I have just looked at The Sun's website for the first time and found it very difficult to find any news on there. As far as I can see it is all celebrity gossip which is of no use to anyone! I find it quite worrying that this newspaper (if you can call it a NEWSpaper) has the highest circulation in the UK. That means that this newspaper has the highest potential influence in the UK - they could print anything and I would bet that many people would beleive it, unquestioning.

The Independent's website, however, is not inundated with gossip, it is clearly layed out and easy to see the news. The top story on the Independent's website at the moment is about banking charges that affect everyone. The Sun's top stories circulate from a Jet Man's crash, X factor gossip and I'm a celebrity gossip.

I think that the newspapers have a responsibility to print the truth, because many people will beleive anything they read - therefore giving some political parties an advantage if they have an affiliation with a particular newspaper. I also think that they should try to be less biased - this is why I like the Independent, they print the truth as they have nothing to gain from supporting a political party. However I'd like to think that people would go out and find other evidence to form a fair opinion on important issues.

The fact that I couldn't see any evidence of any serious issues being reported on the Sun's website is slightly unfair - I think people have a right to know what is going on in their lives - having said this though I would also like to expect that people wouldn't buy a newspaper such as the Sun to become informed on such matters.

Reality shows and soaps have a certain type of follower and the stereotype of this individual is one who does not take much interest in many intellectual matters. The sort of television that they view could be blamed for this outcome but I do not think this is the case. I beleive that most people have the ability so separate what they watch on these programs and real life and therefore the above programs should have little influence.