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*** ''The Observer'' does have some reason to be smug - it is oldest Sunday newspaper in the entire world.
** The ''Guardian'' is also [[Rule of Three|increasingly notable]] for the nearly unfailing correlation of their recommendations about elections and the inverse outcome:
*** Told Americans not to vote for [[George W. Bush]]'s second term, and encouraged their readers to write Americans in the "swing" area of Clark County, Ohio to this effect, even if the American voters in question were complete strangers. It caused a major backlash from Americans that resulted in Clark County voting Republican; the ''Guardian'' wound up publishing some of the hate mail that they received under the headline [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/oct/18/uselections2004.usa2 "Dear Limey assholes"].
*** And Londoners not to vote for [[Boris Johnson]] as mayor.
*** And then cautiously sort-of-endorsed the Lib Dems in the 2010 UK election, as a means of [[Hilarious in Hindsight|keeping out the Tories]].
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*** Infamous for its misleading headlines. For instance: "JORDAN IN NEW CANCER SCARE! Shock Diagnosis for [[Katie Price|Kate]] and her Family!" From this, one might infer that Ms Price had cancer? Err, no. The "CANCER SCARE" was in fact this: Her boyfriend Alex Reid uses fake tan, which ''might'' cause cancer. Other examples: JORDAN CELEBRATES HOT BABY NEWS, JORDAN'S BABY BOY, (notice a theme here), TERROR AS PLANE HITS ASH CLOUDS (illustrated using an image from a documentary and not hinting that the whole thing was fictional) and ROYAL BABY ON WAY (the startling revelation that William and Kate, being married, might choose to conceive a child).
* For those who have read the opening quote carefully and are wondering, ''The Morning Star'', formerly ''The Daily Worker'', was the pro-Soviet daily newspaper of the British Communist Party. There are a number of weekly papers by other far-left groups, such as ''Militant'' and ''Socialist Worker'', but these are only sold in the street by supporters of the groups that print them. The ''Morning Star'' itself still exists and is still nominally affiliated with the British Communist Party (which also still exists) but aims itself at a broader audience among the radical left rather than focusing on the tiny minority of actual Communists remaining in the UK.
** It was originally affiliated with the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) but switched to the breakaway Communist Party of Britain (CPB) in the 1980s. A good thing for them, too, as the CPGB fell apart soon after [[The Great Politics Mess
** Ironically the ''Morning Star'' is unique among British tabloid format newspapers in being literally blue-top instead of red-top, despite being explicitly socialist.
* ''The Daily Sport'' - home to even more topless women and also owned by a pornographer. Equivalent to the US ''National Enquirer'', in a way. Superficially resembles the ''Sun'', ''Mirror'' and ''Star'', but notable for containing almost [[Lurid Tales of Doom|nothing that is normally thought of as news]]. Including a double-decker bus encased in an Antarctic ice sheet, a [[World War II]] bomber found on the Moon, a kebab house with an [[I'm a Humanitarian|unconventional ingredient]] and a half-horse, half-human baby. Squeezed in, with extreme difficulty, around the porn.
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* ''[[Private Eye]]'' - a fortnightly satirical magazine edited by Ian Hislop of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' fame. Notable for having better investigative journalism than most of the proper papers, with the twin results of breaking many scandals earlier than anyone else, and being the subject of countless libel suits (Hislop frequently publishes the letters threatening legal action, and occasionally describes himself as "the most-sued man in British legal history"). Slightly split personality as the news pages tend to be quite left-wing while the cultural coverage tends to "all modern art is a con trick and all pop culture is trash" conservatism.
** People familiar with the French press (no, not the one you use for coffee) should think of ''Le Canard enchaîné'' as more or less an exact equivalent (albeit a much shorter one). Americans should think of ''[[The Daily Show]]'', [[Dissimile|but in print form and only coming out once every two weeks]]. The second half consists of parodies similar to the USA's ''[[The Onion]]'', whereas the first half is investigative journalism.
* ''The Big Issue'' - Weekly magazine which contains articles about social issues. Notable as it specifically exists as a means for homeless people to make a legitimate income - it is only sold in the street by homeless vendors and can't be bought in shops. [
* ''Prospect'' - Monthly politics magazine with a general establishment-left (although surprisingly anti-immigration at times) and pro-European tendency.
* ''Standpoint'' - Monthly politics magazine which is much closer to US Republicanism than any native British ideology, full of stories pointing out how Western Civilisation is in danger from the Muslims and their multicultural socialist friends. Rumoured by opponents to sell sod-all and to be published merely as an attempt to persuade Americans with those politics that they have a serious constituency in the UK.
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