The Spectator

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The Spectator is a British magazine, which claims to be the oldest continuously-published magazine in the English language. As a daily publication, it was founded in 1711 by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England. Each 'paper', or 'number', was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers. It was revived in 1714 as a thrice weekly for six months in 1714. It was again revived in 1828 and published weekly. It is currently owned by the Barclay brothers, who also own The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject area is politics, about which it generally ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)

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Media: Magazine
Audience: (English)
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Edited By: Ezra Fox
Last Edit: Sep 17, 2007 - 1:50 PM PDT
Story Stats
Top Topics: World (4), Business (3), Sci/Tech (2), Global Economy (2), Middle East (2), Media (1), Politics (1), Global Warming (1), U.S. (1), Iraq (1), Palestine (1), War in Iraq (1), Energy (1), Oil and Gas (1), Ethics in Journalism (1)...
Top Authors: Melanie Phillips (2), Ross Clark (1), Robert Gottliebsen (1)
Top Formats: Special Report (2), Opinion (1), News Analysis (1)
 
  • What the papers won’t say Queued

    That leaves the prime minister. He finally woke up to the kind of company he has been keeping on Tuesday when during his Afghanistan visit he declared the Milly Dowler ...
    via Mark Pegrum (t)
  • Diary Queued

    via Megan Taylor (t)
  • Peak oil gathers steam

    () "The easy, cheap oil is over - peak oil is looming," Ghanem said. The reference by an OPEC member to 'peak oil' was very significant. The notion of peak oil is being promoted ...
    Posted by Kaizar Campwala
    2.6
  • The al Durah blood libel

    () it is clear to anyone looking at this in detail that the whole thing was staged, not least from the devastating evidence here which shows the boy raising his arm and peeping ...
    Posted by Kaizar Campwala
    1.9
  • The great global warming swindle

    () Since 1997, Western efforts to cut carbon emissions have come to almost naught. US carbon emissions are now 15 per cent higher than they were in 1990 -- the baseline level ...
    Posted by Kaizar Campwala
    2.9
  • 'I found Saddam's WMD bunkers'

    () It's a fair bet that you have never heard of a guy called Dave Gaubatz. It's also a fair bet that you think the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found ...
    Posted by Dale Penn
    3.3
 
 
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2.5
Facts
3.0
Fairness
1.5
Information
2.7
Sourcing
2.0
Style
3.0
Balance
3.0
Context
3.0
Popularity
2.8
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3.0
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1.0
# Reviews
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# Views
1.2
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