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Freebie newspapers - dumbing down the London population?

Hollis said:
This really misses the point of the argument..


;)
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Exactly, how is it snobbish to be pissed off with litter filling up the landfill sites around the country and to be pissed of with people standing in the middle of already busy streets thrusting 'newspapers' at me in the manner of a octopus having a seizure.

Ban the lot of them, London coped ok before these three rags showed up.
 
This may help a bit with the litter
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,,2077706,00.html

Londoners fed up with seeing dumped copies of London Lite and the London Paper around the capital may soon have an outlet for their frustration, with plans afoot for a complaints line people can call to report alleged dumping.
A complaints line is one of four proposals the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the body that audits newspaper sales, is considering as it seeks to stamp out dumping of the two London freesheets.

The ABC said its investigation of alleged dumping had found evidence that copies of London Lite, published by Associated Newspapers, and the News International-owned London Paper are being ditched.

As a result ABC is asking the publishers of both freesheets to adhere to a tighter code of conduct, including giving "consideration" to setting up a dumping complaints phone line for members of the public to report offences.

"The review has identified that copies of newspapers are being dumped which is, obviously, not compliant with the ABC rules," the organisation said.

ABC added that it was, however, "satisfied" that the reported circulation figures for April are "materially compliant".

"Having identified the distinct risk associated with hand distribution, ABC, in conjunction with publishers, has been working on improving the publisher management controls still further," the organisation added.

"ABC will be requiring additional improvements to the management control and reporting of the distribution."

The body's four-point plan to stamp out freesheet dumping in London also includes increased focus on internal publisher controls, compliance checking and complaints handling.

ABC is proposing more regular spot checks within London Lite and the London Paper distribution areas to monitor the effectiveness of publishers' compliance procedures and an ongoing review of hand distribution and ABC certification by industry representatives.

The circulation body launched the review following tit-for-tat allegations made last month by News International and Associated Newspapers - including the latter's release of video and photographic evidence that distributors were dumping free papers.

ABC said the review was instigated despite the fact that neither publisher made a formal complaint.
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also they have stopped handing out the london lite at lunchtimes - perhaps an indication that the dual freesheet war is coming to an end?
 
Hollis said:
Are they responsible for cultural hari-kari.. the capital's brains our slowly being turned to jelly. Ban the things now!!

:mad:
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HARA KIRI please.:mad:

(or, better, seppuku)

*removes bobblehat of pedantry*

I agree. And the people selling them seem most put out when you don't take one and refuse to change your course to avoid the arm thrust out in your direction.
 
PacificOcean said:
Yes! Ban newspapers you don't like.

How very liberal :eek:
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I don't like The Sun, The Daily Mail, The News Of The World etc - I'm not calling for them to be banned.

Walked past a bus stop outside my work tonight and guess what? At least fifty papers left on the pavement. It was a bit windy on the street and a few copies were blown away as I walked passed, add the rain that London has had tonight and you've got a rather messy looking street.
 
Dead Cat Bounce said:
I don't like The Sun, The Daily Mail, The News Of The World etc - I'm not calling for them to be banned.

Walked past a bus stop outside my work tonight and guess what? At least fifty papers left on the pavement. It was a bit windy on the street and a few copies were blown away as I walked passed, add the rain that London has had tonight and you've got a rather messy looking street.
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But if it wasn't for TheLondonPaper, I would have no further news on how Paris Hilton is feeling about her impending incaseration. :mad:
 
We have a bunch of free papers, including a Metro, and one called 24, plus other weekly ones like the Georgia Straight.

They're free, they can occupy you for ten minutes in a restaurant, and people throw them in the trash, so they aren't lying around in the streets.
 
I like to get them both, then just read the celeb gossip pages - it's like a quick little injection of Heat magazine or similar, but without me having to actually buy it (cause that makes me feel a little embarrassed). For real news, I read the real papers, but the freebies serve an entertainment purpose and keep commuters occupied. There's worse things to rail against if we're discussing the dumbing down of the population.
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
We have a bunch of free papers, including a Metro, and one called 24, plus other weekly ones like the Georgia Straight.

They're free, they can occupy you for ten minutes in a restaurant, and people throw them in the trash, so they aren't lying around in the streets.
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Well Johnny, that's one of the things that gets me. Four tonnes of waste a week for ten minutes of reading per person. Almost every time I turn on the local radio station I hear reports of how we should be recycling and making London a better place.

Hell, we've got the Olympics in 2012, at this rate London will be buried under a mound of newspapers with nothing but headlines of 'Kate and Pete' to show for it.
 
Dead Cat Bounce said:
Well Johnny, that's one of the things that gets me. Four tonnes of waste a week for ten minutes of reading per person. Almost every time I turn on the local radio station I hear reports of how we should be recycling and making London a better place.

Hell, we've got the Olympics in 2012, at this rate London will be buried under a mound of newspapers with nothing but headlines of 'Kate and Pete' to show for it.
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Does it make it better if the people are paying for the newspaper?

We've got the Olympics in 2010, and I'm not worried about an inundation of flying newspaper debris.
 
wrysmile said:
I read the real papers, but the freebies serve an entertainment purpose and keep commuters occupied.
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What else are the commuters going to do if they don't have a paper? Riot?

Give us non paper reading commuters some credit :)
 
and people throw them in the trash, so they aren't lying around in the streets.
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Not here we don't :(

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wrysmile said:
.. but the freebies serve an entertainment purpose and keep commuters occupied. There's worse things to rail against if we're discussing the dumbing down of the population.
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I am not entirely sure about this.
 
is it me or is this whole thread based on entirely ditzy premise; namely that the papers we pay for are, by and large, anything other than 100% shite.
That is why the premise is balls; because everything put out by NewsCorp, TMG, DMG etc and YES INCLUDING THE GUARDIAN - is utter pants. The frebies can't make things worse. the barrel was bottomed years ago.
 
Well I don't much like having them aggressively thrust upon me as I go about my daily business. At least the proper papers don't employ hawkers.
 
Red Jezza said:
is it me or is this whole thread based on entirely ditzy premise; namely that the papers we pay for are, by and large, anything other than 100% shite.
That is why the premise is balls; because everything put out by NewsCorp, TMG, DMG etc and YES INCLUDING THE GUARDIAN - is utter pants. The frebies can't make things worse. the barrel was bottomed years ago.
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Yes - I'm afraid it is you Jezza

:(
 
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