The Daily Telegraph Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! {{short description|British daily broadsheet newspaper}} {{About|the British newspaper|the Australian newspaper|The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|other uses|The Telegraph (disambiguation){{!}}The Telegraph}} {{Use British English|date=November 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Daily Telegraph | logo = The Telegraph.svg | logo_size = 137px | image = The Daily Telegraph (British newspaper) front page.jpg | image_size = | caption = 160th anniversary edition front page on 29 June 2015 | motto = Was, is, and will be<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | format = [[Broadsheet]] | owners = [[Telegraph Media Group]] | founder =[[Arthur B. Sleigh]] | editor = [[Chris Evans (journalist)|Chris Evans]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Fred McConnell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/21/tony-gallagher-exits-daily-telegraph-editor |title=Tony Gallagher exits as Daily Telegraph editor |work=The Guardian |date=21 January 2014 |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114910/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/21/tony-gallagher-exits-daily-telegraph-editor |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1855|6|29}} (as ''Daily Telegraph & Courier'') | political = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-explained-newspapers-10211039.html General Election 2015 explained: Newspapers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022194043/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-explained-newspapers-10211039.html |date=22 October 2017 }} ''The Independent'', 28 April 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2016.</ref><br>[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=UK Conservative candidates throw hats in ring to replace Johnson |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/10/uk-conservatives-throw-hats-in-ring-to-replace-johnson |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 September 2023 |quote=Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced her candidacy in the right-wing Daily Telegraph newspaper on Sunday evening [...] |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927163230/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/10/uk-conservatives-throw-hats-in-ring-to-replace-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref> | headquarters = London, England | circulation = 317,817 | circulation_date = December 2019 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=National press ABCs: December distribution dive for freesheets Standard and City AM |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |last2=Majid |first2=Aisha |website=[[Press Gazette]] |date=25 January 2023 |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425065317/https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | sister newspapers = ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' | ISSN = 0307-1235 | oclc = 49632006<!--Among others, including 6412514.--> | website = {{official URL}} | publishing_country = United Kingdom }} {{Conservatism UK|Media}} '''''The Daily Telegraph''''', known online and elsewhere as '''''The Telegraph''''', is a British daily conservative [[broadsheet]] newspaper published in London by [[Telegraph Media Group]] and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by [[Arthur B. Sleigh]] in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a [[newspaper of record]].<ref name="bbc"/> The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/3558377/The-Daily-Telegraph-motto-Was-is-and-will-be.html|title=The Daily Telegraph motto: Was, is, and will be|newspaper=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222090629/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/3558377/The-Daily-Telegraph-motto-Was-is-and-will-be.html|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018,<ref name="circ">{{cite web |last1=Mayhew |first1=Freddy |title=National newspaper ABCs: Telegraph y-o-y circulation decline slows as bulk sales distortion ends |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-telegraph-y-o-y-circulation-decline-slows-as-bulk-sales-distortion-ends/ |website=Press Gazette |date=17 January 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180107/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-telegraph-y-o-y-circulation-decline-slows-as-bulk-sales-distortion-ends/ |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> having declined almost 80% from 1.4 million in 1980.<ref name="UK1980">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073311/http://www.mmc.gov.uk/rep_pub/reports/1985/fulltext/190c02.pdf United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC]'', [[Monopolies and Mergers Commission]] (1985), pp. 5–16.</ref> It descended further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019.{{Not verified in body|date=April 2024}} Its sister paper, ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', which started in 1961, had a circulation of 281,025 as of December 2018.<ref name="circ" /> The two sister newspapers are run separately, with different editorial staff,<ref>During 1989, the daily and Sunday papers were merged into a seven-day operation under [[Max Hastings]]'s overall control, but then the editorship was split again.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}</ref> but there is cross-usage of stories. It is politically [[Conservatism|conservative]] and supports the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of [[World War II]] by rookie reporter [[Clare Hollingworth]], described as "the scoop of the century",<ref>{{cite news|title=Clare Hollingworth: British war correspondent dies aged 105|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38573643|work=BBC News|date=10 January 2017|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819001123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38573643|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|2009 parliamentary expenses scandal]]{{snd}}which led to a number of high-profile political resignations and for which it was named [[The Press Awards|2009 British Newspaper of the Year]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html|title=MPs' expenses: Full list of MPs investigated by The Telegraph|date=8 May 2009 |access-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504015241/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html|archive-date=4 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>{{snd}}its 2016 undercover investigation on the England football manager [[Sam Allardyce]],<ref name="Burt-2016" /> and the [[Lockdown Files]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Lockdown Files: How WhatsApp messages offer an unprecedented view of government failings |department=Telegraph View |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |date=2023-02-28 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/28/lockdown-files-whatsapp-messages-government-covid-response/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301205400/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/28/lockdown-files-whatsapp-messages-government-covid-response/ |url-status=live }}</ref> == History == === Founding and early history === The ''Daily Telegraph and Courier'' was founded by Colonel [[Arthur B. Sleigh]] in June 1855 to air a personal grievance against the future [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[British Army]], [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]].<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm |title=The UK's 'other paper of record' |access-date=20 December 2007 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=19 January 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002064335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm |archive-date=2 October 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="b1">Burnham, 1955. p. 1</ref> [[Joseph Moses Levy]], the owner of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', agreed to print the newspaper, and the first edition was published on 29 June 1855. The paper cost 2[[Old penny sterling|d]] and was four pages long.<ref name="bbc" /> Nevertheless, the first edition stressed the quality and independence of its articles and journalists:<ref name="telegraph.co.uk" /> {{blockquote|We shall be guided by a high tone of independent action.}} However, the paper was not a success, and Sleigh was unable to pay Levy the printing bill.<ref name="b1" /> Levy took over the newspaper, his aim being to produce a cheaper newspaper than his main competitors in London, the ''[[Daily News (London)|Daily News]]'' and ''[[The Morning Post]]'', to expand the size of the overall market.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} Levy appointed his son, [[Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham|Edward Levy-Lawson, Lord Burnham]], and [[Thornton Leigh Hunt]] to edit the newspaper. Lord Burnham relaunched the paper as ''The Daily Telegraph'', with the slogan "the largest, best, and cheapest newspaper in the world".<ref>Burnham, 1955. p. 5</ref> Hunt laid out the newspaper's principles in a memorandum sent to Levy: "We should report all striking events in science, so told that the intelligent public can understand what has happened and can see its bearing on our daily life and our future. The same principle should apply to all other events—to fashion, to new inventions, to new methods of conducting business".<ref>Burnham, 1955. p. 6</ref> In 1876, [[Jules Verne]] published his novel ''[[Michael Strogoff]]'', whose plot takes place during a fictional uprising and war in [[Siberia]]. Verne included among the book's characters a war correspondent of ''The Daily Telegraph'', named Harry Blount—who is depicted as an exceptionally dedicated, resourceful and brave journalist, taking great personal risks to follow closely the ongoing war and bring accurate news of it to ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s readership, ahead of competing papers.