Daily Telegraph

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The '''''Daily Telegraph''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] daily broadsheet newspaper who, along with its sister edition '''''Sunday Telegraph''''', consistently supports the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], takes a [[conservative]] (duh) position, and, as a result, has earned the nickname "[[Tory]]graph". Like most newspapers, the ''Telegraph''{{'}}s circulation has fallen steadily over the past decade,<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=45045&c=1 ABC: Telegraph Drops Below 700,000], ''Press Gazette''</ref> and it currently ranks fifth among British newspapers by circulation, first among broadsheets.

The ''Telegraph'' is strongly anti-[[Rupert Murdoch|Murdoch]], and has the wonderful distinction of having published an article which heavily links to [[RationalWiki]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html Internet rules and laws: the top ten, from Godwin to Poe], ''The Telegraph''</ref>

==Ownership==
Until David's death in January 2021, the paper was owned by identical twin brothers David and Frederick Barclay.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55643249 Media billionaire David Barclay dies, aged 86], BBC News, 13 Jan 2021</ref> They had a combined estimated net worth of £1.8bn. Although British nationals born in [[London]], they attracted some criticism for being [[tax haven|tax exiles]] living on the Channel Island of Brecqhou or Monaco. The Barclays also own the weekly current affairs magazine ''[[The Spectator]]''.

Things started to get interesting in June 2023, when the Telegraph’s parent company the Telegraph Media Group, consisting of The Spectator, the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph went into financial troubles over the company’s large debts, and the newspaper was seized by the company’s banker Lloyds Banking Group. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/07/daily-telegraph-and-sunday-telegraph-newspapers-to-be-put-up-for-sale]</ref> Since then the Barclay family has been negotiating a buyback from the bank with support from a joint investment fund called Redbird IMI. This has raised eyebrows in the media world as IMI is financed by the sovereign wealth fund of [[Dubai]].

==Investigative journalism==
''The Telegraph'' is well known for leaks and whistle-blowing, as well as "sting" operations to reveal wrongdoing. It was the main outlet for the leaked details of British MPs' expenses, which caused great embarrassment for many parliamentarians and even led to a few of them going to [[prison]]. The paper also caused huge controversy by sending [[journalist]]s to flirt with members of Parliament at their constituency meetings, eventually ridiculing and embarrassing multiple [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] MPs, most notably Vince Cable.

==Columnawful==
[[File:The Telegraph - Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to turn Britain into Zimbabwe.png|right|thumb|270px|Because more black people = the apocalypse, right?]]
While the main reporters of the ''Telegraph'' show a candid, but restrained, support for the Conservative Party, their columnists certainly rival their counterparts at the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' for [[wingnut]]tery, with a raving disdain for the [[European Union]] and [[climate change denial|pseudoskepticism]] about [[climate change]] (one of their bloggers is notable denier [[James Delingpole]]). The late [[Christopher Booker]], when he was not too busy ranting about the [[Human Rights Act 1998|Human Rights Act]], split his time equally between denouncing climate change as a scam and denouncing the EU as, well, whatever accusations he fancied [[PIDOOMA|pulling out of his arse]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/ There he is!]</ref> ''Telegraph'' also gave [[pseudoskeptic]] [[Bjørn Lomborg]] a column to promote climate change denialism, such as this doozy, "No one ever says it, but in many ways global warming will be a good thing" in 2016.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/05/no-one-ever-says-it-but-in-many-ways-global-warming-will-be-a-go/ Bjørn Lomborg] (5 May 2016 • 7:00pm) ''Telegraph''.</ref> [[Jordan Peterson]] even has his column of [[bullshit]], and he even tag-teamed with Lomborg to downplay climate change.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/27/we-live-in-dark-times-but-now-is-no-time-to-despair/ ]</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/27/we-live-in-dark-times-but-now-is-no-time-to-despair/ We live in dark times — but now is no time to despair: If we look to the data, the world is better than it was, and is likely to get better still] by Jordan Peterson & Bjørn Lomborg (27 October 2023 • 2:46pm) ''Telegraph''.</ref>

Meanwhile, the paper's editorials are simply [[propaganda]]. Half of the time, it's aimed at the general public, trying to convince them that the Tories are the only safe option to govern Britain. The other half seems to be aimed at the party elite and hard-line supporters, being very much against "Tory [[moderate|modernisers]]" and encouraging the party to stick to [[Margaret Thatcher|Mrs. Thatcher]]'s legacy.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8230436/A-timely-lesson-from-history-for-Mr-Cameron.html "A timely lesson from history for Mr. Cameron"]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/8224533/David-Cameron-must-unite-his-party-behind-him.html "David Cameron must unite his party behind him"]</ref> Their former chief political commentator {{wpl|Peter Oborne}}, though often quite reasonable in his predictions of what the coalition government would face, was part of the "[[Persecution complex|Christianity is oppressed]]!" brigade, often writing columns about "[[Eurabia|Islamisation]]" and the [[Theocracy|role of Christianity]] in the state. However, he has since resigned from his post, accusing the paper of a "form of fraud on its readers"<ref name="OpenDemocracy 17 February 2015">{{cite web | title= [https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph Why I have resigned from the Telegraph] | author=Peter Oborne|date= 17 February 2015 | website= Open Democracy | accessdate= 9 February 2016}}</ref> for its coverage of the bank HSBC in relation to a Swiss tax-dodging scandal that was widely covered by other news media. He alleged that editorial decisions about news content had been heavily influenced by the advertising arm of the newspaper because of commercial interests.<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015">{{cite web | title= [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 Daily Telegraph's Peter Oborne resigns over HSBC coverage]| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 17 February 2015 | website= BBC News | accessdate= 18 February 2015}}</ref> Meanwhile, online Nile "Vile" Gardiner has become somewhat of a [[Tea Party]] favourite, having written anti-[[Obama]]<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100068931/barack-obama-is-firmly-on-course-to-become-a-one-term-president/ "Barack Obama is firmly on course to become a one term president"] Well guess what happened with that?</ref> and pro-batshit<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100070120/the-tea-party-is-the-movement-of-the-decade/ "The Tea Party is the movement of the decade"] Well guess what happened with that?</ref> articles consistently since mid-'09.

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