THE BRITISH PRESS

Britain is a nation of enthusiastic newspaper readers. More than 16 million people buy a
copy of a morning paper every day. That’s why we can imagine the British press is powerful
because they don’t have any ban or any laws with a big community of reader. So, they can
talk about the private life of everybody. The Royals are the best target, the people love to
read the newspapers about the Royals. Britons spend part of every Sunday with latest issue
their favorite Sunday paper.
There are two types of press, the tabloid with big photos in front page, with big headlines,
chocking stories, the gutter press: the gossips (= commérage), they don’t deal with serious
matters
Then you can have serious newspapers name broadsheets like the Times, The Sun (the
famous tabloid of United Kingdom).

The British press is much followed by the people, 16 million readers every day
There is a wide range of newspapers, not expensive
They are competitive, so they search for the best news
Broadsheets (= page large journal serious) deal with serious matters
They try to attract readers with sensational stories

Reporters for the tabloid how does he works.

Reporters are very competitive, they going to sell they report, it’s a competitive world they
need to have much information possible
They have no value because they are very intrusive because he works on the private life of
the others.
Sometimes too much power can lead to a complete chaos

N.O.W was a famous pape read by many English people, Rubert Murdoch is one of the most
famous kings of the press.
Some reportyers decided to hack a family where there had been a murder. When the
readers discovered the story, they decided not to buy the paper anymore. The advertisers
also decided to stop working with the newspaper. So, N.O.W shut down in a second.
The journalists were so eager to win money from their article and wanted to become
famous!

It is a pity because the paper was famous, so Rupert Murdoch had to apologize publicly. He
said he could not control everything but felt sorry for the family and their privacy

The first amendment:

The government can’t make laws against the respect of the establishment of religion,
prohibit the free exercise of the religion, or abridge the freedom of speech; the freedom of
the press, the right to peaceably assemble.

Because the press is an important way of expression

For the Bill of Right`
They have no bans
Nowadays, this amendments is topical
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