Prime Minister quote explains the UK press quite accurately:
> Jim Hacker explains who reads the newspapers
> Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country; the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the Financial Times is read by people who own the country; the Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
> Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
> Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big **.
- tialaramex 3y agoAnd so as ever I should link perennial HN favourite investigation of this joke: https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2021/04/what-the-papers-say/ https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2021/04/what-the-papers-say/
- DrBazza 3y agoNever seen that before. Thanks. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the joke went back to the turn of the century using different newspapers, but it's out of living memory now.