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offtopic:british_newspapers [2008/03/19 14:42] Thandeofftopic:british_newspapers [2019/03/29 15:13] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 [[The United Kingdom]] has a vast array of newspapers, none of which are entirely free from editorial bias. In order that foreigners may understand how the system works, the much-cited passage from //Yes Minister// is here quoted: [[The United Kingdom]] has a vast array of newspapers, none of which are entirely free from editorial bias. In order that foreigners may understand how the system works, the much-cited passage from //Yes Minister// is here quoted:
  
-    Prime Minister Jim Hacker: I know exactly who reads the papers:+Prime Minister Jim Hacker: I know exactly who reads the papers:
  
 The [[Daily Mirror]] is read by people who think they run the country;  The [[Daily Mirror]] is read by people who think they run the country; 
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  and the [[Daily Telegraph]] is read by people who think it //is//.  and the [[Daily Telegraph]] is read by people who think it //is//.
  
-    Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?+Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
  
-    Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.+Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.
  
 //See also: [[Private Eye]]; [[Daily Express]]; [[The Observer]]; [[The Independent]]// ; //[[Evening Standard]]// ; //[[The Spectator]]// //See also: [[Private Eye]]; [[Daily Express]]; [[The Observer]]; [[The Independent]]// ; //[[Evening Standard]]// ; //[[The Spectator]]//
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