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I buy one newspaper a week - The Daily Torygraph on a Saturday, specifically for the weekly crossword competition and the puzzle pages in the Weekend section; it also means I get the TV guide supplement as well, but that's not the reason for buying the paper.
Other than that, I haven't bought a local or national newspaper since the 1980s when I became so disillusioned with the power and influence that the newspaper editors in general, and the tabloids in particular, bring to bear over the people of this country. In masquerading as news reporting, they influence the nation so much - especially at times of General Elections - that I find them open to huge political bias (both sides of the political spectrum) that is, to my mind at least, dangerous. I don't accept the argument that individuals are able to make their own mind up on political issues - it simply isn't the case when facts reported by The Sun, The Mirror and The Daily Mail are twisted to suit the political colour of the editor, owner and readership.
As for local papers, my views on the Dover Express have been well documented on Dover Locals, so I won't reiterate them here, but I will admit to reading my mother-in-law's copy of the Dover Mercury every Thursday. I have every respect for Graham Smith, their editor, with whom I had the pleasure of working on the Dover Regatta Core Group for two years, and whom I found to be a man of honour and integrity; it's not often that you can say that about journalists, but all on the KM staff I have found it to be so.