# The Telegraph **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151 "2024-10-24T15:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/1 "2024-10-24T15:30:20Z")
I’m trying to get an idea on what sort of political bias The Telegraph has. It’s a British publication so I’m not real familiar with it. Based on just one headline alone, I’m guessing it’s a right wing rag with nonexistent journalistic standards, but don’t want to jump to any conclusions based on the small sample. [North Korean flag drives fear through Ukraine’s exhausted front-line troops](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korean-flag-drives-fear-through-ukraine-s-exhausted-front-line-troops/ar-AA1sPNZq?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=d7f890ef388f40e09c0e7de12e660778&ei=10)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/2 "2024-10-24T15:46:43Z")
There’s the famous joke (quoted in Yes, Minister): > **HACKER:** Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. _The Daily Mirror_ is read by people who think they run the country. _The Guardian_ is read by people who think they ought to run the country. _The Times_ is read by the people who actually _do_ run the country. _The Daily Mail_ is read by the wives of the people who run the country. _The Financial Times_ is read by people who own the country. _The Morning Star_ is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country. And _The Daily Telegraph_ is read by people who think it _is_ . > **HUMPHREY:** Prime Minister, what about people who read _The Sun?_ > **BERNARD:** Sun readers don’t care who runs the country as long as she’s got big tits. So presumably the Telegraph reader (used to?) think England was run by commies. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/3 "2024-10-24T15:48:48Z")
It’s certainly right-wing (it always supports the Conservative Party.) I wouldn’t say it had no standards, but it undoubtedly only reflects the views of its owners (unlike say the Guardian, which is owned by a trust.) ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/4 "2024-10-24T15:53:21Z")
It’s certainly right of center (or centre)… 😉 But it used to be regarded as a ‘serious’ paper, up there with the Times. I haven’t read an issue for a long time, so I can’t comment on its current journalistic standards? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/5 "2024-10-24T16:28:09Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > **BERNARD:** Sun readers don’t care who runs the country as long as she’s got big tits. “The Sun? That paper’s only known for one thing. Or rather, two things.” ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/6 "2024-10-24T16:29:12Z")
It’s not nicknamed _The Torygraph_ for nothing… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/7 "2024-10-24T16:56:26Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > But it used to be regarded as a ‘serious’ paper, up there with the Times. I can’t remember the detail of this (much less a cite) but something I read recently which commented on a recent (-ish) change of ownership which had resulted in a significant lowering of quality. I’ll see if I can dig out what I was reading. And yes, it is very right-leaning. j ETA it appears that a sale is happening at the moment, but that isn’t what I was thinking of. > **[New York Sun owner begins exclusive talks to take over Telegraph](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/14/new-york-sun-owner-begins-talks-to-take-over-telegraph)** > > Exclusive: talks will trigger six-week process of due diligence to ensure Dovid Efune is suitable to acquire the Daily and Sunday papers ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/8 "2024-10-24T16:59:43Z")
I’d like to offer the following data point: > **[Daily Telegraph (UK) - Bias and Credibility](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-telegraph/)** > > RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may In summary: > [@](#): > > Bias Rating: **RIGHT** > Factual Reporting: **MIXED** > Country: **United Kingdom** > MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: **MOSTLY FREE** > Media Type: **Newspaper** > Traffic/Popularity: **High Traffic** > MBFC Credibility Rating: **MEDIUM CREDIBILITY** ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/9 "2024-10-24T17:40:34Z")
It always used to be thought of as the unofficial “house journal” where the Tories and the [Sir Herbert Gussett](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_jokes_in_Private_Eye)s talked among themselves , as the Guardian is for the LibDems, Labour and further left. (Which is not to say that their actual news reporting is/was inaccurate or propagandistic). But my understanding is that in more recent times it was pushed towards rather more gossip and celebrity “news”. Not that I have actually checked for myself, but its last [owners were a rum bunch](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Frederick_Barclay). ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telegraph/1009151/10 "2024-10-28T16:02:09Z")
When I was growing up, I always thought of it as right wing but respected. Those days are long gone, it’s a right wing joke these days. The OP got it right first time.