I understand your viewpoint, Chris, and to some extent sympathise. I certainly
can't argue with your synopsis of the titles you mention! But no, Lebedev owns
the London Evening Standard (as well as the Independent) not the Daily Mirror,
which is owned by Trinity Mirror plc, an independent LSE-quoted company (which
also owns numerous local papers across UK, and prints several more national and
regional titles).
I recall a friend from student days who was a staunch member of the CPUK, whom
I noticed was reading The Times rather than the usual Morning Star. It was
evidently an acceptable substitute "at least you know where they stand".
You didn't mention the FT. Bought by a Japanese group a few months back (not
yet completed).
But since we were talking about the Trump, I ought not let pass the story of
Aberdeen Journals, publisher of the Aberdeen Press & Journal, an august organ
of the press since 1747. Or maybe no longer...
http://aberdeenvoice.com/2013/02/trump-exec-vp-weds-journals-ed-joining-the-dots/
Piers
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Subject: Re: [OM] another side of B&H
Don’t start, Piers. It remains “Independent” :-)
Any other newspaper has its own baggage: Daily Telegraph owned by the strange
brothers with their own agenda; the Daily Mail for people who want to rail
against other people using made-up stories; the Sun, Times and Sky owned by the
Dirty Digger who wants to run both the USA and the UK. I think that the Mirror
is owned by the same Russian oligarch is it not?
Chris
> On 19 Oct 2015, at 17:54, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Mercy me, what is the world coming to? A upright military man like Chris is
> quoting a newspaper owned by a former KGB lieutenant-colonel, (previously
> spotted in London as so-called economics attaché at the Soviet Embassy) which
> in turn quotes a journalist who cut his teeth on "The eXile", a 1990s Moscow
> publication with a notorious reputation. Even in Moscow.
>
> Almost makes the Trump candidature seem like utter normality.
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