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the times context
social
this edition of the newspaper deals with the scandal surrounding allegations regarding parties and social gatherings helf by the tories when the same leaders had put restrictions on people in England that banned the parties
the story was first reported in november 2021 and alleged that during the second lockdown in 2020 parties had been held at downing street, which were attednded by boris johnson
on the date this edition was published boris johnson was due to give a statement to the commons about what had happened. it was reported in the newspaper that sue gray had revealed that the met police were investigating several possible breaches of lockdown.
all newspapers reflect the social and cultural contexts of the time in which they were poroduced. the times largely targets a ABC1 demographic with cultural capital and an interest in news and analysis in detiail
the choice to focus on the partuicular story also reinforces a common theme for this newspaper - to accurately present the news and its effect on society whilst its not explicitly critical of the government on this front page, ths story cut accross political divides.
political
news uk has demonstrated a predominantly right-wing political allegiance with the sun newspaper, backing the conservative government in recent elections
however, the times has maintained a more neutral stance, particularily over its coverage of the brexit debate as its readers are comprised of "remianers" and "leavers"
unlike other news uk papers, the times hs supported the labour party
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other info
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news corp is a global company, but they mainly operate in The US, The UK and asutralia
newscorp is a conglomerate, who own smaller subsidarys, such as fox, the daily mail, and the sun
different intergrations
horizontal intergration is when a conglomerate owns subsidiaries in similar industries that then work together to sell one type of product
industry
the times newspaper is a british national "quality" newspaper and part of the times newspaper group which is a subsidary of News UK
NEWS UK is a british-based, american-owned newspaper publisher and a subsidary of the american mass media conglomerate New Corp, whose executive chairman is rupert murdoch
the editor is john witherow prior to this he was editor of the sister paper, the sunday times, while murdoch claims he does not interfere with the running of the paper, or get involved with its editorial, its important to remember that witherow was "hand picked" for the role of editor by Murdoch , because he could be trusted to reflect the views of its owner
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