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Originally Posted by andyl
Some interesting opinions emerging.
Damien, I would have to disagree that the tabloids inform more (on current affairs) because they are wider read. If you want to know whether Coldplay Chris and Gwyneth have had a row then you'll be informed; if you want to know, say, the background to the immigration debate, then you will not (well you'll be highly selectively and often misleadingly informed whereas the right wing broadsheets will put their view into some context).
O/B, your lack of time to read a broadsheet depresses me. It could restrict your world view as, for example, foreign news is noticeable largely by its absence in the tabloids.. Love or loathe The Guardian or whatever will bring new ideas to the fore and provide the background to the major issues of the day.
I take on board those who use t'internet and news channels as sources. I'd be lost without the BBC site myself and the 24 hour channels let you catch up pretty much at your convenience. But the pleasure of sprawling in front of a paper is not one I'd readily give up.
Coggy, I'd personally recommend the Sunday Times. Could sleep a small army under all those supplements over several afternoons (although you devour a rainforest in doing so  )
Still not sure I've got too far in getting people to opine on whether the b/sheets are better at informing, specifically on current affairs, than the tabs. If it's celeb rumour and gossip - and sport perhaps - I concede the tabs win hands down, although there's Heat out there too!
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Personally I find a lot of sport coverage in the broadsheets is better than the tabloids.
A few years back I used to take the FT and the Sun every day. The FT was for business reasons, but it surprised me how often the Sun had something in the business pages that the FT didn't. I also regularly took the Independent to read on the train at another stage of my life. A very good read.
One remark I would make is that the news as a whole is a vast subject. No single paper covers everything, presumably partly through lack of space. So purely reading a broadsheet might not necessarily give more information. Sure it will IF that particular item is covered, but not every item is.
As for the tabloid being good for celeb gossip, sure they have some in there. They also have a problem page. But the broadsheets have obituary columns... and what exactly is the point of that to most of us mere mortals? They rarely mention people who are known to the masses?