Introduction to Newspapers: blog task

 1) What type of news can you typically find in a tabloid newspaper?

Soft newspaper: celebrity,gossip,royal family,showbiz and sport.


2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper?

The type of news you can typically find in a broadsheet newspaper are hard news like politics, international, culture and sport news.

Hard news, politics,international,culture,sport.All for information purposes-less for entertainment. 

3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? 

If someone is left-wing, the political party they are likely to support are the Labour party so the newspaper they would likely read is the Daily Mirror.



4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?

If someone is right-wing, the political party they are likely to support are the Conservatives so the newspaper they would likely read is The Times.


5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years?

technology has improved over the years, which allows people to access the news online as well as watch the news on TV 

6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?

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