<ref>Verne, Jules. [http://www.classicauthors.net/verne/Strogoff/Strogoff17.html "Michael Strogoff Book 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122035446/http://classicauthors.net/Verne/Strogoff/Strogoff17.html |date=22 November 2010 }}, 1997–2010, ''Great Literature Online''. Retrieved 28 April 2010.</ref> [[File:New Daily Telegraph Offices Fleet Street ILN 1882.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25|In 1882 ''The Daily Telegraph'' moved to new [[Fleet Street]] premises, which were pictured in the ''[[Illustrated London News]]''.]] === 1901 to 1945 === In 1908, [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II of Germany]] gave a [[Daily Telegraph Affair|controversial interview]] to ''The Daily Telegraph'' that severely damaged [[Anglo-German relations]] and added to international tensions in the build-up to [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/kaiser-wilhelm-ii |title=Kaiser Wilhelm II |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=History.com |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129085526/http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/kaiser-wilhelm-ii |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair |title= The Daily Telegraph Affair: The interview of the Emperor Wilhelm II on October 28, 1908 |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2 June 2009 |website= wwi.lib.byu.edu The World War I Document Archive |publisher= Brigham Young University Library |access-date= 21 November 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011181444/http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair |archive-date= 11 October 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref> In 1928, the son of Baron Burnham, [[Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham|Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 2nd Baron Burnham]], sold the paper to [[William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose]], in partnership with his brother [[Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley]] and [[Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe]]. In 1937, the newspaper absorbed ''[[The Morning Post]]'', which traditionally espoused a conservative position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class. Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, bought ''The Morning Post'' with the intention of publishing it alongside ''The Daily Telegraph'', but poor sales of the former led him to merge the two. For some years, the paper was retitled ''The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'' before it reverted to just ''The Daily Telegraph''. In the late 1930s, [[Victor Gordon Lennox]], ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s diplomatic editor, published an anti-[[appeasement]] private newspaper ''The Whitehall Letter'' that received much of its information from leaks from Sir [[Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart|Robert Vansittart]], the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and [[Rex Leeper]], the Foreign Office's Press Secretary.<ref name="Watt, Donald Cameron pages 276-286">Watt, Donald Cameron "Rumors as Evidence" pages 276–286 from ''Russia War, Peace and Diplomacy'' edited by Ljubica & Mark Erickson, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 page 278.</ref> As a result, Gordon Lennox was monitored by [[MI5]].<ref name="Watt, Donald Cameron pages 276-286" /> In 1939, ''The Telegraph'' published [[Clare Hollingworth]]'s scoop that [[Invasion of Poland|Germany was to invade Poland]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clare Hollingworth, the foreign correspondent who broke news of Second World War, turns 104|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11922645/Clare-Hollingworth-the-foreign-correspondent-who-broke-news-of-Second-World-War-turns-104.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=Telegraph.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123225715/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11922645/Clare-Hollingworth-the-foreign-correspondent-who-broke-news-of-Second-World-War-turns-104.html|archive-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 1940, Fleet Street, with its close proximity to the river and docklands, was subjected to almost daily bombing raids by the Luftwaffe and ''The Telegraph'' started printing in Manchester at Kemsley House (now [[The Printworks (Manchester)|The Printworks]] entertainment venue), which was run by Camrose's brother Kemsley. Manchester quite often printed the entire run of ''The Telegraph'' when its Fleet Street offices were under threat. The name Kemsley House was changed to Thomson House in 1959. In 1986, printing of Northern editions of the ''Daily'' and ''Sunday Telegraph'' moved to Trafford Park and in 2008 to Newsprinters at Knowsley, Liverpool. During the [[Second World War]], ''The Daily Telegraph'' covertly helped in the recruitment of code-breakers for [[Bletchley Park]]. The ability to solve ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s [[crossword]] in under 12 minutes was considered to be a recruitment test. The newspaper was asked to organise a crossword competition, after which each of the successful participants was contacted and asked if they would be prepared to undertake "a particular type of work as a contribution to the war effort". The competition itself was won by [[F. H. W. Hawes]] of [[Dagenham]] who finished the crossword in less than eight minutes.<ref>''The Daily Telegraph'', [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3652606/25000-tomorrow.html "25000 tomorrow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028055732/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3652606/25000-tomorrow.html |date=28 October 2009 }} 23 May 2006</ref> === 1946 to 1985 === Both the Camrose (Berry) and Burnham (Levy-Lawson) families remained involved in management until [[Conrad Black]] took control in 1986. On the death of his father in 1954, [[Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose]] assumed the chairmanship of the ''Daily Telegraph'' with his brother [[Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell]] as his editor-in-chief. During this period, the company saw the launch of sister paper ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' in 1960.<ref>''The Daily Telegraph'', [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1315093/Lord-Hartwell.html "Obituary: Lord Hartwell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013232438/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1315093/Lord-Hartwell.html |date=13 October 2017 }} 4 April 2001</ref> === 1986 to 2004 === Canadian businessman [[Conrad Black]], through companies controlled by him, bought the Telegraph Group in 1986. Black, through his holding company [[Ravelston Corporation]], owned 78% of [[Hollinger Inc.]] which in turn owned 30% of [[Hollinger International]]. Hollinger International in turn owned the Telegraph Group and other publications such as the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'' and ''[[The Spectator]]''. On 18 January 2004, Black was dismissed as [[chairman of the board|chairman]] of the [[Hollinger International]] board over allegations of financial wrongdoing. Black was also sued by the company. Later that day, it was reported that the [[Barclay brothers]] had agreed to purchase Black's 78% interest in [[Hollinger Inc.]] for [[Pound sterling|£]]245m, giving them a controlling interest in the company, and to buy out the minority shareholders later. However, a lawsuit was filed by the Hollinger International board to try to block Black from selling his [[stock|shares]] in Hollinger Inc. until an investigation into his dealings was completed. Black filed a countersuit but, eventually, United States judge [[Leo Strine]] sided with the Hollinger International board and blocked Black from selling his Hollinger Inc. shares to the twins. On 7 March 2004, the twins announced that they were launching another bid, this time just for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and its Sunday sister paper rather than all of Hollinger Inc. The then owner of the ''[[Daily Express]]'', [[Richard Desmond]], was also interested in purchasing the paper, selling his interest in several pornographic magazines to finance the initiative. Desmond withdrew in March 2004, when the price climbed above £600m,<ref>{{cite news |last=Shah |first=Saeed |title=Desmond withdraws bid for 'overpriced' Telegraph |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/desmond-withdraws-bid-for-overpriced-telegraph-66296.html |access-date=23 November 2014 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=27 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213010345/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/desmond-withdraws-bid-for-overpriced-telegraph-66296.html |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> as did [[Daily Mail and General Trust plc]] a few months later on 17 June.<ref>{{cite news |last= Gibson |first= Owen |title= Barclays favourites to land Telegraph |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/17/pressandpublishing.business |access-date= 23 November 2014 |newspaper= The Guardian |location= London |date= 17 June 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129084754/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/17/pressandpublishing.business |archive-date= 29 November 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref> === Since 2004 === In November 2004, ''The Telegraph'' celebrated the tenth anniversary of its website, ''Electronic Telegraph'', now renamed ''www.telegraph.co.uk''. The ''Electronic Telegraph'' launched in 1995 with The Daily Telegraph Guide to the Internet'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=jotspot&passive=1209600&continue=https://sites.google.com/site/sites/system/errors/WebspaceNotFound?path%3D/suescho/&followup=https://sites.google.com/site/sites/system/errors/WebspaceNotFound?path%3D/suescho/|title=Google Sites|website=accounts.google.com|access-date=8 March 2022|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308035203/https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=jotspot&passive=1209600&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fsites%2Fsystem%2Ferrors%2FWebspaceNotFound%3Fpath%3D%2Fsuescho%2F&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fsites%2Fsystem%2Ferrors%2FWebspaceNotFound%3Fpath%3D%2Fsuescho%2F|url-status=dead}}</ref> by writer Sue Schofield for an annual charge of £180.00. On 8 May 2006, the first stage of a major redesign of the website took place, with a wider page layout and greater prominence for audio, video and journalist blogs. On 10 October 2005, ''The Daily Telegraph'' relaunched to incorporate a tabloid sports section and a new standalone business section. ''[[Daily Mail|The Daily Mail]]''{{'}}s star columnist and political analyst [[Simon Heffer]] left that paper in October 2005 to rejoin ''The Daily Telegraph'', where he has become associate editor. Heffer has written two columns a week for the paper since late October 2005 and is a regular contributor to the news podcast. In November 2005, the first regular podcast service by a newspaper in the UK was launched.