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(46,335 posts)
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 02:53 PM Dec 2016

Commentary about British newspapers, where is it from?

A British comedy TV show?

Sir Humphrey: The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers' prejudices.

Jim Hacker: Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by the 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 the 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. The Daily Telegraph is read by the 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.

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Commentary about British newspapers, where is it from? (Original Post) Archae Dec 2016 OP
"Yes, Prime Minister" - TV series... PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #1
"Yes, Prime Minister" forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #2
K&R. Love thast last line! nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #3
Used in 'Yes Minister', but older than that muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #4
There are American versions of the joke too, for example... PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #5
LOL! Archae Dec 2016 #6

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
4. Used in 'Yes Minister', but older than that
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 03:16 PM
Dec 2016

It was a pre-internet meme - I saw it as a photocopied joke in, I think, the late 70s. But well told in 'Yes, Minister'.

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