Newspaper readership

steeljack · 22-02-2007, 02:35

Bit of a jump from another thread (jimmyjim poem to the Observer)
I'm just wondering how many people actually read a newspaper these days or have one delivered ?.
At one time I used to have two delivered , one 'national' and one 'local' now I only get the local one and thats mostly just to check who has passed on and it seems these days there are more and more names I recognize and to see what the local council has been up to and the local police arrest log, rest of my national and world news I get off the internet .
Would be interesting in hearing from younger users of this group how they get their news and if they read the local paper for whats going on in the area.
thanks

cherokee · 22-02-2007, 02:40

we get our local evening paper 5 days out of 7 its still good to know whats happening around you ..and i still try and get my brother to save the accrington observers up for us an some times we get a dozen or so at once which makes good reading ..although i do pop onto the observer online to keep an eye on the headlines...

shillelagh · 22-02-2007, 02:51

I get the morning paper every day delivered and the local weekly delivered.

LancYorkYankee · 22-02-2007, 03:42

I look at the local paper on the internet most days. Read through the 2 local papers that are delivered free on Thursdays. Buy the Washington Post on Sundays and get the rest of the news over the radio, television, and internet.

Brian

grego · 22-02-2007, 10:09

I only buy the Acc Observer on Fridays and Saturdays Express (and I only get that for tv listing) I get the rest of news from tv and internet.

WillowTheWhisp · 22-02-2007, 10:27

I get most of my news from TV and t'internet.

cashman · 22-02-2007, 10:41

only papers i get regularly are sat,n sundays, occasional locals. read net n ceefax mostly.

SPUGGIE J · 22-02-2007, 10:52

I buy the od daily paper and maybe a weekend one. I to use the internet or the text pages on the telly. In this day nd age by not purchasing a newspaper I am helping cut green house gasses.

chav1 · 22-02-2007, 11:10

dont buy a paper unless ime in it and that hasnt been for a long time

what teh point of news ppers now , tv guides are all listed on teh tv its self these days and the news is on the internet

i suppose its a bit of a pain dragging teh pc to the loo suday morning but thats why laptops were invented isnt it

garinda · 22-02-2007, 12:14

I love the Sunday newspapers. Maria Callas trilling away in the background, coffee, a bacon buttie, and a pile of papers. Bliss.

I buy the Observer, Sunday Times, and sadly the News of the World. I also buy the Accrington Observer every Thursday. Occasionally I'll buy the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, and each time I wonder why I bought it, and remind myself that is the worst local paper in the whole of the UK.

I also get to read a couple of second hand copies of the Daily Mail. The political bias drives me mad, but it's good to have a broad base of what's being reported.

lancsdave · 22-02-2007, 12:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by garinda

Occasionally I'll buy the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, and each time I wonder why I bought it, and remind myself that is the worst local paper in the whole of the UK.

Even worse since it became a morning paper

accymel · 22-02-2007, 12:32

Easy & cheap - read newspapers online - yeh Chav i can take mine to the bog too if i wanted to

jimmyjim · 22-02-2007, 13:23

You can proberbly guess that i get the L.E.Telegraph every night and the Acc. Observer..... but on a sunday i get a rest because her indoors has to read The News of the World....... so thats my day off reading.....

jambutty · 22-02-2007, 16:27

I haven’t had a national daily newspaper delivered to my door for more than 20 years.

I much prefer to watch the news on BBC1 and ITV 1 and Newsnight on BBC2. Other than that it is Ceefax for me.

There are also the hourly bulletins on Radio 2. If anything important catches my attention then the Internet helps out with the details.

maxwell silver · 22-02-2007, 19:26

6-2 i dont bother except for the Accy Observer,which i always get on Thursdays.2-10 i get the Mirror,except Fridays,as i dont have time to read it(its 11-4on 2-10 Fridays).Sat & Sun iget the Mirror.Dont get them delivered because of said shifts & its a short stroll to the newsagents & they dont deliver cigs.On2-10 i'll have a shufties of someones LET at work.