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Press Gazette |date=18 November 2005 |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=32570§ioncode=1 |title='Hear all about it' as the Telegraph launches podcast |access-date=15 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605202721/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=32570§ioncode=1 |archive-date=5 June 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Just before Christmas 2005, it was announced that ''The Telegraph'' titles would be moving from Canada Place in [[Canary Wharf]], to new offices at Victoria Plaza at 111 Buckingham Palace Road near [[Victoria Station (London)|Victoria Station]] in central London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Dominic |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2928887/Telegraph-moves-to-Victoria.html |title=Telegraph moves to Victoria |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 December 2005 |access-date=18 September 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816195042/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2928887/Telegraph-moves-to-Victoria.html |archive-date=16 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new office features a "hub and spoke" layout for the newsroom to produce content for print and online editions. In October 2006, with its relocation to Victoria, the company was renamed the Telegraph Media Group, repositioning itself as a multimedia company. On 2 September 2008, the ''Daily Telegraph'' was printed with colour on each page for the first time when it left [[Westferry]] for Newsprinters at [[Broxbourne]], Hertfordshire, another arm of the [[Rupert Murdoch|Murdoch]] company.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42016&c=1 |title=Daily Telegraph unveils full-colour redesign |newspaper=[[Press Gazette]] |date=2 September 2008 |access-date=18 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825075601/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42016&c=1 |archive-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The paper is also printed in [[Liverpool]] and [[Glasgow]] by Newsprinters. In May 2009, the daily and Sunday editions published [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|details of MPs' expenses]]. This led to a number of high-profile resignations from both the ruling Labour administration and the Conservative opposition. In June 2014, ''The Telegraph'' was criticised by ''[[Private Eye]]'' for its policy of replacing experienced journalists and news managers with less-experienced staff and [[Search engine optimization|search engine optimisers]].<ref>''Private Eye'', Issue 1369, 27 June – 10 July 2014, pg. 7.</ref> On 26 October 2019, the ''Financial Times'' reported that the Barclay Brothers were about to put the [[Telegraph Media Group]] up for sale. ''The Financial Times'' also reported that the [[Daily Mail and General Trust]] (owner of the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'', ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'' and ''[[Ireland on Sunday]]'') would be interested in buying.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50192912 |title=Telegraph owners to put newspapers up for sale |website=BBC News |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026143412/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50192912 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/4cb55b8a-f70d-11e9-9ef3-eca8fc8f2d65|title=Barclay brothers in £500 million cash call for ailing empire|website=Financial Times|date=27 October 2019|language=en-GB|url-access=subscription|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028074620/https://www.ft.com/content/4cb55b8a-f70d-11e9-9ef3-eca8fc8f2d65|archive-date=28 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph'' supported [[Liz Truss]] in the [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 1 August 2022 |title= Liz Truss is the right choice for the Tories |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/08/01/liz-truss-right-choice-tories/ |work= The Daily Telegraph |access-date= 11 October 2022 |archive-date= 10 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010233442/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/08/01/liz-truss-right-choice-tories/ |url-status= live }}</ref> In July 2023, it was announced that Lloyds Banking Group had appointed Mike McTighe as chairman of Press Acquisitions Limited and May Corporation Limited in order to spearhead the sale of ''The Telegraph'' and ''The Spectator''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Christopher |date=2023-07-17 |title=Chairman appointed to spearhead sale of The Telegraph |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/17/mike-mctighe-appointed-telegraph-chairman-sale-lloyds/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717155127/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/17/mike-mctighe-appointed-telegraph-chairman-sale-lloyds/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === 2023–2024 takeover bid === In June 2023, ''[[The Guardian]]'' and other newspapers reported that, following a breakdown in discussions relating to a financial dispute, [[Lloyds Bank]] was planning to take over control of the companies owning the ''Telegraph'' titles and the ''[[The Spectator|Spectator]]'' and sell them off.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=2023-06-06 |title=Telegraph parent company faces being put into administration |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/06/telegraph-parent-company-faces-being-put-into-administration |access-date=2023-06-07 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607105419/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/06/telegraph-parent-company-faces-being-put-into-administration |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Mark |date=7 June 2023 |title=Lloyds to launch £600m Telegraph auction after seizing control |url=https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-to-launch-600m-telegraph-auction-after-seizing-control-12897863 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607105131/https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-to-launch-600m-telegraph-auction-after-seizing-control-12897863 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=the+daily+telegraph+lloyds+bank|title=the daily telegraph lloyds bank - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}</ref> Representatives of the Barclay family have described the reports as "irresponsible".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=2023-06-07 |title=Barclay family says reports Telegraph will enter administration are 'unfounded' |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/telegraph-administration-barclays/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607111027/https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/telegraph-administration-barclays/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By October 20, a sale of the publications had been initiated after bankers seized control. Lloyds appointed receivers and started shopping the brands to bidders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seal |first=Thomas |date=2023-10-20 |title=Telegraph and Spectator Boards Kick Off Sale Process |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/telegraph-and-spectator-auction-starts-to-recoup-lloyds-debt |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Bloomberg |language=en-US |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020082109/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/telegraph-and-spectator-auction-starts-to-recoup-lloyds-debt |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2023, Conservative lawmakers raised the national security concerns, and pushed the government to investigate into the [[United Arab Emirates]] government's support to the Barclay family to reclaim ''The Telegraph''. The Barclay family was ready to repay the loan of £1 billion to Lloyds Bank, after it was helped through the loan from RedBird IMI, a joint venture between RedBird-Capital partner and the UAE-based International Media Investment, to regain ''The Telegraph''. The UK lawmakers said the UAE royal family's hold on ''The Telegraph'' may be "a risk to our national security".