The Daily Mail

[Silversky]

Does it back the british government, and if so, why?

[littleoldme]

Most definitely NOT as far as the current government is concerned. The Daily Mail is arguably the most rabidly right-wing, pro-Conservative (or to be more precise, anti-Labour) of the mainstream papers.

[hugh_jarse]

If it doesnt then it jolly well should.
That paper is a beacon of what it means to be British.
Bring back the Empire thats what I say,

[hugh_jarse]

and hanging, flogging and national service. That will sore out the men from the chavs, what!!!!!!!!

[ali_alic]

As MP Jim Hacker put it in Yes Minsiter/Yes Prime Minister (tho Bernard Woolley - his private secretary came up with the sun readership explanation :

THE TIMES is read by people who run the country.
THE MIRROR is read by the people who think they run the country.
THE GUARDIAN is read by the people who think they ought to run the country.
THE DAILY MAIL is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES is read by the people who own the country.
THE DAILY EXPRESS is read by the people who think that the country should be run as it used to be.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH is read by the people who believe it still is.
THE SUN is read by the people who don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big t*ts

So there you have it!!

[ali_alic]

Oh - and heres the American equivalent :

The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country.

USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie chart format.

The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn't have to leave LA to do it.

The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and they did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.

The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.

The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country, as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.

The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a country or that anyone is running it; but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist dwarfs, who also happen to be illegal aliens from ANY country or galaxy as long as they are Democrats.

The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.

The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.

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