Newspapers: Telegraph and Mail to be removed
#48
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The Sun, the largest circulation UK newspaper, has been persona non grata in airline lounges as long as I can remember: I cant imagine why that would be ;-) Despite my free speech advocacy, I totally accept its simply not appropriate in an airline lounge with plenty of international travellers with vastly different values.
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#52
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One of the many benefits of LH over BA is that LH offer Press Reader. I think the number of available downloads depends on class of travel but its at least 3 and it works a few days before and after a flight. Even when flying from some provincial airport I have the Speccie, DT, Economist etc on my iDevice at 6AM.
It's very amusing BA won't even send newspapers to outstations anymore, and I can read the likes of the Spectator. I recall it was very difficult to get this magazine in the CCR, they only had a few among all the crap unless one has a penchant for Invest in Africa or Hot Tub Monthly.
In the SEN lounges they Newsweek and Time on request from the lounge staff.
It's very amusing that as the UK flag carrier I can read more British publications on Lufthansa flights than BA including their home LHR. How premium.
It's very amusing BA won't even send newspapers to outstations anymore, and I can read the likes of the Spectator. I recall it was very difficult to get this magazine in the CCR, they only had a few among all the crap unless one has a penchant for Invest in Africa or Hot Tub Monthly.
In the SEN lounges they Newsweek and Time on request from the lounge staff.
It's very amusing that as the UK flag carrier I can read more British publications on Lufthansa flights than BA including their home LHR. How premium.
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An answer frequently made here to those of us who dislike the dm but which oversimplifies the fact that from many out stations the dm was in fact the only paper ba used to offer. There is a difference between ‘ we offer 10, why don’t you just read what you like and leave the rest’ and ‘it’s the dm or nothing, if you don’t like it just leave it’ with the implicit suggestion that people do not really have a legitimate right to comment that they’d prefer their unique option to be a different one.
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The Guardian made a policy decision a year or two back not to do cheap bulk sales and I don't anticipate that changing soon.
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i subscribe to the T on line and have the cryptic crossword. I have found that I have to download and print. The IPad doesnt let you make notes or scribbles to do anagrams or anything else. As for the Daily Mail, I refer to a speck given by Cecil King
My Grandfather established The Daily Mail for those who could not think, and the Daily Mirror for those who could not read
says it all really.
My Grandfather established The Daily Mail for those who could not think, and the Daily Mirror for those who could not read
says it all really.
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Shame about the Daily Mail, but easily addressed as the DM has one of the best websites of any print media. As an avid reader of the paper using the DM's mobile app I can still access it. It is a mistake on the airline's part and puts it in the same league as the military dictatorships which ban the paper. I take the paper's content with a grain of salt and use it to gain an indication of the mood of the people. Yes, some of the articles can be infuriating, but worse are newspapers like the Guardian with its blatant bias.
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NickB, I presumed that he was being sarcastic. No-one can be that deluded, surely.
Also, on the subject of "if you don't like it, leave it": What about those who are from other countries and aren't aware of what the Daily Mail is? A few times i've sat next to a foreigner who has picked up their free copy of the DM and have felt rather embarrassed that this is their insight into British media.
Also, on the subject of "if you don't like it, leave it": What about those who are from other countries and aren't aware of what the Daily Mail is? A few times i've sat next to a foreigner who has picked up their free copy of the DM and have felt rather embarrassed that this is their insight into British media.
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Very happy to see the back of the DM too and can't say I'll miss the T either aside from "Alex". Sufficiently pleased with the news in fact that I'm logging in and posting just to say so :-)
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I think you are too generous with BA: are you sure you did not mean "on par with Satan" or with Auric Goldfinger? "No Mister Daily Mail, I expect you to die ahahahahah!!!"
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I used to take the Telegraph from the lounge, and challenged myself to complete the crossword, sudoku and word -thing I can't remember it's name- between LHR and EDI. Usually managed more due to delays than my skill :<)