Woodrow Interview

I hate and detest the Mail and the Express but I'm prepared to put that aside to read what turns out to be a reasonably decent interview.

 

Can't remember the last time I actually bought a paper, used to get one every morning about 20 years ago, but with the tinternet a paper one is just old news nowadays

 

I’m a far left lunatic, but I read any football stories regardless of source. Because they aren’t political. I sat in on this interview with Cauley. Joe Bernstein is just a football journalist. He’s not Adolf.

 

Owd Bossman`s match report is worth a read if you`ve time to spare.

 

Thing is by clicking on links you're giving money to the Mail through advertising. I appreciate that the story itself is unlikely to have a political bias.

 

People should read anything they want to read. Just use a brain when you read owt!

 

Bit confused by this 'what newspaper are people allowed to read' followed by your comment 'of course it is up to people what they want to read.' It's all opinions. One person might respond to your original question but that would just be their opinion. Best to make your own mind up. I used to read the Guardian but it's gone way too far politically in my opinion, it's become a self-righteous, our way or the highway rag. Whatever happened to just reporting the news factually rather than telling people what to think..

 

Sadly the masses that read the Mail and the Express don't have a fully functioning brain or they don't know how to use it.

 

The Guardian has become more political, might this just be an attempt to redress the balance against the likes of the Mail etc?

 

I can’t remember the last time I bought a newspaper however I’m quite happy to read any link about us, half the time I don’t even realise which paper it’s from, I’m there to read a feel good story about us and not a political view.

 

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Possibly but why sink to their level?

 

Just for balance

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...arnsley-nurture-unlikely-premier-league-dream

 

I read the on-line Guardian regularly (and the Independent) and I honestly don't know what you mean. Can you give me an example?

 

HP, Heinz?

 

It's a feeling that has developed over time, I cant point to specific articles. Well I could but I'm not going to trawl back through the last 5 years or so. My opinion however. Make no mistake I have more of a rising anger when I see anything produced by the dreaded Mail

 

I like the Guardian, but I don't claim it has no agenda. However, it does have some very well written articles that are agenda free. When they write about Barnsley FC for instance (there was an article today) it tends not to be patronising, well researched and written in a style that I like. Also, they don't put articles behind a pay wall, everything is free and they rely on donations.

I also like The Independent. It's not quite independent politically but it's as close as you'll get. Again I like the writing style but you only get a few articles a month that are free.

I used to like the BBC. I no longer do. Not the news arm anyway. It has one agenda, the continuing existence of the BBC. To do that it has to curry favour with the government. Which it does, at every turn, far more so than any other news outlet. It's a travesty that the nation is taxed for its continued existence. I cannot believe there hasn't been an independent enquiry into its political reporting which infests every subject it covers. It's a stain on us all.

I don't like any of the tabloids. I find the writing style almost unreadable, articles barely researched with little to say, patronising and not informative in any way.

Tory broadsheets do have interesting articles but their political stance makes me feel murderous.

Just my opinion, not what is acceptable, but what I'm likely to read, which is the best answer I can give you.

 

I donate to both Guardian and Independent, £10 each, I think it lasts 3 months before they ask you again. Works out at 22p a day - bargain and helps to maintain some semblance of a free press.....