Newspapers? The Guardian's what I read myself, so I support assigning it to Giles too. :) It's definitely left of centre; the stereotypical reader would be a muesli-eating, tweed-wearing university lecturer or social worker (I'm none of those, but it does seem to fit Giles). It's strong on foreign and political news, and usually ignores the more show-business gossip side of news reporting. The Times has more of a focus on business and financial news; the Telegraph is, stereotypically again, the paper read by retired colonels - and I imagine Quentin Travers would have read it.
As for how each British newspaper would react to a story about gory demon-related deaths (warning; some stereotypes present here...):
The Guardian - report the facts fairly neutrally, but complain about the danger to civil liberties if the authorities over-react.
The Telegraph - report the facts fairly neutrally, but complain that this sort of thing didn't go on in the good old days before the police were handicapped by too much bureaucracy.
The Times - report the facts fairly neutrally, and call on the government to cut interest rates to steady the stock market in the face of this news.
Daily Mail - hype the story in a bid to terrify their readers, and complain that it's all the fault of Political Correctness Gone Mad.
Daily Express - hype the story in a bid to terrify their readers, and complain that it's all the fault of foreign immigrants. Also, the same demons may have been involved in the death of Princess Diana, see special feature on page 5.
Daily Mirror - Full colour pictures on pages 2,4,5,6,7 and 10!!
The Sun - Full colour pictures on pages 2,4,5,6,7 and 10 and an interview with a popular soap star/footballer's wife who lived next door to one of the victims!!
Regarding local papers... the Evening Standard is owned by the people who print the Daily Mail, and shares its general viewpoint, but has a lot of local news too (restaurant and theatre reviews, local sport, classified advertisments, etc). Incidentally, the Standard is printed in several issuses throughout the day, not just once in the evening. Another relevant paper is Metro, which is handed out free every morning in vast quantities at railway and tube stations.
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Date: 2006-12-31 06:03 pm (UTC)Newspapers? The Guardian's what I read myself, so I support assigning it to Giles too. :) It's definitely left of centre; the stereotypical reader would be a muesli-eating, tweed-wearing university lecturer or social worker (I'm none of those, but it does seem to fit Giles). It's strong on foreign and political news, and usually ignores the more show-business gossip side of news reporting. The Times has more of a focus on business and financial news; the Telegraph is, stereotypically again, the paper read by retired colonels - and I imagine Quentin Travers would have read it.
As for how each British newspaper would react to a story about gory demon-related deaths (warning; some stereotypes present here...):
The Guardian - report the facts fairly neutrally, but complain about the danger to civil liberties if the authorities over-react.
The Telegraph - report the facts fairly neutrally, but complain that this sort of thing didn't go on in the good old days before the police were handicapped by too much bureaucracy.
The Times - report the facts fairly neutrally, and call on the government to cut interest rates to steady the stock market in the face of this news.
Daily Mail - hype the story in a bid to terrify their readers, and complain that it's all the fault of Political Correctness Gone Mad.
Daily Express - hype the story in a bid to terrify their readers, and complain that it's all the fault of foreign immigrants. Also, the same demons may have been involved in the death of Princess Diana, see special feature on page 5.
Daily Mirror - Full colour pictures on pages 2,4,5,6,7 and 10!!
The Sun - Full colour pictures on pages 2,4,5,6,7 and 10 and an interview with a popular soap star/footballer's wife who lived next door to one of the victims!!
Regarding local papers... the Evening Standard is owned by the people who print the Daily Mail, and shares its general viewpoint, but has a lot of local news too (restaurant and theatre reviews, local sport, classified advertisments, etc). Incidentally, the Standard is printed in several issuses throughout the day, not just once in the evening. Another relevant paper is Metro, which is handed out free every morning in vast quantities at railway and tube stations.