Since at least the '30s (Orwell took shots at it in "England, Your England.")
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So its clownishness is in flux, then.
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Agree with Atrios. It used to be conservative, but intelligent, allowing dissenting voices and high quality. Now it is only conservative.
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Nowadays it feels like an ever so slightly less shit version of the Daily Mail.
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It behaves...differently these days. No-one could mistake it for a sensible newspaper, which you sorta kinda could once upon a time.
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Related: Why is the British press even more of an abominable cesspool than in the States?
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You're thinking of The Guardian.
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Hmm. I just remember a few times when I researched a story (i.e. one on Edward Said) Telegraph deliberately distorted basic facts.
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In the '90s that would have surprised me. Now it is
#standard
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It's called the Daily Torygraph for a reason.
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