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wickham |first1=Alex | date=2023-11-19 |title=MPs Raise National Security Concerns Over UAE-Backed Telegraph Offer |language=en |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-19/uk-lawmakers-raise-national-security-concerns-over-uae-backed-telegraph-offer?leadSource=uverify%20wall |access-date=2023-11-26}}</ref> The possibility that an association backed by Abu Dhabi could own an important British newspaper group worried representatives of all parties, together with [[human rights]] campaigners, since the UAE does not respect [[freedom of speech]], also detains activists, academics and lawyers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa |last2=Savage |first2=Michael |title=Tory concern grows over potential sale of Telegraph titles to Abu Dhabi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/26/tory-concern-grows-over-potential-sale-of-telegraph-titles-to-abu-dhabi |website=[[The Observer]] |access-date=11 December 2023 |date=26 November 2023 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211003557/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/26/tory-concern-grows-over-potential-sale-of-telegraph-titles-to-abu-dhabi |url-status=live }}</ref> The culture secretary [[Lucy Frazer]] issued a public interest intervention notice on 30 November<ref>{{cite web |title=Intervention Notice Given Pursuant To Section 42 Of The Enterprise Act 2002 Anticipated Acquisition Of The Telegraph Media Group Limited By RedBird IMI |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6568a8e82ee693000d60cb8f/Public_Interest_Intervention_Notice.pdf |website=[[Gov.uk]] |access-date=3 December 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201100822/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6568a8e82ee693000d60cb8f/Public_Interest_Intervention_Notice.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> preventing the group from taking over without further scrutiny from the media regulator [[Ofcom]] over potential breaches of media standards.<ref>{{cite news |title=UK Government Halts Jeff Zucker Telegraph Deal To Perform Investigation |url=https://www.mediaite.com/uk/government-halts-jeff-zucker-telegraph-deal-to-perform-investigation/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |work=[[Mediaite]] |date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203065117/https://www.mediaite.com/uk/government-halts-jeff-zucker-telegraph-deal-to-perform-investigation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UK bars Abu Dhabi-backed group from acquiring Telegraph, pending review |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-bars-abu-dhabi-backed-group-acquiring-telegraph-pending-review-2023-12-01/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |work=Reuters |date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202092210/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-bars-abu-dhabi-backed-group-acquiring-telegraph-pending-review-2023-12-01/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Conservative MPs also called on Oliver Dowden, Deputy PM of the UK to use the National Security and Investment Act to investigate the Emirati takeover.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cahill |first=Helen |date=2023-12-19 |title=MPs step up pressure on Dowden to intervene in UAE Telegraph bid |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-step-up-pressure-on-dowden-to-intervene-in-uae-telegraph-bid-lnxlbgr8l |access-date=2023-12-31 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231113900/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-step-up-pressure-on-dowden-to-intervene-in-uae-telegraph-bid-lnxlbgr8l |url-status=live }}</ref> Chairman [[Andrew Neil]] threatened to quit if the sale was approved, saying "You cannot have a major mainstream newspaper group owned by an undemocratic government or dictatorship where no one has a vote."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/telegraph-bid-should-be-blocked-says-andrew-neil-5t7lt3zcd | title=Telegraph bid should be blocked, says Andrew Neil | last1=Cahill | first1=Helen | access-date=29 January 2024 | archive-date=29 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129151731/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/telegraph-bid-should-be-blocked-says-andrew-neil-5t7lt3zcd | url-status=live }}</ref> Fraser Nelson, editor of ''The Spectator'' which would be included in the sale, also opposed the move, saying, "the very reason why a foreign government would want to buy a sensitive asset is the very reason why a national government should be wary of selling them."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Fraser |title=Fraser Nelson: governments should never own our press |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/fraser-nelson-governments-should-never-own-our-press/ |website=The Spectator |date=26 January 2024 |access-date=31 January 2024 |location=13:38-13:47 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131084116/https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/fraser-nelson-governments-should-never-own-our-press/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Lords voted a new law, under which restrictions were imposed on foreign governments regarding the ownership of British newspapers and magazines. Under the law, foreign powers, including the UAE, will be allowed up to a 0.1 per cent stake in ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Spectator'' and other publications.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lords approve law that would block UAE Telegraph takeover |date=26 March 2024 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/03/26/lords-approve-law-block-uae-telegraph-takeover/ |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The UAE bid for The Spectator is over |date=26 March 2024 |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/uae-bid-spectator-unsuccessful-parliament/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327120534/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/uae-bid-spectator-unsuccessful-parliament/ |archive-date=27 March 2024 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> == Political stance == ''The Daily Telegraph'' is politically conservative and has endorsed the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] at every UK general election since 1945.<ref name="slate">{{cite news |last=Curtis |first=Bryan |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2152196/ |title=Strange days at the Daily Telegraph |work=Slate |date=25 October 2006 |access-date=2 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125141303/http://www.slate.com/id/2152196/ |archive-date=25 January 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 4 May 2010 |title= Newspaper support in UK general elections |url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/may/04/general-election-newspaper-support |work= The Guardian |access-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-date= 1 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130801141949/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/may/04/general-election-newspaper-support |url-status= live }}</ref> The personal links between the paper's editors and the leadership of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], along with the paper's generally [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] stance and influence over Conservative activists, have led the paper commonly to be referred to, especially in ''[[Private Eye]]'', as the ''Torygraph''.<ref name="slate" /> When the Barclay brothers purchased the [[Telegraph Media Group|Telegraph Group]] for around £665 million in late June 2004, Sir [[David and Frederick Barclay|David Barclay]] suggested that ''The Daily Telegraph'' might no longer be the "house newspaper" of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] in the future. In an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', he said: "Where the government are right we shall support them". The editorial board endorsed the Conservative Party in the 2005 general election.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} During the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], the paper supported the [[Better Together (campaign)|Better Together]] 'No' Campaign.<ref name="insecure">{{cite news |last=Booker |first=Christopher |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11314342/The-insecure-Scots-have-turned-in-on-themselves-and-against-us.html |title=The insecure Scots have turned in on themselves and against us |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229214800/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11314342/The-insecure-Scots-have-turned-in-on-themselves-and-against-us.html |archive-date=29 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="destruction">{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Bruce |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/11314336/England-must-be-resolute-and-save-the-Scots-from-self-destruction.html |title=England must be resolute and save the Scots from self-destruction |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231052536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/11314336/England-must-be-resolute-and-save-the-Scots-from-self-destruction.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="behaviour">{{cite news |last=Hodges |first=Dan |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11296689/England-wont-put-up-with-Scotlands-behaviour-for-long.html |title=England won't put up with Scotlands behaviour for long |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227024731/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11296689/England-wont-put-up-with-Scotlands-behaviour-for-long.html |archive-date=27 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="indulged">{{cite news |last=McTernan |first=John |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/8730902/Tell-the-truth-Scotland-has-been-indulged-for-too-long.html |title=Tell the Truth Scotland has been indulged for too long |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 August 2011 |access-date=10 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208124611/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/8730902/Tell-the-truth-Scotland-has-been-indulged-for-too-long.html |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alex Salmond]], the former leader of the SNP, called ''The Telegraph'' "extreme" on ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sparrow|first1=Andrew|title=John McDonnell apologises profusely on Question Time for comments praising IRA – as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/sep/17/john-mcdonnell-and-alex-salmond-on-bbc-question-time|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 September 2015|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918015044/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/sep/17/john-mcdonnell-and-alex-salmond-on-bbc-question-time|archive-date=18 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], it endorsed voting to leave the EU.