Talk:The News Letter

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 Aughavey 7 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)

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?

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)

[edit] 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)