Nice bit of content analysis, Craig, but is the really worrying thing that newspapers in our society do not 'contain news' but instead serve the interests of drugs companies or that they are means through which the wider oppressive economic system is reproduced? It is 30 years ago now since Althusser, trying to explain how labour power is reproduced through 'ideological state apparatuses' wrote: "each of them contributes towards this single result in the way proper to it ... The communications apparatus by cramming every 'citizen' with daily doses of nationalism, chauvinism, liberalism, moralism, etc. by means of the press, the radio and television" 
David

From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of Craig Newnes
Sent: Tue 9/4/2007 23:00
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Subject: Re: Yesterday's Guardian

Any on the list that still think that newspapers contain news might like to
glance at Monday's Guardian. The first 16 pages have 8 + 2/3 pp of ads and 3
+ 1/2 pp of photos. Various so called stories then tell us that there is a
gene for making people taller, working hard at school is good for
"anti-social behaviour" - a tautology where I come from, school lunches are
healthier than lunch boxes, the EEC is being asked (lobbied) to allow
anti-cancer drugs on the NHS, blood pressure pills increase longevity and
drug firms are being sued by an "HIV" couple.  So, that's 3/4 of available
space filled by pics and ads and 1/4 of the remaining are drug company press
releases. I rest my case. AND the sudoko is now too easy for words.
Craig

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