Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the frogs before the storm’

Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by alva on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:47PM (#13360570)

Nothing cements reader loyalty like proclaiming you won the battle for them. Here is a selection of the papers that were fighting for remain.

The Economist, Financial Times, The Guardian, New Statesman, The Observer, The Independent, The Scotsman, The Times, Daily Mirror, London Evening Standard, British Medical Journal, Daily Mirror, Daily Record, The National, Sunday Mail, Sunday Mirror.

Someone would have to have an extremely convincing argument to persuade the majority that the media were not almost totally for Remain (including the BBC).

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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by Doctor_Fegg on Monday January 09, 2017 @06:53PM (#13361156)

Ok, now do that by circulation. The Independent, much though I loved it, had a fraction of the readership of the Mail or Sun.

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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by alva on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:03PM (#13361225)

I believe that the majority of mainstream papers were for remain. I have not analysed readership and reader crossover and so this could be a flaw. Completely happy to be corrected on this.

Lets say for argument it was 50/50. I could definitely understand why people might have the (in this example, incorrect) perception that the majority of newspapers were for remain. As papers are seen as part of the establishment, and the non-newspaper establishment was so heavily remain, it could easily bias your perception of coverage.

"So facts don't matter only what the presented image of what the "majority" thinks?"

Facts do matter, I just believe that the majority have this view of Brexit news coverage for a variety of understandable reasons.

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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by arethuza on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @06:16AM (#13364074)

"As papers are seen as part of the establishment"

Papers like the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail pretty much epitomize the UK "establishment" and they've been hostile to the EU/EEC for decades.

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