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Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:21:15
Following on from the thread about the Sun, I thought it might be interesting to find out which newspapers are most or least popular among OOFers. It may have been done before, but the regular users have probably changed quite a bit since then.Poll added. Which newspaper do you read daily or regularily?
Just for fun and curiositys sake.
Unfortunately not enough options available to list all the daily papers, so listed what I thought would be the most popular.
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: hotel21 on 17 February 2011, 19:21:50
Poll added, just for a giggle.

 ;)

Apologies Albs, I added a poll as you initially said you were confuddled as to how to.  Mine now deleted....   :y
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: mikkmuzik on 17 February 2011, 19:24:33
Financial Times :D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Turk on 17 February 2011, 19:25:03
 :-/ Can't find either poll.
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Omega_Dan on 17 February 2011, 19:25:20
Daily Express :y
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: hotel21 on 17 February 2011, 19:25:58
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I just added one Brucie, but it (and yours) seems to have disappeared ? :-/

My deleting 'my' poll probably deleted yours at the same time - could only be one there at a time, i suppose!  I'll put one up then....   ;)
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:27:12
Done. ::)
Dan, stick your choice in the poll. :y...........and buy a decent paper. :y :D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: hotel21 on 17 February 2011, 19:27:50
poll added - again!   ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 February 2011, 19:29:52
Whichever you read Albs it hasn't helped with your spelling  ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Varche on 17 February 2011, 19:30:32
No option for "weekly Telegraph" for Expats. In fact the Telegragh wasn't even listed.

PS It is a Birthday present. That will teach me to be 100!
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:31:15
Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/
The Telegraph was in my original poll, but we now seem to have a few Scottish papers instead. ::) ;D ;D

Edit. now sorted (sort of) the Gaurdian has now got minus 1 and minus 25%, just how it should be, nice one Brucie. :y ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: hotel21 on 17 February 2011, 19:33:58
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Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/

Ok, Ok, Ok....   ;D

I'll delete the poll and let you sort it yourself Albs.  Too many cooks/road to hell & good intentions etc!   :D   :y 
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:36:22
No leave it, enough confusion already. ;D ;D ;D

Borrox too late, this is hilarious.roflmao here. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Lo-knee, I think yer da has been on the after dinner firewater again. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: CaptainZok on 17 February 2011, 19:37:36
Don't forget comics Albs, don't want the massive admin to feel left out do we. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:39:34
Looks like we have to start a new poll - again. ::) ;D ;D
Right, gimme a minute. ::)
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 February 2011, 19:41:11
I read Andrex or Double Velvet
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 February 2011, 19:43:24
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No leave it, enough confusion already. ;D ;D ;D

Borrox too late, this is hilarious.roflmao here. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Lo-knee, I think yer da has been on the after dinner firewater again. ;D ;D


Dont Dis me Dad  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 February 2011, 19:44:20
The Socialist Worker.......and The Times on Sunday... :)
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:44:57
Right, at last. Poll available for voting - leave it be Bruce. ;D ;D
Ladies and gentlemen (and people from Stoke) please cast (or recast) ::) your votes. :)
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: hotel21 on 17 February 2011, 19:46:36
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Right, at last. Poll available for voting - leave it be Bruce. ;D ;D
Ladies and gentlemen (and people from Stoke) please cast (or recast) ::) your votes. :)

Just a slight change....

The Mirror is the Daily Record in Scotland...  ;)

Read that as well as The Scotsman so that I get to see both sides of the situation!    ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 February 2011, 19:46:45
Can we have an "I don't" option when the poll finally appears in a sustainable form? ;)

I'm not remotely interested in sport of any kind, so that's the back third of most papers binned unread. Celeb gossip, or any kind of gossip, for that matter, agony aunts, theories on what some nutter with no medical qualifications reckons causes cancer this week, etc. Nope. Another third gone, if not more.

Not really interested in anyone else's biased drivel on the subject, just the facts would be fine. Besides, there are no end of blogs offering material of that nature. Most of the remaining third gone.

The supplements and adverts that fall out before you can get the damned thing to the checkout in the newsagents can stay on the floor in the newsagents for all I care.

All seems a bit of a waste of paper, when you look at it like that, so I don't bother. ;)

Kevin
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 February 2011, 19:46:54
I'm other - as said, I'd rather read used bog roll - its full of shite still, but more interesting.
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Amigo on 17 February 2011, 19:49:38
The Beano & Classic car weekly.
   
   The real world broadsheet press is full of scandal, lies & suffering. If this was'nt bad enough they drag out what could be said in a few lines into endless paragraphs of drone.

