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Compare and contrast the British ¡®Tabloid¡¯& ¡®BroadSheet¡¯ press.

Introduction
Newspapers play a huge part in British life and there are numerous printed throughout the UK so there should be something for everyone.
In terms of daily national papers, newspapers are divided into the broadsheets and the tabloids. The broadsheets are at the top end of the scale in terms of quality, and they include The Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian. The tabloids vary greatly in quality with some being more preoccupied with gossip and scandal than news. Tabloids include the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and the hugely popular Sun. There are clear differences between the broadsheet and the tabloid newspaper although you can also find some similarities.
Concept & Classification: Broadsheet & Tabloid
A broadsheet is a newspaper size, and a term applied to papers, which use that format compare tabloid. Broadsheet newspapers tend to be more ¡°high-brow¡± than their tabloid counterparts, examining stories in more depth and tending to shun sensationalist cele...

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