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# I like Stephen Fry's comment:
'I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathsome and inhumane.'

www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/16/jan-moir-stephen-gately-facebook-twitter
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:45, archived)
# The Guardian is for sandle-wearing, muesli-eating, patchouli-smelling-of, hippies.
I feel sad because my parents read the Daily Mail. They have done for decades. It's never been a good paper, but ten years ago it wasn't quite as hate-filled as it is now. As far as I know, my parents don't hate anyone. They've certainly never expressed any such sentiments. I think they just really really like Princess Di though.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:49, archived)
# ^ this with a fucking bell on
Except if I actually read newspapers; I'd read the Guardian.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:51, archived)
# The Times.
All the broadsheets are pretty good for the actual news. It's only the columns and opinions sections where they really differ. I like a few of the Times' columnists, although I have to balance that against the fact that William Rees-Mogg has a column and he makes my knuckles itch.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:53, archived)
# Why does William Rees-Mogg anger you?
Oh you just said you can't remember, sorry. I was busy reading about him to find possible reasons. He's kind of pro-drugs, if that helps.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 19:08, archived)
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(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 19:09, archived)
# He's got a bloody annoying name
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 19:10, archived)
# Seems to be about the size of it.
Fair enough.

His daughter is called Annunziata.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 19:12, archived)
# Maybe that was what angered me.
No, no I don't think it was. Oh well. It's well established that I hate him now, so there's no going back.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 19:16, archived)
# The only newspaper I read is the Guardian Online.
And the only bit of it I read is Charlie Brooker's column.

I don't want any facts getting in the way of my opionions, thank you very much.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:53, archived)
# My parents read the Times.
I don't read enough papers to know where this places them on the political spectrum.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:53, archived)
# The Times is,
and always has been, right smack in the centre. No paper is without a political agenda, but the Times seems to have someone representing every political agenda there is, so it seems fair.
(, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 18:55, archived)