[lbo-talk] The Making of Saving Private Lynch

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Thu Apr 17 02:30:13 PDT 2003


On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Could anyone here here comment on the status of The Times these days?
> It's not the ruling class sheet it used to be, is it?

I can't. But I also can't resist reposting that wonderful memorialization of its old position, this classic bit from Yes Prime Minister:

Jim Hacker: "Don't tell me about the press. I know

exactly who reads the papers:

- The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the

country;

- The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the

country;

- The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;

- The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the

country;

- The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;

- The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought

to be run by another country;

- And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is."

Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, what about the people who read the

Sun?"

Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as

long as she's got big tits."

Now there was must see TV.

Michael



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