Introduction to Newspapers: blog task

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

Soft news

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

Hard news
3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?
The labour party . Daily mirror .
4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?
Conservative . The times.
5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years?
Becuase of tv news , mobile news and moreover the internet and technology .

6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?
Newspapers can right what they want about the government with freedom .

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