i don’t think you should put the blame directly on Piers. It wasn’t entirely his fault. The real culprits are those soldiers who made the images. They then sold them to the newspaper. Piers was only going on what he was given. yes ok, maybe he should have checked the pics out better, but the soldiers are the naughty ones – they made £££’s selling the images to the paper. Maybe cheque book journalism should be banned?
The Independant is still a broadsheet – its just gone tabloid size. The Independant (and the Times) is read by people who work in the City and who are classed as educated professionals. they read the paper when they commute – i.e. on the train or the underground – the only spare time they’ve got. These people find it hard to read the paper, having to deal with the shear size of the sheets, getting all screwed up and in a mess, falling apart etc…, so the Independant thought it would be a much better idea to cut the size of the paper to tabloid size. this makes it much easier to read on the train, Undergorund, taxi etc, and is very popular with its readers. thats why they changed the size.
adam
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