The
Press in Britain and Elsewhere
It's common knowledge that newspapers report the news, interpret various events, give useful information that people need. They are also a popular source of reading for entertainment. People often buy newspapers for their feature articles on subjects of wide interest and for their regular columns on topics. Together with other means of comunication newspapers form the media. Printed forms of the media, including newspapers and magazines are also called "the press".
Newspapers can take a serious line informing the readers as fully as possible. Alternatively, they may take a more popular approach with a choice of stories, more photographs and larger eye-catching headlines. In the United Kingdom newspapers tend to be either one thing or the other.
It's common knowledge that newspapers report the news, interpret various events, give useful information that people need. They are also a popular source of reading for entertainment. People often buy newspapers for their feature articles on subjects of wide interest and for their regular columns on topics. Together with other means of comunication newspapers form the media. Printed forms of the media, including newspapers and magazines are also called "the press".
Newspapers can take a serious line informing the readers as fully as possible. Alternatively, they may take a more popular approach with a choice of stories, more photographs and larger eye-catching headlines. In the United Kingdom newspapers tend to be either one thing or the other.
The British are believed to be
the greatest newspaper readers in the world. A symbol of the British Press is
Fleet Street — a street in London that used to be home of most British national
newspapers.
British daily papers are
published from Monday to Saturday. The quality papers such as The Times, The
Guardian, The Financial Times are for those who want to know about important
happenings everywhere. Compared with Russian papers, British quality papers are
very thick. They usually consist of separate sections. It's not uncommon for a
newspaper reader to use only one or two sections and throw the others away. Popular
papers or tabloids, such as The Daily Mail, The Sun or The Daily Express make
much easier reading and have a more general readership.
Nearly all papers pay special
attention to sports news. The evening papers, such as The Evening News are
often bought because people want to know the winner of a race or the result of football pools.
The Sunday papers are not
Sunday editions of the daily papers but separate weekly editions coming out on
Sundays. In addition to the news, they usually provide interesting articles on
different themes. Some of them, such as The Sunday Times has a very high
reputation and the best critics and journalists write for them.
