GG you guys are hard to keep up with!
I dont think i remember seeing on any of the previous threads that anyone had clarified which UK papers were tabloid and which were broadsheets. So i thought it might be useful...
Ive posted first a section of an article from BBc online which sort of clarifies the difference....
Quote from BBC article:
"Subjective terms
As any reader knows, more than describing the size of the paper, the terms are really about the different journalistic styles and attitudes.
As Ed King, head of the newspaper collection at the British Library puts it,
the terms have "rather subjective connotations applied to each, often by those who have something to gain or lose from the situation".
Thus broadsheets think of themselves as "the quality press" - while for them and their readers tabloids denote big brash headlines, Page 3 nudes, paparazzi pictures, tittle-tattle, celebrity gossip and a lack of seriousness.
The tabloids on the other hand think of themselves as "the popular press", and regard broadsheets as dull, wordy and worthy. Kelvin MacKenzie, a former editor of the Sun whose brash style gave the world "GOTCHA" and still embodies for many people the essence of tabloid journalism." UNQUOTE
Next is an explanation of each of the Uk National Daily papers including their political affiliation: The links to both of these articles and websites are located at the end of this post.
QUOTE
"
Broadsheets
The Daily Telegraph
Strongly conservative outlook. (It started out in life as a liberal paper -
funny how you get more right-wing as you get older.) Some efforts to appear more trendy in recent years, but common perception of it is still as a paper read by retired colonels in SE English villages. The broadsheet with the biggest circulation, in spite of strong pressure from The Times.
The Times
The oldest British national daily, known affectionately as "The Thunderer" and still considered to be the paper of the Establishment (though that perception's about as up to date as the one of City gents still wearing bowler hats and pinstripe trousers). Tends to be conservative, though surpassed in this by the Daily Telegraph by quite some distance. Rupert Murdoch's broadsheet vehicle.
The Guardian
Left-of-centre - the paper of social protest and commonly seen as a favourite with students, teachers, social workers and hippies. Generally pro-European, pro-welfare state, pro-civil rights; has recently launched a concerted anti-monarchy campaign. Claims to have made a bigger shift to web-based reporting than any other paper.
The Independent
The newest of the broadsheets, set up with the claim that it would not swallow whole the assumptions foisted on other papers by the Government's press lobby system. Leans slightly to the left, though not as much as The Guardian.
The Financial Times
As the name implies, it focuses strongly on economic matters, restricting its news coverage to the weightiest events. Pretty much neutral politically, although its economic focus means it's seen to be the paper of business and entrepreneurship and thus to have a bias to the right.
Tabloids
The Daily Mail
A newspaper for Stepford wives. Articles tend to be written in one of two tones - either sycophantic praise of middle-class lifestyles and their trappings, or moral outrage at the ever-increasing wickedness of the modern world. Rabidly conservative.
The Daily Express
Similar to the Mail, but a bit more balanced. Or less unbalanced, if you'd rather.
The Sun
The red-top par excellence. Infamous for its sensational headlines and its Page Three pictures of topless girls. Historically right-wing and often touching on the xenophobic, it's supported Labour in the last two general elections.
The Mirror
Ousted from its earlier dominance of the bottom end of the market by The Sun. Traditionally a left-wing paper.
The Daily Star
Launched in the early 1980s with the aim of competing for The Sun's readership, and thuswith similar sensationalism and right-wing politics - though the political content is negligible.
The Daily Sport
Unabashed trash. Almost zero news content - but plenty of soft *advertiser censored* pictures and adverts for adult chatlines. Oddly, though, they don't seem to have a website - they're included here for the sake of completeness." UNQUOTE
The links to both of these articles is below:
http://www.britishpapers.co.uk/natdaily.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714293.stm
Cheers, jacobean