<ref>{{cite news |date= 20 June 2016 |title= Vote leave to benefit from a world of opportunity |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/06/20/vote-leave-to-benefit-from-a-world-of-opportunity/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/06/20/vote-leave-to-benefit-from-a-world-of-opportunity/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work= The Daily Telegraph |access-date= 22 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During the [[2019 Conservative Party leadership election|2019 Conservative leadership election]], ''The Daily Telegraph'' endorsed their former columnist [[Boris Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/07/04/boris-johnson-mr-brexit-elect-pm-give-chance-deliver/|title=Boris Johnson is Mr Brexit. Elect him PM and give him a chance to deliver it|date=4 July 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=29 September 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815172440/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/07/04/boris-johnson-mr-brexit-elect-pm-give-chance-deliver/|archive-date=15 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, former columnist [[Graham Norton]], who had left the paper in late 2018, said "about a year before I left, it took a turn" and criticised it for "toxic" political stances, namely for a piece defending [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] then-nominee [[Brett Kavanaugh]] and for being "a mouthpiece for Boris Johnson" whose columns were allegedly published with "no fact-checking at all".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title='Toxic' Telegraph made me feel nauseous, says Graham Norton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/07/toxic-telegraph-made-me-feel-nauseous-says-graham-norton |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 November 2019 |date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026122439/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/07/toxic-telegraph-made-me-feel-nauseous-says-graham-norton |archive-date=26 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was fined £30,000 in 2015 for "sending an unsolicited email to hundreds of thousands of its subscribers, urging them to vote for the Conservatives."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2015/12/21/telegraph-fined-30-000-for-vote-tory-email|title=Telegraph fined £30,000 for 'vote Tory' email|last=Bienkov|first=Adam|date=21 December 2015|newspaper=Politics UK|language=en-GB|access-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113121337/https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2015/12/21/telegraph-fined-30-000-for-vote-tory-email|archive-date=13 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> === LGBT+ rights === In 2012, prior to the legalisation of [[same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom]], Telegraph View published an editorial stating that it was a "pointless distraction" as "many [gay couples] already avail themselves of the [[Civil union|civil partnerships]] introduced by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gay marriage: A pointless distraction|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9429173/Gay-marriage-A-pointless-distraction.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9429173/Gay-marriage-A-pointless-distraction.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=26 July 2012 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'' wrote in another editorial that same year that it feared that changing "the law on gay marriage risks inflaming anti-homosexual bigotry".<ref>{{Cite web|title=A marriage proposal fraught with pitfalls|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9145917/A-marriage-proposal-fraught-with-pitfalls.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9145917/A-marriage-proposal-fraught-with-pitfalls.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=15 March 2012 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2015, the newspaper published an article by former editor [[Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham|Charles Moore]] claiming a "gay rights [[sharia]]" was dictating what the LGBT+ community should believe, following [[Dolce & Gabbana]]'s openly gay founders criticising gay adoptions. Moore wrote: "If you are gay, Mr Strudwick seemed to assert, there are certain things you must believe. Nothing else is permitted under the gay rights sharia."<ref>{{Cite web|title=In the headlong rush for 'rights', children are an afterthought|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11485526/In-the-headlong-rush-for-rights-children-are-an-afterthought.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11485526/In-the-headlong-rush-for-rights-children-are-an-afterthought.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=30 September 2020|website=The Telegraph|date=21 March 2015 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Moore has previously expressed his views that civil partnerships achieved a "balance" for heterosexual and homosexual couples.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ukip's Rochester win shows voters no longer trust the main parties|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11246048/Ukips-Rochester-win-shows-voters-no-longer-trust-the-main-parties.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11246048/Ukips-Rochester-win-shows-voters-no-longer-trust-the-main-parties.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=22 November 2014 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2013, he wrote: "Respectable people are truly terrified of being thought anti-homosexual. In a way, they are right to be, because attacking people for their personal preferences can be a nasty thing."<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Cameron would like to forget gay marriage, but it will haunt him|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10049451/David-Cameron-would-like-to-forget-gay-marriage-but-it-will-haunt-him.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10049451/David-Cameron-would-like-to-forget-gay-marriage-but-it-will-haunt-him.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=10 May 2013 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Also in 2015, ''The Telegraph'' published its "Out at Work" list, naming "the top 50 list of LGBT executives".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Out at Work: The top 50 list of LGBT executives|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/11349808/Out-at-Work-The-top-50-list-of-LGBT-executives.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/11349808/Out-at-Work-The-top-50-list-of-LGBT-executives.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=16 January 2015 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{importance inline|date=August 2023}} Since then, ''The Telegraph'' appeared to shift towards a more liberal attitude on LGBT+ issues, publishing articles that then-Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] needed to be "serious about LGBT equality"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Segalov|first=Michael|date=21 October 2016|title=If Theresa May is serious about LGBT equality, she needs to offer more than pardons|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/if-theresa-may-is-serious-about-lgbt-equality-she-needs-to-offer/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/if-theresa-may-is-serious-about-lgbt-equality-she-needs-to-offer/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and that "bathroom bills" in Texas – which were criticised as being transphobic – were "a [[Franz Kafka|Kafkaesque]] state intrusion".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cunliffe|first=Rachel|date=11 January 2017|title=Transgender 'bathroom bills' are a Kafkaesque state intrusion – and Republicans should oppose them|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/transgender-bathroom-bills-kafkaesque-state-intrusion-republicans/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/transgender-bathroom-bills-kafkaesque-state-intrusion-republicans/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The newspaper also featured an article written by [[Maria Munir]] about their experience coming out to [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]] as [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Munir|first=Maria|date=27 April 2016|title=Why I came out as non-binary to Barack Obama|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]] CEO Ruth Hunt penned an article in ''The Telegraph'' after the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]] in June 2016 that the attack on a gay nightclub "grew out of everyday homophobia".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hunt|first=Ruth|date=13 June 2016|title=The Orlando shooting grew out of everyday homophobia – we cannot be complacent|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/13/the-orlando-shooting-grew-out-of-everyday-homophobia--we-cannot/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/13/the-orlando-shooting-grew-out-of-everyday-homophobia--we-cannot/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Also in 2016, Telegraph Executive Director [[Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood|Lord Black]] was awarded Peer of the Year at the 2016 [[PinkNews]] Awards for his campaigning on LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lord Black: PinkNews -|url=https://www.guyblack.org.uk/news/lord-black-pinknews-peer-year|access-date=6 March 2021|website=Guy Black|date=26 October 2016|language=en|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516051329/https://www.guyblack.org.uk/news/lord-black-pinknews-peer-year|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'' has published articles which have been criticised by ''[[PinkNews]]'' as [[Transphobia|transphobic]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 January 2019|title=Daily Telegraph criticised for anti-trans NHS women's wards article|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/11/daily-telegraph-transphobic-headline/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129234120/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/11/daily-telegraph-transphobic-headline/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the newspaper published an article by [[Allison Pearson]] titled: "Will our spineless politicians' love affair with LGBT ever end?", arguing that [[National Health Service|NHS]] patients' being asked their sexual orientation was unnecessary and another in 2018 with the headline: "The tyranny of the transgender minority has got to be stopped".