>> As the labour party whine about them being right wing,
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When? Where?
The facts [quoted below as printed by The Guardian] – as revealed in a freedom of information request:
Roy Greenslade
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 14 August 2012 18.01 BST
" .... between 1 April 2010 and 28 February 2011, the BBC bought 59,829 copies of the Guardian compared with 51,384 copies of the Times and 48,968 copies of the Daily Telegraph. The Daily Mail came in fourth (45,553) and the Financial Times was eighth (33,721).
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There are so many similarities between the BBC and the Guardian aside from assumptions about politics. Both organisations are free of commercial ownership, with the corporation funded by licence and the paper owned by a trust.
Both are imbued with a public interest ethos. The BBC is a public sector service and the paper views itself in a similar vein. (The Scott Trust values include "a sense of duty to the reader and the community"). It is therefore fair to say that the corporation and the paper have deeply ingrained shared values. ...... "
Also, from Yes Minister:
"Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: the Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by people who actually do run the country; the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the Financial Times is read by people who own the country; The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."
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