BensGrandad
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Rosenior Blog - The Guardian
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A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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Popularity and quality are often inversely proportional.
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A mex eyecan
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Thunder Bolt
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The majority of what? Their readership is 2.2 million and that's because the reading level is set at 12 years old.
crookie
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And most of those barely look past the sports pages and page 3, if they still do that, I expect
BensGrandad
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I read striker and do the 2 Sudoku every day
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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I was quite surprised to discover that reading levels aren't necessarily an indication of quality of the article or skill of the writer. Some author such as Hemingway or Austen have relatively very low reading ages yet they're both universally regarded as some of the greatest ever.
https://contently.com/strategist/20...level-analysis-will-change-the-way-you-write/
I take a dim view anyway of the snobbery when talking about newspapers. There's a place for both broadsheets and tabloids out there and although broadsheets do tend to be more authorative, there's no getting away from the fact that they all pander to the prejudices of their readers every bit as much as tabloids.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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He's just a complete class act. An outstanding ambassador for us and we are so so lucky to have him.
Edit. I mean Rosenior, not BG. Though he's pretty classy as well
Edit. I mean Rosenior, not BG. Though he's pretty classy as well
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I'd say your right. My issue with the tabloids is what they write about and the lengths they go to source it (or pretend to source it). The Sun is banned from my household although the right of centre broadsheets aren't. I think it's a nasty publication which, as you say, panders to people's prejudices. Although, in this case, perhaps creates them.
Buzzer
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Agreed, I think it's nasty too and don't read it. The way it covered Frank Bruno's mental breakdown recently shows it for what it is, in my opinion but I've no problem with anyone else choosing to read it. Likewise, I find the Mail quite creepy or at least its online content with its obsession photos of young daughters of celebrities.
Good at blogging. Not so good at football it seems.
Being a bit harsh but did not impress me against Barnet or Bournemouth.
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I wonder which our Liam prefers writing for? I could hazard a guess.
Machiavelli
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With you, Buzz. What are your prejudices?
The problem for us hopeless lefties is that the prejudices of our 'free' press are predominantly in one direction.
Machiavelli
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I (still) haven't read this week's instalment, but have read the rest of his Guardian output, and they're very erudite, and really insightful too. We've been blessed with some real stars at this club recently. It's so difficult to rank which is the greater role model but can't see anyone but Calde, Liam and Bruno making the top three.
B-right-on
Living the dream
Great insight ito whats going on inside a players head.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Oh well,keep up the reading,you'll get there eventually.Wonder if the Guardian can include this thread in their readership figures?Might double it.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It goes to show no player sets out to lose a game. They put their effort in (the majority of them) and are gutted when they lose. I would imagine most players are very competitive and have been to get where they are now, so will have pain at the result.
Buzzer
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I think you know the answer to that! I quite like reading The Spectator but then again I don't mind The New Statesman as and when I find a copy to read. I used to read the Telegraph but fell out of love with it years and years ago.
I'm not sure that's entirely true. The Guardian is extremely high profile, well-known and with lots of columnists who pop up very frequently on political radio and TV shows. The Independent too has always been moderately left-wing. Tabloid-wise there's the Daily Mirror still going strong and on TV, Channel 4 news is pretty unashamedly left of centre (not a criticism by the way, just an observation). Online, there's plenty with, I guess, Huff Post the obvious one that comes to mind.