   The tabloid press is full of television so called celebs. of which i have no interest in as i hardly ever watch telly. ::)

   I have no regard for either
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 February 2011, 19:50:40
erm.. 5-6 newspapers everyday , but none of the above ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:51:13
Poll now amended. Other/none, please specify by posting in thread. Observer deleted and replaced by the Telegraph.
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Banjax on 17 February 2011, 19:51:26
theres no option for "the Indy", but anyway I buy the "I" since it started a few months ago - like a cut down Indy for 20p  :y

Guardian on Saturdays
Observer on Sundays

Scotsman if theres no "I" in the week  ;)
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 February 2011, 19:52:53
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I'm other - as said, I'd rather read used bog roll - its full of shite still, but more interesting.


Just wondering if this is the new way fortune telling Jammie instead of reading tea leaves??  :D :P
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 February 2011, 19:53:37
mostly local.. but if I'm interested for a specific  news  I check for  various from UK.. 
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 19:55:28
Not enough options to list them all, and I didnt realise anyone still read the Indy. ::) ;D
I knew the local branch secretary of the Socialist workers party, he didnt work. ::) ;D
I also knew his replacement, who was a real socialist firebrand, until someone found out he owned a lot of houses and rented them out for a pretty tidy sum, he was quite a rich man who didnt practise what he preached. ::)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Banjax on 17 February 2011, 19:58:44
where's the Daily Star and Daily Sport?  :o
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 20:04:14
No options left in poll.Hoping not too mnay people bothered by those two omissions. ;)
So far, it looks like at least half of OOFers dont read newspapers, or in the case of Daz - cant read newspapers. :D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 February 2011, 20:06:14
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I'm other - as said, I'd rather read used bog roll - its full of shite still, but more interesting.


Just wondering if this is the new way fortune telling Jammie instead of reading tea leaves??  :D :P
Its a skill.  I was 'reading my leaves' earlier, and it told me of a shitstorm...
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Bent valve on 17 February 2011, 20:07:18
The i during the week, Telegraph Saturday, Times Sunday.
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: razzo on 17 February 2011, 20:09:55
Don't read any of em
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Banjax on 17 February 2011, 20:13:56
my dad wouldn't consider a day without his paper but nowadays theres an overload of "info" from the net, tv, idiotbook and faceache that theres little room left to read proper journalism in a decent paper these days - its all celebrity pi$h, tits and scandal in most papers so you cant blame most people for not bothering  :(
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 20:15:49
Very true, although I did read an excellent article today regarding the war in Iraq and the enquiry - it happened to be in the Mail. I might post it up later if its online.
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: henryd on 17 February 2011, 20:21:12
I don't read any paper, if I want news I turn the telly or pc on :y
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Amigo on 17 February 2011, 20:26:40
The Mail's doing well for a paper that can't make it's mind up & changes it's opinion to suit the middle class masses.
  Hope you're not missing the purple sprouting brocolli too much! :P
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 17 February 2011, 20:29:30
No surprise to many on here, but of course I read The Daily Telegraph! :D :D :D :D ;)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 20:49:33
Dont think the Mail is known for changing its mind Guy. Its right wing and proud of it. Although it may surprise a few on here that it has condemned the banking industry in extremely strong terms in the last 2 or 3 years. ;)

This is the article which I mentioned in a previous post, which I think should be of interest to anyone who still cares even a little bit about this United Kingdom.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1357773/Chilcot-inquiry-So-Iraq-war-based-lie-Tony-Blair.html
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Gaffers on 17 February 2011, 20:52:08
What? No viz?!!
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Vamps on 17 February 2011, 21:01:42
Local free paper here... :y Occasionally the local Rag, but mostly the news or Internet if searching for a particular story...... :)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Auto Addict on 17 February 2011, 21:09:02
None.
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: tunnie on 17 February 2011, 22:25:02
The toilet paper, some people call it The Metro  :-/

Gives me something to read on the staff shuttle bus  8-)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 17 February 2011, 22:46:21
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The toilet paper, some people call it The Metro  :-/

Gives me something to read on the sunshine variety club bus  8-)

Now that explains a lot. :y :D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: mantagte on 17 February 2011, 23:17:13
eastern daily press
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: unclelicklug on 18 February 2011, 07:10:13
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Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/
The Telegraph was in my original poll, but we now seem to have a few Scottish papers instead. ::) ;D ;D

Edit. now sorted (sort of) the Gaurdian has now got minus 1 and minus 25%, just how it should be, nice one Brucie. :y ;D

If anyone's wondering...I'm the Guardian voter...

Good job I'm a tolerant liberal or I'd come and punch your lights out for that comment Albs.... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Jimbob on 18 February 2011, 08:18:25
I use the Web / its beamed to my phone  ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Banjax on 18 February 2011, 08:41:37
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Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/
The Telegraph was in my original poll, but we now seem to have a few Scottish papers instead. ::) ;D ;D

Edit. now sorted (sort of) the Gaurdian has now got minus 1 and minus 25%, just how it should be, nice one Brucie. :y ;D

If anyone's wondering...I'm the Guardian voter...

