Do they think we are all stupid?

[Steve kay]

An anorak feels compelled to write; whilst the two papers were published by the same organisation, the Manchester Evening News was put out... in the evening. The daily broadsheet now Grauniad used to be the Manchester Guardian. Indeed, what seems like centuries ago when I were a lad, going into a newspaper shop  in parts of Cheshire and asking for "the Guardian" would get the response "d'you mean the Northwich Gordian or the Manchester Guardian?"  If anyone can provide evidence of staples used on a daily or even weekly paper it would be interesting.  Right, must loose off the whippets, put t'clogs on and shuffle down the cobbled lanes for the paper and a packet of Woodbine, or should that be a Grauniad to read over the muesli accompanied by herbal tea?