Want an honest Press? Boycott newspapers!

I hate newspapers. Unless I can have my say in them. So aside from The Badger, the only one I have any grain of respect for is the Financial Times, not because I’m in it (yet), or because I’m a dirty capitalist (I’m not), but because it consistently provides well sourced articles with minimum emotive drama – granted, its subject matter helps. Contrast this with the rest of the British press, which is ready to make a quick buck on practically any subject. It’s like the worst kind of person – someone who lives their life for gossip and inconsiderate rumouring, making mountains out of molehills, failing to give the entire picture if it means boosting sales.

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