Telegraph
There's a good interview with Telegraph editor Martin Newland in the Guardian, who says lots of sensible things, in particular this about the comments pages:I soon came to recognise we were speaking a language on geopolitical events and even domestic events that was dictated too much from across the Atlantic. It's OK to be be pro-Israel, but not to be unbelievably pro-Likud Israel, it's OK to be pro-American but not look as if you're taking instructions from Washington. Dean Godson and Barabara Amiel were key departures.
I used to read the Telegraph but stopped when the others went tabloid. I still read the S.Telegraph, though as shown below it's getting difficult. I did read the Telegraph the other day and was reasonably impressed -- the creeping comment-style news that was evident under the Black regime appears to have been stopped in its track and Newland is explicit that he will not allow it to become another Independent (which I like, btw, but see his point).
He also says the Mail is vulnerable as it presents itself in a 'spittle flecked way'. He says the tabloid Times has 'new things arriving like a unwanted trains at a station, at a time you never expected them to arrive....the flow is so bad', which is completely true.
Sadly Newland says the Telegraph will remain broadsheet as long as its readers wish, which I imagine will be some time. He also seems to rate Tom Utley highly, which is bizarre.
posted by Matthew @ 11/15/2004 01:35:00 PM
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