Is "The Herald" the guardian of our democracy?

Johro · 23-08-2010 02:06AM

Ah yeah, the Herald..
With it's thoughtful headlines such as 'LIMERICK STAB CITY'. A few years back I heard the Herald described as 'that screeching madwoman of the Irish press'. Pretty apt, I thought.

KyussBishop · 23-08-2010 08:01AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I heard that the write The Herald using "plain man's english" so that taxi-drivers can understand it.

Funny that, I remember my dad (used to be a taxi driver), stopped buying the herald years ago when they ran a headline story "Taxi Drivers: Public enemy no.1" (not making a point of anything, just makes me recall this

).

My knowledge of it is a bit shaky (was only a kid then), but this was years back when there was a huge controversy over (I think) taxi numbers being deregulated (i.e. massive increase in number of taxi licenses available), and license plate fees being cut, causing existing taxi drivers to lose many tens of thousands of pounds on their license plates overnight.

The whole thing also led to lots of people losing their livelihood as taxi drivers, as they suddenly couldn't make enough money to get by, and (the added kick in the balls) had to sell off their license for fuck all money, compared to what they bought it for; all with no compensation.

Anyways, so ends the rambling history lesson (and one reason why I think the Herald is shite).

Father Damo · 23-08-2010 08:07AM

Anyone recall the story claiming Osama Bin Laden had briefly stayed in Finglas in the 90s? :pac:

Dionysus · 23-08-2010 08:34AM

Any newspaper owned by that Anthony O'Reilly guy is trash - the Sunday Independent being far and away the worst newspaper imaginable.

The Irish Times remains the sole quality daily newspaper in modern Ireland. The Sunday Business Post is the only serious Sunday newspaper. You can learn something from reading both of these. Having said that, the only day I purchase a newspaper is Friday when the Business/Technological/Employment section of The Irish Times is published.

There is absolutely no point to the Evening Herald. Years ago it was good for getting flats in Dublin and part-time jobs (you'd have to get it as early as possible). Available flats and jobs can be got online now. It's redundant, only purchased by people who, bizarrely, are not aware of all the info the internet has. And those people who stand at traffic lights selling this rag are contributing zilch to Irish society.

Greyfox · 23-08-2010 10:14AM

Dionysus wrote: »

Any newspaper owned by that Anthony O'Reilly guy is trash - the Sunday Independent being far and away the worst newspaper imaginable.

The Irish Times remains the sole quality daily newspaper in modern Ireland. The Sunday Business Post is the only serious Sunday newspaper. You can learn something from reading both of these. Having said that, the only day I purchase a newspaper is Friday when the Business/Technological/Employment section of The Irish Times is published.

There is absolutely no point to the Evening Herald. Years ago it was good for getting flats in Dublin and part-time jobs (you'd have to get it as early as possible). Available flats and jobs can be got online now. It's redundant, only purchased by people who, bizarrely, are not aware of all the info the internet has. And those people who stand at traffic lights selling this rag are contributing zilch to Irish society.

All sunday papers are trash! The Herald is a very entertaining and enjoyable read. I can't understand why people buy arkward to read broadsheets these days, the format is so outdated. I can get news online for free (from the sites that give real news) so for me the only reason I'd buy a paper is entertainment value, something the times always gets a zero for, the Times is a boring outdated relic

Biggins · 23-08-2010 11:05AM

Greyfox wrote: »

All sunday papers are trash! The Herald is a very entertaining and enjoyable read. I can't understand why people buy arkward to read broadsheets these days, the format is so outdated. I can get news online for free (from the sites that give real news) so for me the only reason I'd buy a paper is entertainment value, something the times always gets a zero for, the Times is a boring outdated relic

I have avoided the Sunday papers especially the last few years as they have steadily worsened in regards to just filling themselves with brainless fodder for the masses.
However I have to say The English Times is vast different (and far, far superior in layout and content to the Irish Times).
Absolutely packed with educational and informative articles to suit all, it covers all age groups.
Just a pity more don't give it a chance. If they did they might just learn something rather than just the usual Paris Hilton/Spears/whoever gossip rubbish.

An example of yesterdays Sunday Times: http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2875/wwwthesundaytimescoukst.jpg

Terry · 23-08-2010 02:00PM

Sheeps wrote: »

Is this a troll?

Let me see.

Sheeps wrote: »

The only people who read the herald are working class scumbags who drink pints all day in between placing bets in the bookies, collecting their dole money and eating chipper every night for dinner.

Hmm. I would have to say that, in my opinion, it is.

Prof.Badass · 23-08-2010 03:55PM

Newspapers* are actually destroying democracy.

By whipping up anger and hysteria they make more profit, which sounds great! But the downside of this is that in a democracy, a misinformed populace leads to bad, sometimes disastrous political decisions

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*I would have said "tabloids", but let's be honest, it's not just the tabloids at it

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Strangely enough, the metro-herald manages to be both interesting and non-rage inducing

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Internet for all your news (preferably discussion groups such as after hours :cool:)!

Fulton Crown · 23-08-2010 06:36PM

A lot of intellectual snobbery in this thread this poster would opine.

Look ! The Herald is a plain simple paper that tells it as it is....unlike The Irish Times it does not whiff of lavender and the leafy lanes of South Dublin !

It is straight up/no nonsense/no gilding the lilly...facts facts facts paper.

I like the way they attack shysters like Callelly/Fingleton/Molloy/Fitzpatrick et all and are not afraid to arsk the hard question.

Now whats so wrong about that - the Herald is a nice modern urban read and deserves our support.

And...no...I do not work fer the Herald

Is "The Herald" the guardian of our democracy?

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