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Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Representation and Industry

  Representation 1) What political party does the  Daily Mirror  support? How can you tell? The Daily Mirror supports the Labour Party and is against the Conservative Party. Generally, the newspaper will act as a voice for normal people (like NHS heroes) and go against the rich and powerful (like Conservative politicians or big corporations like Amazon). 2) How does the  Daily Mirror  usually represent rich and powerful people or corporations? As Soul-less and unloving people. 3) How are ordinary working people presented in the Daily Mirror? Ordinary people are presented as heroes and always right  4) How is the Labour Party represented in the Daily Mirror? The labour party is represented in the Daily Mirror as The good people 5) How is Amazon represented in the article on 'no-till' Amazon stores? it is represented as a threat to the average day person

The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

 1) What year was  The Times  founded and when did it start using the  Times  name? 1785 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? the editor and publisher John Walter I, “to record the principal occurrences of the times” for the service of the public 3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?   right-wing broadsheet newspaper that generally supports the Conservative Party and is aimed at a more educated, middle-class audience.  4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity protected? Rupert Murdoch 5) What did  The Times  introduce in 2010 and why? The Times and The Sunday Times were first held under common ownership by Lord Thomson in 1966 as Times Media Limited and were bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1981. TNL is now part of News UK. Both papers introduced  digital subscriptions  in 2010 to help ensure a sustainable future for their journalism. 6) What was  The Times  named in 2018 by the Reuters Institut