The Irish print media - the degrees of seperation?

[newswire]

I'm doing some research into what seperates our broadsheets from eachother in terms of reporting style and ethos.

I am currently focusing on:

1. The Irish Times
2. The Irish Independent
3. The Irish Examiner

The areas of interest to me are:

Editorial policy, style of journalism and their readership profile.

I would welcome any input from p.ie members

[sandar]

I'm doing some research into what seperates our broadsheets from eachother in terms of reporting style and ethos.

I am currently focusing on:

1. The Irish Times
2. The Irish Independent
3. The Irish Examiner

The areas of interest to me are:

Editorial policy, style of journalism and their readership profile.

I would welcome any input from p.ie members

I would say that the Irish Times has the largest urban readership of the three, very focused on Dublin, its rural readers are likely to educated and FG or labour supporters, say the village schoolteacher, solicitor, or doctor.
The Independent has a broader reach, probably slightly less ABC1 readers than the times, and more of its readers will be from rural backrounds, even if they are now based in urban areas. Quite a lot of farmers read the Indo as well.
The Examiner has a strong regional bias, with a huge portion of its sales being within Munster(about 70% I think) readership is a combination of the demagarphics of the indo and the times, though probably less ABC1 than ABC2

[JCSkinner]

I'm doing some research into what seperates our broadsheets from eachother in terms of reporting style and ethos.

I am currently focusing on:

1. The Irish Times
2. The Irish Independent
3. The Irish Examiner

The areas of interest to me are:

Editorial policy, style of journalism and their readership profile.

I would welcome any input from p.ie members

Only if you do my homework for me first...

[Undercover Reporter]

There is a web site that has exactly all the info you are looking for, now what was it called again?

[jjacollins]

Let's be honest, the alleged "Irish media" doesn't actually support anything except a west British agenda.

They don't support Irish culture as more often than not foreign sports will take presidence over Irish sports.

When questioned, they spout the usual lazy nonsence that British scoccer is popular, while ignoring that our own sports would be even more supported if they got pride of place.

The same story with the national language, the media seem to go out of their way to degrade it with constant articles feeding the laziness of modern school going scroats who can't be bothered learning anything.

They never support our fellow citizens in the north east who have been bullied ever since the Government of Ireland act was published.

A very sad state of affairs.

[Gaius Baltar]

Let's be honest, the alleged "Irish media" doesn't actually support anything except a west British agenda.

They don't support Irish culture as more often than not foreign sports will take presidence over Irish sports.

When questioned, they spout the usual lazy nonsence that British scoccer is popular, while ignoring that our own sports would be even more supported if they got pride of place.

The same story with the national language, the media seem to go out of their way to degrade it with constant articles feeding the laziness of modern school going scroats who can't be bothered learning anything.

They never support our fellow citizens in the north east who have been bullied ever since the Government of Ireland act was published.

A very sad state of affairs.

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”
-Albert Einstein

[NotDevsSon]

Let's be honest, the alleged "Irish media" doesn't actually support anything except a west British agenda.

They don't support Irish culture as more often than not foreign sports will take presidence over Irish sports.

When questioned, they spout the usual lazy nonsence that British scoccer is popular, while ignoring that our own sports would be even more supported if they got pride of place.

The same story with the national language, the media seem to go out of their way to degrade it with constant articles feeding the laziness of modern school going scroats who can't be bothered learning anything.

They never support our fellow citizens in the north east who have been bullied ever since the Government of Ireland act was published.

A very sad state of affairs.

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”
-Albert Einstein

And you don't get anything more infantile than some extreme Irish Republicans, as this website shows! :P

[constitutionus]

I'm doing some research into what seperates our broadsheets from eachother in terms of reporting style and ethos.

I am currently focusing on:

1. The Irish Times
2. The Irish Independent
3. The Irish Examiner

The areas of interest to me are:

Editorial policy, style of journalism and their readership profile.

I would welcome any input from p.ie members

I would say that the Irish Times has the largest urban readership of the three, very focused on Dublin, its rural readers are likely to educated and FG or labour supporters, say the village schoolteacher, solicitor, or doctor.
The Independent has a broader reach, probably slightly less ABC1 readers than the times, and more of its readers will be from rural backrounds, even if they are now based in urban areas. Quite a lot of farmers read the Indo as well.
The Examiner has a strong regional bias, with a huge portion of its sales being within Munster(about 70% I think) readership is a combination of the demagarphics of the indo and the times, though probably less ABC1 than ABC2

or put simply.

1. read by cocks

2. read by culchies

3. read by corkonians.

[thebrom]

I am currently focusing on:

1. The Irish Times paper of record
2. The Irish Independent paper of Fianna Fail
3. The Irish Examiner paper of Cork

[jjacollins]

Let's be honest, the alleged "Irish media" doesn't actually support anything except a west British agenda.

They don't support Irish culture as more often than not foreign sports will take presidence over Irish sports.

When questioned, they spout the usual lazy nonsence that British scoccer is popular, while ignoring that our own sports would be even more supported if they got pride of place.

The same story with the national language, the media seem to go out of their way to degrade it with constant articles feeding the laziness of modern school going scroats who can't be bothered learning anything.

They never support our fellow citizens in the north east who have been bullied ever since the Government of Ireland act was published.

A very sad state of affairs.

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”
-Albert Einstein

And you don't get anything more infantile than some extreme Irish Republicans, as this website shows! :P

So you don't think it important that a National media be nationally minded in any way? With the Irish nations interest at heart and not just playing up to our nearest neighbours just because most of them are in the pay of some British newspaper as well.

Irish national identity may well not exist at all accoring to your thoughts.

Ireland it seems still suffers it's morally and national spiritless fools