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Allison|date=16 October 2018|title=The tyranny of the transgender minority has got to be stopped|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/tyranny-transgender-minority-has-got-stopped/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/tyranny-transgender-minority-has-got-stopped/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Pearson">{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Allison|date=17 October 2017|title=Will our spineless politicians' love affair with LGBT ever end?|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/will-spineless-politicians-love-affair-lgbt-ever-end/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/will-spineless-politicians-love-affair-lgbt-ever-end/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> == Sister publications == {{anchor|The Sunday Telegraph anchor}} === ''The Sunday Telegraph'' === {{Main|The Sunday Telegraph}} {{unreferenced section| date= March 2016}} ''The Daily Telegraph''{{'}}s sister [[Sunday editions|Sunday paper]] was founded in 1961. The writer Sir [[Peregrine Worsthorne]] is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961–1997),{{according to whom|date=March 2016}} eventually being editor for three years from 1986. In 1989, the Sunday title was briefly merged into a seven-day operation under [[Max Hastings]]'s overall control. In 2005, the paper was revamped, with Stella being added to the more traditional television and radio section. It costs £2.20 and includes separate Money, Living, Sport and Business supplements. Circulation of ''The Sunday Telegraph'' in July 2010 was 505,214 (ABC). === ''Young Telegraph'' === ''Young Telegraph'' was a weekly section of ''The Daily Telegraph'' published as a 14-page supplement in the weekend edition of the newspaper. ''Young Telegraph'' featured a mixture of news, features, cartoon strips and product reviews aimed at 8–12-year-olds. It was edited by Damien Kelleher (1993–1997) and Kitty Melrose (1997–1999). Launched in 1990, the award-winning supplement also ran original serialised stories featuring popular brands such as ''Young Indiana Jones'' and the British children's sitcom ''[[Maid Marian and Her Merry Men]]''. It featured the cartoon "Mad Gadget" by Chris Winn, and a computer game "Mad Gadget: Lost In Time" (1993) and a book "Mad Gadget: Gadget Mad" (1995) were produced. In 1995, an interactive spin-off called ''Electronic Young Telegraph'' (EYT) was launched on floppy disk. Described as an interactive computer magazine for children, ''Electronic Young Telegraph'' was edited by Adam Tanswell, who led the relaunch of the product on CD-Rom in 1998.<ref name="marketing">{{cite web |last=Barrett |first=Patrick |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/59868/NEW-MEDIA-Telegraph-CD-ROM-move/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |title=New Media: Telegraph CD-Rom move. – By Patrick Barrett – Marketing Magazine |work=Brand Republic |date=19 February 1998 |access-date=24 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924135521/http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/59868/NEW-MEDIA-Telegraph-CD-ROM-move/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |archive-date=24 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Electronic Young Telegraph'' featured original content including interactive quizzes, informative features and computer games, as well as entertainment news and reviews. It was later re-branded as ''T:Drive'' in 1999. === Website === <!-- "The Telegraph (U.K.)" links here --> Telegraph.co.uk is the online version of the newspaper. It uses the banner title ''The Telegraph'' and includes articles from the print editions of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', as well as web-only content such as breaking news, features, picture galleries and blogs. It was named UK Consumer Website of the Year in 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/aopawards2007.obyx |title=AOP Award Winners 2007 |publisher=Ukaop.org.uk |date=3 October 2007 |access-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813001257/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/aopawards2007.obyx |archive-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref> and Digital Publisher of the year in 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/aopawardwinnersfulllist20091261.html |title=AOP Award Winners 2009 in full |publisher=Ukaop.org.uk |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723204947/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/aopawardwinnersfulllist20091261.html |archive-date=23 July 2014 }}</ref> by the Association of Online Publishers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1632|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011064905/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1632|url-status=dead|title=UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) | Newspaper brands shine at AOP Awards|archivedate=11 October 2007}}</ref> The site is overseen by Kate Day,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/telegraphmediagroup-jason-seiken |title=Telegraph: Jason Seiken confirms MacGregor and Evans in editing roles |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827134204/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/telegraphmediagroup-jason-seiken |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> digital director of Telegraph Media Group. Other staff include Shane Richmond, head of technology (editorial),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/shanerichmond/ |title=Shane Richmond's Telegraph blog |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=8 December 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413074915/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/shanerichmond/ |archive-date=13 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Ian Douglas, head of digital production.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/iandouglas/ |title=Ian Douglas's Telegraph blog |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=8 December 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312112015/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/iandouglas/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The site, which has been the focus of the group's efforts to create an integrated news operation producing content for print and online from the same newsroom, completed a relaunch during 2008 involving the use of the Escenic content management system, popular among northern European and Scandinavian newspaper groups. Telegraph TV is a [[Video on Demand]] service run by ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Sunday Telegraph''. It is hosted on ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s website, telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph.co.uk became the most popular UK newspaper site in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/22/abcs.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&feed=media | title=ABCe: Telegraph website overtakes Guardian | date=22 May 2008 | access-date=18 September 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | work=The Guardian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220710/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/22/abcs.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&feed=media | archive-date=30 September 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> It was overtaken by Guardian.co.uk in April 2009 and later by "Mail Online".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/abce-guardian-telegraph | date=21 May 2009 | access-date=18 September 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | work=The Guardian | title=ABCe: Guardian.co.uk takes top spot | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220740/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/abce-guardian-telegraph | archive-date=30 September 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2010, "Telegraph.co.uk" was the third most visited British newspaper website with 1.7 million daily browsers compared to 2.3 million for "Guardian.co.uk" and nearly 3 million for "Mail Online".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/21/november-abce-guardian-mail-online | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Josh | last=Halliday | title=Guardian.co.uk passes 40 m monthly browsers | date=21 December 2010 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311182314/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/21/november-abce-guardian-mail-online | archive-date=11 March 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, "Telegraph.co.uk" was the tenth most visited UK newspaper site, with 13.8 million monthly visits, compared to the most popular, the [[BBC]], with 38.