The Daily Mail

[watervole]

My father just complained that no one ever laid out the full facts and figures of what things (industry, central heating, transport, etc.) produced what % of the CO2. I'm afraid I got slightly cross and told him that if he insisted on reading the Daily Mail, then he shouldn't be surprised that he never got any real facts.

I will never understand why my father, who is a highly intelligent man in every other respect, continues to buy a newspaper that mostly consists of opinionated gossip.

Comments

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I often ask my mother the same question. I have a stack of them in my flat (for the cats' litter trays) and I keep them shoved in the utility room in case anyone comes round and thinks I read the damn rag.

[johnrw.livejournal.com]

On the whole the paper people buy most often is the one which most closely reflects their worldview.

Look on the bright side, at least it's not The Sun or The Star!

btw I don't buy any paper on a regular basis - I prefer the BBC and the 'net
:-)

[ia-robertson.livejournal.com]

Do any of the papers actually contain facts these days???

Alastair