Introduction to Newspaper

1) What type of news can you typically find in a tabloid newspaper?  Major news, lots of showbiz gossip, entertainment and sport

2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper? Hard news, Politics, culture and sport

3) If someone is left-wing, which political party in the UK are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? Socialist and The Times so broadsheet

4) If someone is right-wing, which political party in the UK are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? Conservative and Daily Mirror so Tabloid

5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 25 years? Because social media has taken a big part of spreading news around so people are less likely to buy newspapers

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

It allows the newspaper to make a comment about a certain subject like the government, celebrities. It also allows them to give their own point of view.