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Amy |date=November 2023 |title=Leading English-language news websites in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2023, by monthly visits |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/288763/newspaper-websites-ranked-by-monthly-visitors-united-kingdom-uk/ |website=Statista |access-date=22 December 2023 |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222071219/https://www.statista.com/statistics/288763/newspaper-websites-ranked-by-monthly-visitors-united-kingdom-uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2012, international customers accessing the Telegraph.co.uk site would have to sign up for a subscription package. Visitors had access to 20 free articles a month before having to subscribe for unlimited access. In March 2013, the pay meter system was also rolled out in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/subscriptions/terms-and-conditions/|title=Terms and Conditions – Telegraph|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 April 2018|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330020512/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/subscriptions/terms-and-conditions/|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== History ==== The website was launched, under the name ''electronic telegraph'' at midday on 15 November 1994 at the headquarters of ''The Daily Telegraph'' at [[Canary Wharf]] in [[London Docklands]] with [[Ben Rooney]] as its first editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/how-online-journalism-got-its-uk-start/|title=How UK online journalism got its UK start|date=1 June 2006|work=UK Press Gazette|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216110951/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/how-online-journalism-got-its-uk-start/|archive-date=16 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It was Europe's first daily web-based newspaper. At this time, the modern internet was still in its infancy, with as few as 10,000 websites estimated to have existed at the time – compared to more than 100 billion by 2009. In 1994, only around 1% of the British population (some 600,000 people) had internet access at home, compared to more than 80% in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6545788/Telegraph.co.uk-15-years-of-online-news.html|title=Telegraph.co.uk: 15 years of online news|date=11 November 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|last1=Richmond|first1=Shane|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013233654/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6545788/Telegraph.co.uk-15-years-of-online-news.html|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, the site published only the top stories from the print edition of the newspaper but it gradually increased its coverage until virtually all of the newspaper was carried online and the website was also publishing original material. The website, hosted on a [[Sun Microsystems]] Sparc 20 server and connected via a 64 kbit/s [[leased line]] from [[Demon Internet]], was edited by Ben Rooney.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} An early coup for the site was the publication of articles by [[Ambrose Evans-Pritchard]] on [[Bill Clinton]] and the [[Whitewater controversy]]. The availability of the articles online brought a large American audience to the site. In 1997, the Clinton administration issued a 331-page report that accused Evans-Pritchard of peddling "right-wing inventions". [[Derek Bishton]], who by then had succeeded Rooney as editor, later wrote: "In the days before ET it would have been highly unlikely that anyone in the US would have been aware of Evans-Pritchard's work – and certainly not to the extent that the White House would be forced to issue such a lengthy rebuttal."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1471964/From-ET-to-TD.html |title=From ET to TD |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=2 May 2010 |location=London |first=Derek |last=Bishton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014112005/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1471964/From-ET-to-TD.html |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bishton, who later became consulting editor for Telegraph Media Group, was followed as editor by [[Richard Burton (journalist)|Richard Burton]], who was made redundant in August 2006. Edward Roussel replaced Burton. ==== ''My Telegraph'' ==== ''My Telegraph'' offers a platform for readers to have their own blog, save articles, and network with other readers. Launched in May 2007, My Telegraph won a Cross Media Award from international newspaper organisation IFRA in October 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Laura|title=My Telegraph wins international new media award|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/my-telegraph-wins-international-new-media-award/s2/a530626/|access-date=20 May 2013|newspaper=Journalism|date=9 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220511/http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/my-telegraph-wins-international-new-media-award/s2/a530626/|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the judges, [[Robert Cauthorn]], described the project as "the best deployment of blogging yet seen in any newspaper anywhere in the world". == Notable stories == In December 2010, ''Telegraph'' reporters posing as constituents [[Vince Cable#December 2010 Daily Telegraph comments|secretly recorded]] Business Secretary [[Vince Cable]]. In an undisclosed part of the transcript given to the [[BBC]]'s [[Robert Peston]] by a whistleblower unhappy that ''The Telegraph'' had not published Cable's comments in full, Cable stated in reference to [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB]], "I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656 |title= Vince Cable criticises Murdoch takeover in secret tapes |work= BBC News |date= 21 December 2010 |access-date= 21 December 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101223045454/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656 |archive-date= 23 December 2010 |url-status= live }}</ref> Following this revelation, Cable had his responsibility for media affairs – including ruling on Murdoch's takeover plans – withdrawn from his role as business secretary.<ref>{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Wintour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/21/vince-cable-war-murdoch-gaffe |title=Humiliated Vince Cable stripped of Sky role after 'war with Murdoch' gaffe |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=21 December 2010 |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204222939/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/21/vince-cable-war-murdoch-gaffe |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2011, the [[Press Complaints Commission]] upheld a complaint regarding ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s use of subterfuge: "On this occasion, the commission was not convinced that the public interest was such as to justify proportionately this level of subterfuge."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= The Guardian |location= London |date= 10 May 2011 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/10/daily-telegraph-vince-cable-tapes |title= Daily Telegraph censured by PCC over Vince Cable tapes |first= James |last= Robinson |access-date= 13 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231215038/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/10/daily-telegraph-vince-cable-tapes |archive-date= 31 December 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref> In July 2011, a firm of private investigators hired by ''The Telegraph'' to track the source of the leak concluded "strong suspicion" that two former Telegraph employees who had moved to [[News International]], one of them [[William Lewis (journalist)|Will Lewis]], had gained access to the transcript and audio files and leaked them to Peston.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=23 July 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/22/willlewis-telegraphmediagroup |title=News Corp boss 'linked' to leak of Vince Cable's Rupert Murdoch comments |first=Josh |last=Halliday |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510152938/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/22/willlewis-telegraphmediagroup |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> === 2009 MP expenses scandal === {{Main article|United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal}} In May 2009, ''The Daily Telegraph'' obtained a full copy of all the expenses claims of British Members of Parliament. The ''Telegraph'' began publishing, in instalments from 8 May 2009, certain MPs' expenses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html|title=Full List of MPs investigated|date=8 May 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=UK|access-date=13 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504015241/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html|archive-date=4 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Telegraph'' justified the publication of the information because it contended that the official information due to be released would have omitted key information about redesignating of second-home nominations.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7840678.stm|title=Q&A: MP expenses row explained |date=8 May 2009|work=BBC News|access-date=8 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904103344/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7840678.stm|archive-date=4 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This led to a number of high-profile resignations from both the ruling Labour administration and the Conservative opposition. === 2016 Sam Allardyce investigation === {{Main|2016 English football scandal}} In September 2016, ''Telegraph'' reporters posing as businessmen filmed [[England national football team manager|England manager]] [[Sam Allardyce]], offering to give advice on how to get around on FA rules on player [[Third-party ownership in association football|third party ownership]] and negotiating a £400,000 deal.<ref name="Burt-2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/27/sam-allardyces-position-as-england-manager-under-threat-after-te/|title=Sam Allardyce on the brink of being sacked as England manager after Telegraph investigation|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=27 September 2016|access-date=27 September 2016|last1=Burt|first1=Jason|last2=Amofa|first2=Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927094842/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/27/sam-allardyces-position-as-england-manager-under-threat-after-te/|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The investigation saw Allardyce leave his job by mutual consent on 27 September and making the statement "entrapment has won".