political compass

Key words Daily mail- textual evidenceDaily Mail- institutional evidenceThe i- textual evidenceThe i- institutional evidence
Militarism (use of military)Ukraine and Russia (page 25) pro-war anti-war.
Business over humansLord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail’s editorial stance towards them in the early 1930spg 16- drawing attention to the hunger crisis in east africa, leftist libertarian views.The paper and its website were bought by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) on 29 November 2019, for £49.6 million
views on conservative partyp18 is the ‘Comment’ ie the editorial or voice of the paper ‘Only Starmer gains from this clueless plot’ – ie Labour will gain from Conservative divisions over Boris Johnsonright-wing tabloid,[1][2][3] the Mail is traditionally a supporter of the Conservative Party. It has endorsed the party in every UK general election since 1945,Front cover ‘Johnson future turning toxic for Tories’ seems to be against Conservative / Boris JohnsonNick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, a centrist party, is a fortnightly columnist for the i. His column usually features in the “My View” comment section of the paper.[31]
During an interview for the i in December 2017, then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn declared himself to be a dedicated reader of the i, saying that its compact size and concise articles suited his busy lifestyle as Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition.[32]
PatriotismFront page ‘Joyous Jubilee’ – supporting Royal FamilyFront page ‘The new Firm’ slightly critical of Royal Family
authority/ libetarianPG18: ‘labour’s chances of winning an overall majority are vanishingly small’Third-party assessments from media bias organizations such as AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check. Based on this data, The Factual assigns Daily Mail a “Right” bias. Does not have voice of editor, but an ‘Opinion Matrix’ instead ie a range of different voices and opinion – so much more freedom and plurality (=many) in voice and thought?
One partyPage 2 suggests the UK is a one party state ‘no alternative’, ‘we are strongest when united’ this shows a very authoritarian perspective.PG2: ‘no alternative candidate’
Racial Superioritypg 19. ‘tired of white men being blamed for everything wrong in the world’
Equalitypage 9 (the prince sticks his tongue out and puts his hand on his mouthers mouth)
Nationalismpage 10 ‘how the nation came together’ suggest national harmony – we are all together.published in London by Daily Mail and General Trust and distributed across the United Kingdom
Class superiorityPage 14 – “Prince of wales… uniting the UK” – I think this shows that the Daily Mail believes the Royal Family (upper class) are much more important
Page 18 – “Boris is right, Macron is wrong… Saving Putins face is a mug’s game” – Showing Boris’ superiority by involving Putin
rightPG18: ‘the truth is that Boris Johnson is by a country mile the best person to lead the tory government and the country at this time’

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