The Daily Mail

Owned by: Daily Mail and General Trust, owned by Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere

Editor: Paul Dacre

Political leaning: Right / far right

Daily circulation: circa 1,490,000

Today’s leading headline: Flightmare

Today’s Mail furiously reprimands Ryanair, plastering a row of statistics over their front page. The company so far has had half a billion pounds’ worth of value wiped out, with over ‘400,000’ passengers hit by the continued cancelled flights. Ryanair has been forced to cancel up to 80 flights a day after a scheduling error meant it did not account for compulsory holiday days for its staff.

Afterthought: A monumental cock up, and entertaining to watch from a distance. Various outlets have reported that Ryanair knew about this problem as far back as last year.

The Daily Telegraph

Owned by: Telegraph Media Group, owned by Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay

Editor: Chris Evans

Political leaning: Right

Daily circulation: circa. 460,000

Today’s leading headline: May must unite Tories on Brexit or lose election, warns Hague

Today’s Telegraph takes a small breather from its favourite activity, supporting Boris Johnson, and reverts to its hobby of dropping invective against Theresa May. The paper reports that yet more infighting looms over May unless she can bring her party together in the face of Brexit.

Afterthought: If you were living your life this weekend and not paying attention to the infighting among the Tories, BoJo put out his Brexit plan that absolutely no one asked for. May was embarrassed and reprimanded him. Pundits across the country twisted their hands with excitement — what’s he doing? Is he trying to get fired so as not to be tarnished with the Brexit brush of baloney? Only time will tell.

The Times

Owned by: News UK, Rupert Murdoch’s company.

Editor: John Witherow

Political leaning: Right

Daily circulation: circa. 446,000

Today’s leading headline: Climate change disaster can be averted, says experts

Today’s Times reports that scientists seem to have over egged the speed at which climate change will bring about our collective demise. The paper says that various scientsits have had to ‘admit that the world is warming slower than predicted’. Change can now begin to take place to reverse the process.

Afterthought: Newspapers often pick and choose which scientific research they want to invest their trust in cough cough looking at you Daily Mirror with statins cough cough

The Guardian

Owned by: Scott Trust Limited, run by a board with a policy of non-interference.

Editor: Katharine Viner

Political leaning: Left

Daily circulation: circa. 161,000

Today’s leading headline: Watchdog urges actions as millions of households rack up mounting debt

Today’s Guardian leads on news that eight million people in the UK are ‘struggling to cope’ in this economy as they continue to rack up debt. The Money Advice Service has stepped in and warned the government to interject to protect those in need the most — the ‘young, renters and gig economy workers’.

Afterthought: Many have described this mounting debt as a ‘timebomb’, and they are not far from the truth. 8.3 million of us are struggling deeply in debt, consumer credit is rising at around 10% a year. This are not good conditions for good decision making.

The i

Owned by: Johnston Press, whose CEO is Ashley Highfield, significant ties to the BBC

Editor: Oliver Duff

Political leaning: Centre

Daily circulation: circa. 264,000

Today’s leading headline: May vs Boris: PM takes back control

Today’s i covers the continued fighting between May and Johnson. Like a shit version of the Mayweather vs Floyd fight, we are told that the ‘pair will have [a] showdown meeting today in New York. The paper goes on to report that whilst Michael Gove has chosen to support Boris (lol), ‘some Tory MP’s are furious’ at the public circus the party is quickly becoming.

Afterthought: Boris Johnson has worked hard on curating an image over the last 15 years of a bustling but loveable buffoon. This latest spat further erodes this already terrible guise.

The Daily Mirror

Owner: Trinity Mirror. Its chairman is David Grigson, formerly the chief financial officer at Reuters

Editor: Lloyd Embley

Political leaning: Left

Daily circulation: circa. 716,900

Today’s leading headline: The shaming of Ryanair

The Mirror also lays into Ryanair, reporting that the company ‘knew about the problem since last year’ but failed to act on the information. The problem lies in poor organisation that has let pilots without their holidays, forcing them to take them all now.

Afterthought: A brutal mistake that will cost them dearly.

Financial Times

Owner: The Nikkei, which is based in Tokyo.

Editor: Lionel Barber

Political leaning: Centre

Daily circulation: circa. 193,211

Today’s leading headline: May issues rebuke to Johnson and tightens grip on Brexit talks

Today’s Financial Times also chooses to cover the rift between Johnson and May, and the latters move to bring the former back into the fold through a spanking. Johnson’s efforts to push a hard Brexit were ‘rejected’ by the PM, amid continued infighting between Tories pushing for various Brexit outcomes.

Afterthought: Where is David Davis? Who knows.

The Sun

Owner: News UK, owned by Rupert Murdoch

Editor: Tony Gallagher

Political leaning: Right / far right

Daily circulation: circa. 1,611,464

Today’s leading headline: Facebook bans our heroes

Today’s Sun claims that Facebook banned a charity from advertising on the site. The charity, Flying Scholarship for Disabled People, fell short of the company’s diversity guidelines. The paper reports that Isis propaganda is still allowed.

Afterthought: Murdoch’s continual war on the web rages on in a similarly clumpy fashion. Just a nonsense article.

Final Thought

News shouldn’t tell you how to feel. The news should present facts, and allow you to formulate your own opinion. Regardless of your political affiliation, try and read beyond the headlines that most of these papers push on you, from the left and the right.

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