Founded in 1821 The Manchester Guardian : a local newspaper
First editor : John Edward Taylor, a merchant Creation : in
reaction to the Peterloo massacre and the radical medias opinion
John Edward Taylor, first editor of The Guardian (1821- 1844)
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Weekly newspaper : published on Saturdays A liberal newspaper :
a textile traders and merchants media Broadsheet Cost : 7
pences
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19th century : from weekly to daily newspaper. 1836 : an
aditionnal publication on Wednesdays ; 1855 : a daily with the
abolition of stamp duty From local to national and international :
assessed its reputation under the editorship of CP Scott in the
early 20th Droped of Manchester in 1959 then moved to London in
1964 From broadsheet to Berliner (2005) and multimedia (1999).
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Full-coloured, Berliner, price : 1,2 , 0,50 for students
Average daily circulation : 232,566 in September, 2011 Third in the
UK : 1. The Daily Telegraph, 2. The Times, 3. The Guardian 2 sister
papers : The Observer (Sunday newspaper in UK) ; The Guardian
Weekly (weekly international edition) Audience on the web : 36 to
37 millions per month (Feb, 2010) The Guardian app : launched in
2009
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Capture dcran site web
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Reputation of quality newspaper in opposition to tabloids
Middle-class newspaper Independence and objectivity : Comment is
free, but facts are sacred... The voice of opponents no less than
that of friends has a right to be heard (1921, CP Scott, Guardians
editorship) A centre-left newspaper CP Scott : editor of The
Guardian from 1872 to 1929
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Against reforms : Peterloo massacre and trade-unionists Under
Scotts editorship : became more radical : wars, Suffragettes
movement, Israel International : Spanish civil war, Suez crisis
National : Northern Ireland, against Tories, pro New Labour.
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Tony Blair Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Israel Phone hacking
scandale
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Strong supporter of his election at the head of the New Labour
and of him standing for the PM election 2010 : the newspaper became
a supporter of the Liberals with Gordon Browns election. Citizens
have votes. Newspapers do not. However, if the Guardian had a vote
in the 2010 general election it would be cast enthusiastically for
the Liberal Democrats. () But this time is different. The
conjuncture in 2010 of a Labour party that has lost so much public
confidence and a Conservative party that has not yet won it has
enabled Mr Clegg to take his party close to the threshold of real
influence for the first time in nearly 90 years. (Editorial, The
Guardian, April, 30th)
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The Guardian attracted lots of anti-war readers it is surely
time to reassess the whole intervention. It matters not whether
this makes or breaks Nato. What matters is whether this
intervention can achieve its aims. If it can't, something much more
modest should be put in place. It should be scaled back, not
increased (Game of Losers, Editorial, The Guardian, 16th March
20096)
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In favor of the creation of an Israeli state very early Now
accused of bias in coverage of Israel The Guardians answer :
balanced and objective coverage (Harriet Sherwood in an editorial
in 2002) http://www.guardian.co.uk/values/socialaudit/
story/0,,1931208,00.html
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The Guardian : key source First release : July, 4th
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/04/milly-
dowler-voicemail-hacked-news-of-world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/04/milly-
dowler-voicemail-hacked-news-of-world Criticism of the Murdochs
system rather than News of The World itself That Rupert Murdoch is
ruthless is a universally acknowledged truth. But his action in
killing off the 168-year-old News of the World the first paper he
bought in Britain 42 years ago was one of the most clinical moves
in his long, tumultuous career as a newspaper publisher. Some would
go further and say that it was one of his most cynical. (Editorial,
The News of the World: Put out of its misery, July 2011, 7 th
)