Whereever I travel,I always try to read some local newspaper,or read it online while collecting info.<BR><BR>Every national newspaper has its own point of view,either right,left or middle. I could tell those in North America quite well,but in U.K. such as Times,Guardian/Observer,Independent and Telegraph,could someone explain, please?<BR><BR>Thank you.

dear xxx:<BR><BR>Don't you think it would be good for you to determine whether you agree/disagree and why on your own rather than using a label (that is dependent upon perspective) to determine if something is left, right or middle? If you can tell in North America, you should be able to tell abroad as well by examining how they discuss issues, etc. Use your head! It is not just an ornament.

yeah but youd have to buy all the papers to find out? Guardian traditionally left wing, Independent as youd expect from its name, Daily Telegraph, Times - right wing, Daily Mail right wing tabloid<BR>

Hi<BR><BR>The traditional alignment has been ........<BR><BR>Mirror = left<BR>Guardian = intellectual left / liberal<BR>Express = right<BR>Telegraph = wealthy right<BR>Mail / Sun = swings to party in power<BR>Independent = possibly independent or a bit left .... or a bit right !<BR>Star = ?<BR>Daily Sport = tits<BR><BR>Peter<BR><BR>

Thank you all.

You forgot Times - or I can't skim read - which is right wing for idiots who think they're clever.<BR><BR>Surprisingly, the politics don't have <BR>all that much to do with how enjoyable the papers are. Because the Telegraph is rich, it hires the wittiest writers, so, for instance, its restaurant columns and weekend magazines are fabulous. The Guardian, on the other hand, is trite and predictable, every discussion involves working out if one news story constitutes massive social change. (Someone tell them, NO, it doesn't!) My favourite is the Indy, which is playful but concentrates hard, and I do like the Telegraph, and the Daily Mirror.

Go to www.thepaperboy.com, click on UK edition in the upper right corner. Links to 382 British newspapers online.

Sun - generally right wing, though it has supported Labour in the last two elections<BR><BR>Mail - fanatically right wing, bordering (in my opinion) on fascist. Second most popular in the UK after the Sun though - seriously scary!<BR><BR>Express - was right wing, but under previous owners and editors moved to the left of centre and is now a Blairite loyalist (though not necessarily Labour)<BR><BR>Mirror - left wing, and proud of it.<BR><BR>Times - right wing - but not nearly as far as ....<BR><BR>Telegraph - like the Mail but with some intellectual depth<BR><BR>Guardian - liberal left (in the European sense), probably closer now to the Lib Dems than Labour politically.<BR><BR>Independent - pretty much as it says on the tin, but is usually just to the left of centre.<BR><BR>Star - politics? What's politics? Tic tacs?<BR><BR>Generally, the Sundays follow the leads of the dailys.<BR><BR>In Scotland, the Scotsman was originally a left-of-centre newspaper but under its current owners and editor-in-chief has moved to the right - shedding readers by the bucketload in the process. The Herald was traditionally to the right, but has moved into the place held by the Scotsman and has generally held its readership. The Daily Record is Labour to the nth degree.

kate you raised a good point about political angle not equalling readability - i read the Spectator on line - its very right wing but has some very wellwritten and enjoyable articles

Years ago, before some major political changes and the new technology, there used to be a litany about the major newspapers of the time, much of which is still (sadly?) true:<BR><BR>The Times is read by the people who think they run the country<BR>The Telegraph is read by the people who used to run the country<BR>The Guardian is read by people who think they should run the country<BR>The Financial Times is read by the people who really run the country<BR>The Daily Mail is read by people who think their husbands should run the country<BR>The Daily Express is read by people who think the country should be run the way it used to be run<BR>The Daily Mirror is read by people who think the unions should run the country<BR>The Morning Star is read by people who think the Russians should run the country<BR>The Sun is read by people who don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big knockers

LOL,Patrick. Thank you!<BR><BR>I have been reading travel sections of above newspapers online every weekend. It is hard to tell which is the best,once a while, each one has something very interesting and entertaining. On Science section, Telegraph has some good discussions.

As a Guardian reader I am of course always beating myself up about how prejudiced I am, but I have to admit that the Telegraph (owned by Conrad Black) retains some reputation for the volume of its coverage (i.e., it can afford more correspondents). As with all papers, you have to do some shading off when you read, to allow for the interests and blind spots of the proprietors and readers.<BR><BR>And the Sunday papers are something else again of course....

One of the big dividing lines (maybe the only one remaining in today's UK politics ? ) is of course the anti/pro European positions, translating into the degree of open xenophobia (ie basically anti German and anti French diatribes) in the editorial content. Daily Mail and Telegraph are hysterically anti for their middle and upper middle class readership; the Sun is violently anti in a classic blue collar defensive way; Mirror, Independent and Guardian are pro, sotto voce, pro-Europeanism being considered as some kind of STD in British debates.

It's interesting that the anti-Europe papers tend to be owned by foreigners e.g. the egregious Murdoch.