Sunday Papers - could you really be bothered?

Irjudge1 · 02-08-2009 11:40AM

I buy the tribune and the Sunday Business Post. I used to buy the Indo because that was the paper we always had at home. I stopped buying it after the Liam Lawlor thing. I knew things were going seriously downhill at that stage when they had the 0? thingy girls writing half the paper. I have no time for Liam Lawlor and his activities, but the way his death was reported was atrocious.

I was buying both the trib and the SBP online but the site which was carrying them started missing issues for some reason so I am back to hard copy.

Biggins · 02-08-2009 11:46AM

bayviewclose wrote: »

Think about it the weekend papers are better because writers have more time to write their pieces. And also you get a review of the week aswell. Bit sweeping to call Sunday papers tired old news. As mentioned by other posters Tribune is a good read.

You have a point however some subjects are also discussed on-line in great detail too. Also not just relying on one paper for a single perspective, within a few minutes, less footwork to the shop, cheaper and again less physical paper (to be dumped later), its possible to find opposing views and thoughts as well.

Will Sunday papers go out of fashion?, no.
Are the in the majority, full of useless dumbed down junk for the masses? Definitely.
As bad as the papers during the week are, the weekend papers seem to regurgitate it all and add more piles of extra (cleb' for example) garbage in front of our eyes.
The viewing figures of Big Brother (which I see is probably to be canceled) alone show that the public has already grown tired of not just that but brainless fodder in general. There is hope for the future yet!

Sexy · 02-08-2009 11:56AM

Caoimhín wrote: »

The Sunday Business Post is a good read.

Yeah I buy that too. Lasts me all week, I leave it in the bathroom

I am not inferring that I use it as bog roll, I read it in there.

02-08-2009 12:51PM

if it's a piece of news worth knowing, it'll be in after hours.. still flick through the rag that is the indo at work but it's proper crap.

Spiritoftheseventies · 02-08-2009 12:57PM

Biggins wrote: »

You have a point however some subjects are also discussed on-line in great detail too. Also not just relying on one paper for a single perspective, within a few minutes, less footwork to the shop, cheaper and again less physical paper (to be dumped later), its possible to find opposing views and thoughts as well.

Will Sunday papers go out of fashion?, no.
Are the in the majority, full of useless dumbed down junk for the masses? Definitely.
As bad as the papers during the week are, the weekend papers seem to regurgitate it all and add more piles of extra (cleb' for example) garbage in front of our eyes.
The viewing figures of Big Brother (which I see is probably to be canceled) alone show that the public has already grown tired of not just that but brainless fodder in general. There is hope for the future yet!

Yes some papers do that. As for BB, its a star vehicle now think for people who have totally lost the concept about what it was supposed to be about. Think one contestant was quoted as saying that it would be the coolest thing ever if they all walked out of the house.

wheres me jumpa · 02-08-2009 12:59PM

I buy the Sunday Indo. Its just about the right mix of news,sport and gossip for me and the other half! Dont buy a paper any other day of the week.

winter soldier · 02-08-2009 01:11PM

i read gene kerrigan in the sindo every week the only good journo that rag has. although i got a good laugh out of reading about jody corcoran's holiday from hell in last weeks sindo. he lost his passport got sick and someone nicked his designer sunglasses. i enjoy reading the english daily mail when i visit my aunties house in london. its bonkers stuff, you wouldnt know whether to laugh or cry. the irish times during the week and sometimes the daily mirror.

Spiritoftheseventies · 02-08-2009 01:17PM

winter soldier wrote: »

i read gene kerrigan in the sindo every week the only good journo that rag has. although i got a good laugh out of reading about jody corcoran's holiday from hell in last weeks sindo. he lost his passport got sick and someone nicked his designer sunglasses. i enjoy reading the english daily mail when i visit my aunties house in london. its bonkers stuff, you wouldnt know whether to laugh or cry. the irish times during the week and sometimes the daily mirror.

Yes the irist times has some good opinion pieces. Hate all that gossipy stuff that some of the sunday tabloids push. And gene Kerrigan a shining light in journalism.

irish_bob · 02-08-2009 01:19PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

So, who is actually buying The Sunday Independent and moreover, why?

According to the NNI circulation figures from July-December 2008, 270,362 copies of The Sunday Independent were sold on average each week. Why?!?!

NNI: http://www.nni.ie/v2/broad/portal.php?content=../_includes/circulation.php

i buy the sindo every week , im a right winger so its good to get a right wing point of view which is so rare in irish media when it comes to all things political or otherwise , i think alan ruddock is excellent on straight news , i find john drennan humorous , bitingly satirical yet always on the money , i think declan lynch is a very warm writer who while his collumns are essentialy light hearted , thier are always nuggets of wisdom there , i think eamon sweeney is good on the back page in the sports section , as for the magazine , pure trash but i do like the page with the ladys in dresses ( good or bad ) and the politicians looking stupid

im not saying its a great paper but its my favourite of whats available , the business post is a little narrow in its focus , the tribune while having god writers i find has little personality and is lacking in identity , the sunday times i dont consider really irish and the sunday world is for people who like to look at pictures in books

i also like buying the sindo because it pisses so many lefties off

p.s

i like it more now than i used to as it no longer employs that scumbag and arch charlatan john o keefe

Coriolanus · 02-08-2009 01:22PM

I read the times during the week, on a sunday I just browse through Google News.
Never liked the Sundays, too much filler in them all.

DublinWriter · 02-08-2009 01:25PM

The Sunday Times is the only one I bother with now - the SBP lost it's edginess a long time ago and the other Irish Sundays just contain Irish celeb hacks endlessly braying on about utter sh*te.

JIZZLORD · 02-08-2009 10:05PM

The Sunday Times does it for teh JIZZLORD

Spiritoftheseventies · 03-08-2009 10:54AM

Sunday Tribune. Its an Irish paper. Michael Clifford good writer. Also its very good on its Northern Ireland coverage.

leninbenjamin · 03-08-2009 11:11AM

used like the Sunday Times, but mainly read the sports section and motors. Picked up the news section this weekend for the first time in a year or so and was utterly appalled the how shoddy it's become. That rag that replaced motors is utter sh*te too...

occasionally read the Sunday Buiness Post, or the Tribune, but to be perfectly honest, any news that interests me i've seen already.

The Irish Times would be my favourite midweek one, primarily for their opinion pieces. I think their journalistic quality is fairly consistent (not fantastic, but not sliding as much as the others) but there's just not enough content to make me buy it day in day out. So i read what little I find relevant in it from their site mainly.

Sunday Papers - could you really be bothered?

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