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Must have burned a hole through the Telegraph's paper.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 01:21:45 PM EST
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The Telegraph has been moving centre in the last couple of years. I presume either audience feedback or a loss of audience sectors required a change in their profile to satisfy advertising relationships. As long as the Barclay Bros are making money for their mother of all holiday homes, I doubt if they have a non-pecuniary interest in the content of their papers - it's just a business.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 03:26:02 PM EST
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It has however quite specifically stood out as a purveyor of anti-wind-power nonsense. Which was the reason for my remark.

But then, we have never quite agreed on the extent to which ultra-rich conservative men run newspapers just as a business as against a channel to influence public opinion and policy.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 03:41:39 PM EST
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Understood. It is anecdotal - I read several onlines daily and I am always interested in the way certain subjects are treated. I have noticed several Telegraph articles/reports/items in the last 6 months that seemed, to me at least, to be a departure from previous form.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 04:25:29 PM EST
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Me too.

Although I wonder if the Barclays and Murdoch have it in for Cameron, and are angling for a replacement before the next election.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 04:45:42 PM EST
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i think so, the knife appears out amongst the papers of the right and things appear to be fast approaching a ferrets in a sack situation. you'd think the only way this could happen is if they think that the Lib Dems are going to stay on board with the lunatic dash to the right that the voting members of the party will demand, but it may be that they want to lose an election and so leave Labour with the blame for further austerity that the high priests of the markets will demand

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 07:21:36 PM EST
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Has it? My Dad has got the saturday edition for the last umpty years and it still seems whacko right wing to me

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Apr 8th, 2012 at 04:13:07 PM EST
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