Talk:News Letter

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I do not think the history section is correct. The paper was founded by Francis Joy in 1737 who was related to the famous United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken. The United Irishmen rebellion did not occur until 1798 so how could "Joy`s entry" be named after Henry Joy McCracken? Aughavey 7 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)

I don't understand this sentence: "On April 1, (April Fool's Day) 1993, the paper published a reader poll and of those who took part, 42% agreed with the violence of the loyalist paramilitary groups, the UDA and the UVF." Is the contributor saying that the result of the poll was an April Fools' Day joke? If not, then surely the parenthetical note should be removed.--Dub8lad1 01:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

World's oldest?

What are the criteria for this claim? Berrow's Worcester Journal, for example, has been published since 1690, albeit under a different title and not regularly until 1748. However, it is an English paper that was first printed before the News Letter - and has been called the Worcester Journal (Berrow's was added later) since 1709. Loganberry (Talk) 23:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

It is the worlds oldest general daily newspaper. Berrow's Worcester Journal was not printed regularly until 1748. Mouse Nightshirt 13:09, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Republican / Unionist

The use of the term Republican is used because of the use of the word Unionist, to illustrate the complete change in the editorial direction of the paper. The political ideology of the United Irishmen was Republican, and the paper espoused Republican ideals. If editors wish to expand on this, to incorporate the aims of the United Irishmen expounded by the paper I would be willing to lend a hand. We could possibly use some of the articles supporting the French Republic to illustrate this point. --Domer48 11:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

London Gazette

"The London Gazette was first published as the Oxford Gazette on 7 November 1665." It's older than The News Letter... 93.172.177.45 (talk) 22:31, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Exclusive, my arse!!!!

"In the best traditions" of hiding heads in the sand, I don't suppose this article is being watched any more...? But if so, how comes (re: the so-called) 'Exclusive' can be an Exclusive if it was published on 23rd August 1776... and The London Chronicle published it on the 15-17th-? Regardless of whether it was 'in full' or not, that's still almost- exclusively- earlier Template:=) Basket _Feudalist 15:40, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

On edit: I'm thinking this might be hoax. The only ref to it leads to the homepage of the paper, and a search of the site led to no direct results, even in varying forms. Shame, because it's a nice historical anecdote, if true; but as that seems unlikely, it will be deleted soon. Basket _Feudalist 15:47, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

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