The Daily Mirror

Published by Trinity Mirror, where incidentally my son works, the Daily Mirror is reputedly Britains most popular daily tabloid. As he brings home a copy of this paper daily, I suppose I had better be loyal and write about it, although I have to say my judgement isn't swayed by this fact. I wonder if any Mirror readers know, or possibly suspect, that this newspaper originally started out as a Womens newspaper at the end of the l9th Century. Personally I feel it still slants towards it's feminine readers with many features on slimming, make up, fashion etc.,each day. Founded by a man called Alfred Harmsworth who later became Viscount ...

The Mirror would not I suspect be the first choice of someone who is interested in the news. But hold a while I hear you say it is a newspaper and it sells in millions. QED it meeting someone's needs as a newspaper. Well OK we will have to consider what is news. If news is wondering who Jerry Hall is dating, and what Bill Clinton's brother is like (ordinary as it happens), and what Nicole (Appleton of course) and Liam (you must know - Gallagher) are up to then this is a news paper for you. If news however is analysis of what is happening behind the headlines then the articles for the attention-deficient-reader style of the newspaper is probably not going to ...

The Daily Mirror (sister paper to the Sunday Mirror) is a Labour orientated tabloid newspaper available Monday to Saturday (32p Mon.-Fri, more expensive Sat, due to additional supplements). Although it is mainly Labour orientated, it has shown in recent weeks that it is prepared to speak out against the government and believes in the freedom of speech, with articles giving the Pros and Cons of the war against terrorism in Afghanistan. Regular supplements throughout the week included Football Mania (Mondays), Mirror Money (Wednesdays), The A List – news and reviews on entertainment, etc (Fridays) and on Saturdays there is Home Life, M Magazine ...