Good job I'm a tolerant liberal or I'd come and punch your lights out for that comment Albs.... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

surprisingly, theres a queue of tolerant liberals wanting to punch Albs  ;D :y
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: bob.dent on 18 February 2011, 09:21:20
Have to admit if I do buy a paper (which isn't everyday) I do get the Sun :-[,  but the main reason being that I don't have a great deal of time to read papers like The Mail and I can whizz through the Sun in a few minutes. When I really want to know what's going on in the news, I watch one of the news channels on TV.
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Boatboy on 18 February 2011, 09:51:14
Generally none, for all the reasons others put so succinctly.

Occasionally the 'Eenin Stannit' freebee that mrs boatboy brings out of London.

Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 18 February 2011, 10:26:45
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Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/
The Telegraph was in my original poll, but we now seem to have a few Scottish papers instead. ::) ;D ;D

Edit. now sorted (sort of) the Gaurdian has now got minus 1 and minus 25%, just how it should be, nice one Brucie. :y ;D

If anyone's wondering...I'm the Guardian voter...

Good job I'm a tolerant liberal or I'd come and punch your lights out for that comment Albs.... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

surprisingly, theres a queue of tolerant liberals wanting to punch Albs  ;D :y
Maybe because, "tolerant Liberals" ime will tolerate just about anything other than people disagreeing with them. ;) ::) ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: johnnycboy on 18 February 2011, 10:44:16
The Daily Sport because of all the real life news in it. ::)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 18 February 2011, 10:50:35
Nothing to do with the t*ts then John ? ::) :D ;D
How you doing anyway ? long time no see/ hear. ;)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: johnnycboy on 18 February 2011, 11:05:22
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Nothing to do with the t*ts then John ? ::) :D ;D

How you doing anyway ? long time no see/ hear. ;)

Albs are you saying there are pictures in that paper, can't say I've noticed ::)

Im ok, just had a bit of a rough time past couple of months, reason I have not been on here much. 
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 18 February 2011, 11:16:07
sorry to hear that John, hope things are looking up for you now. :y
Have you noticed there has been a fair bit of activity on the Essex meet thread recently ? ;) :)........not that Im hinting or anything. ::) ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Richie London on 18 February 2011, 13:38:55
fiesta readers wives. and viz
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: Banjax on 18 February 2011, 14:38:22
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Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/
The Telegraph was in my original poll, but we now seem to have a few Scottish papers instead. ::) ;D ;D

Edit. now sorted (sort of) the Gaurdian has now got minus 1 and minus 25%, just how it should be, nice one Brucie. :y ;D

If anyone's wondering...I'm the Guardian voter...

Good job I'm a tolerant liberal or I'd come and punch your lights out for that comment Albs.... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

surprisingly, theres a queue of tolerant liberals wanting to punch Albs  ;D :y
Maybe because, "tolerant Liberals" ime will tolerate just about anything other than people disagreeing with them. ;) ::) ;D

I'm tolerant of anyone who's tolerant  :y
Title: Re: Which newspaer do you read ?
Post by: unclelicklug on 18 February 2011, 16:57:34
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Something wrong here B. It is saying I have already voted and voted for.......The Gaurdian !!!! :o :o :o I wouldnt wipe my arris with that rag. ::) :-/
The Telegraph was in my original poll, but we now seem to have a few Scottish papers instead. ::) ;D ;D

Edit. now sorted (sort of) the Gaurdian has now got minus 1 and minus 25%, just how it should be, nice one Brucie. :y ;D

If anyone's wondering...I'm the Guardian voter...

Good job I'm a tolerant liberal or I'd come and punch your lights out for that comment Albs.... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

surprisingly, theres a queue of tolerant liberals wanting to punch Albs  ;D :y
Maybe because, "tolerant Liberals" ime will tolerate just about anything other than people disagreeing with them. ;) ::) ;D

Just don't understand why everyone can't be reasonable AND DO IT MY WAY  :) :)
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: Del Boy on 18 February 2011, 17:50:10
Mirror and Kentish express. Only because I buy them for my mum and read them before she does ;D
Title: Re: Which newspaper do you read ?
Post by: albitz on 19 February 2011, 09:04:05
quite interesting results (if your as sad as me).
Of the people who took part in the poll and the thread, it looks like approx 60% of folks read a paper regularily, and 40% dont.
Of the people who do read a paper regularily 23 people read what would be described as right wing papers and 4 people read what would be described as left wing papers.
I can only presume that OOF isnt very representative of this"left leaning country" of which Banjax speaks. :-/ ::)