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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I’m a student, you know shallow, uncaring prefers alcohol over any decent education so when I read a paper its not for the ‘real news’. I’ve got standards though, I don’t think I’ll ever sink as low as to read The Daily Star and if the Mirror is sold out I’m still hard pushed to by The Sun. The Mirror is a typical ‘Red Top’ paper, it’s got the ‘witty’ headlines, the abbreviated nicknames of politicians and the celebrity content. The Mirror is defiantly a step up from the aforementioned papers, maybe not always in writing style but in terms of content. Although there is a big focus of ...  Read the complete review

The daily tabloid newspaper market is indeed a competitive one. Forget the broadsheets, alongside these is where the real rivalries are going on. Take a look inside your local newsagent. No doubt you will see many similar-looking papers - The Mirror, The Sun, The Star, The People... But The Mirror (formerly known as the Daily Mirror) is currently, in sales anyway, trailing behind The Sun for the coveted number one spot. Both are exceedingly similar - the "red-top" style, cheap price, general news, sports news, fashion, gossip, and usually "non-news" as well - particulary in The Sun where stories such as "My parrot loves ...  Read the complete review