Research on newpapers political view

The Sun

Political slant: During Thatcher's reign, the tabloid openly supported the Conservatives but when New Labour came around, they switched sides supporting them at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections. Now they're back to the Tories.

Known to be more open about their political influences, they often run front page stories bragging about their influence in the victories (stating for instance that they "won it" for John Major in 1992). The Sun, like The Times, is owned by Rupert Murdoch who is said to greatly influence the political outlook of his media publications.

The Daily Telegraph  


Political slant: Given that it has the nickname "The Torygraph", it's a safe bet to say that it tends to sway towards Conservative policies. Even when Labour was incredibly popular, the Telegraph remained loyal to Tories. 

In its genesis, the Telegraph was overtly liberal. Recently it has been critical of Brown and Labour in general, but still hasn't been devoted to David Cameron's ideas either 

The Independent

Political slant: The Independent does not tend to sway to any one party, hence its name. They tend to openly debate, instead of support, political initiatives, but they operate more in centre-left than they do right - more Liberal than either Labour or Tory. The Independent was openly critical of the Iraq war.

In a speech on June 12 2007 Tony Blair called The Independent a "viewspaper", saying it "was started as an antidote to the idea of journalism as views not news. That was why it was called The Independent. Today it is avowedly a viewspaper not merely a newspaper".

The Daily Star   


The Star isn't the most political of publications – it has once printed a window sticker stating "No poli-tits! This house is a candidate-free zone!". Other instances it has stated that it would be wise to cast a vote, regardless of which party the reader chooses.   

The tabloid has reported about Brown's demise in recent times. Thursday October 1 2009 saw The Star ask "Is this strange, tetchy, shifty, gloomy, scheming oddball the man Britain really wants in No 10?". While it is expected that they support David Cameron, they seldom sing his praises either.