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10596590/sam-allardyce-says-entrapment-has-won-after-his-exit-as-england-manager|title=Sam Allardyce says 'entrapment has won' after his exit as England manager|last=Kelleher|first=Michael|date=28 September 2016|website=Sky Sports |access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225022009/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10596590/sam-allardyce-says-entrapment-has-won-after-his-exit-as-england-manager|archive-date=25 December 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref> == Awards == ''The Daily Telegraph'' has been named the ''[[The Press Awards|National Newspaper of the Year]]'' in 2009, 1996 and 1993, while ''The Sunday Telegraph'' won the same award in 1999. Its investigation on the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|2009 expenses scandal]] was named the "Scoop of the Year" in 2009, with [[William Lewis (journalist)|William Lewis]] winning "Journalist of the Year".<ref name="gazetteroll" /> The ''Telegraph'' won "Team of the Year" in 2004 for its coverage of the [[Iraq War]].<ref name="gazetteroll" /> The paper also won "Columnist of the Year" three years' running from 2002 to 2004: [[Zoë Heller]] (2002), [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]] (2003) and [[Boris Johnson]] (2004).<ref name="gazetteroll">{{cite web |url-status=dead |website=[[Press Gazette]] |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92# |title=British Press Awards - Roll of Honour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616181807/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |access-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> == Charity and fundraising work == [[File:"Good News Bear", Horse Guards Parade - geograph.org.uk - 4245699.jpg|thumb|upright|''The Telegraph'' designed [[Paddington Bear]] statue—themed "Good News Bear"—in London, auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|NSPCC]].]] In 1979, following a letter in ''The Daily Telegraph'' and a Government report highlighting the shortfall in care available for premature babies, [[Bliss (charity)|Bliss]], the special care baby charity, was founded. In 2009, as part of the Bliss 30th birthday celebrations, the charity was chosen as one of four beneficiaries of the newspaper's Christmas Charity Appeal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/telegraphchristmasappeal/6679078/Telegraph-Christmas-Charity-Appeal-2009-Our-children-owe-their-lives-to-Bliss.html |url-access=subscription |title=Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal 2009: 'Our children owe Bliss their lives'|last=Craig|first=Olga|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=29 November 2009|access-date=7 December 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124140/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/telegraphchristmasappeal/6679078/Telegraph-Christmas-Charity-Appeal-2009-Our-children-owe-their-lives-to-Bliss.html|archive-date=9 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2010, a cheque was presented to Bliss for £120,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/bliss-charity/docs/ar_jb2010v5_web|title=Annual review 09/10|agency=Bliss|website=Issuu|date=November 2010|language=en|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729015126/https://issuu.com/bliss-charity/docs/ar_jb2010v5_web|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, ''The Telegraph'' designed a Newspaper-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film ''[[Paddington (film)|Paddington]]'', which was auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Condé Nast Traveler |date=November 24, 2014 |first1=Lilit |last1=Marcus |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609174122/https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |url-status=live }}</ref> == Criticisms == {{Criticism section|date=October 2020}} === Accusation of news coverage influence by advertisers === In July 2014, the ''Daily Telegraph'' was criticised for carrying links on its website to pro-Kremlin articles supplied by a Russian state-funded publication that downplayed any Russian involvement in the downing of the passenger jet [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]].<ref>Spence, Alex (22 July 2014). [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4153902.ece "Telegraph and TV channel criticised over crash reports"], ''The Times''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006180446/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4153902.ece |date=6 October 2014 }}. Retrieved 7 October 2014</ref> These had featured on its website as part of a commercial deal, but were later removed.<ref>Spence, Alex (20 July 2014). [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4161591.ece "Telegraph spikes 'Russian propaganda{{'"}}], ''The Times''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011111534/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4161591.ece |date=11 October 2014 }}. Retrieved 7 October 2014.</ref> As of 2014,{{update inline|date=November 2023}} the paper was paid £900,000 a year to include the supplement ''[[Russia Beyond the Headlines]]'', a publication sponsored by the {{lang|ru-latn|[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]}}, the Russian government's official newspaper.<ref>''Private Eye'' No. 1374, "Street of Shame", 5–18 September 2014, pg. 6.</ref> In February 2015, the chief political commentator of the ''Daily Telegraph'', [[Peter Oborne]], resigned. Oborne accused the paper of a "form of fraud on its readers"<ref name="OpenDemocracy 17 February 2015">{{cite web | title= Why I have resigned from the Telegraph | url= https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph | author= Peter Oborne | date= 17 February 2015 | website= Open Democracy | access-date= 16 April 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160210130853/https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph | archive-date= 10 February 2016 | url-status= live }}</ref> for its coverage of the bank [[HSBC]] in relation to a Swiss tax-dodging scandal that was widely covered by other news media. He alleged that editorial decisions about news content had been heavily influenced by the advertising arm of the newspaper because of commercial interests.<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015">{{cite web | title= Daily Telegraph's Peter Oborne resigns over HSBC coverage | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 | author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date= 17 February 2015 | work= BBC News | access-date= 18 February 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150218051845/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 | archive-date= 18 February 2015 | url-status= live }}</ref> [[Jay Rosen]] at [[New York University]] stated that Oborne's resignation statement was "one of the most important things a journalist has written about journalism lately".<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015" /> Oborne cited other instances of advertising strategy influencing the content of articles, linking the refusal to take an editorial stance on the repression of democratic demonstrations in Hong Kong to the ''Telegraph''{{'s}} support from China. Additionally, he said that favourable reviews of the [[Cunard]] cruise liner ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2|Queen Mary II]]'' appeared in the ''Telegraph'', noting: "On 10 May last year ''The Telegraph'' ran a long feature on Cunard's Queen Mary II liner on the news review page. This episode looked to many like a plug for an advertiser on a page normally dedicated to serious news analysis. I again checked and certainly ''Telegraph'' competitors did not view Cunard's liner as a major news story. Cunard is an important ''Telegraph'' advertiser."<ref name="OpenDemocracy 17 February 2015" /> In response, the ''Telegraph'' called Oborne's statement an "astonishing and unfounded attack, full of inaccuracy and innuendo".<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015" /> Later that month, ''Telegraph'' editor Chris Evans invited journalists at the newspaper to contribute their thoughts on the issue.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ponsford|first=Dominic|date=28 February 2015|title=Telegraph editor Chris Evans invites staff to contribute ideas on new editorial/commercial guidelines|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-editor-chris-evans-invites-staff-contribute-ideas-new-editorialcommercial-guidelines/|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509221621/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-editor-chris-evans-invites-staff-contribute-ideas-new-editorialcommercial-guidelines/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Press Gazette]]'' reported later in 2015 that Oborne had joined the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' tabloid newspaper and ''The Telegraph'' had "issued new guidelines over the way editorial and commercial staff work together".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Turvill|first=William|date=30 June 2015|title=Four months on from Telegraph resignation, Peter Oborne moves back to Daily Mail|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/four-months-telegraph-resignation-peter-oborne-announces-daily-mail-move/|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509154451/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/four-months-telegraph-resignation-peter-oborne-announces-daily-mail-move/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2017, the Telegraph Media Group had a higher number of upheld complaints than any other UK newspaper by its regulator [[Independent Press Standards Organisation|IPSO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/|title=Rulings and regulation statements|publisher=IPSO|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201094545/https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/|archive-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of these findings pertained to inaccuracy, as with other UK newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-tops-ipso-naughty-list-with-nine-upheld-complaints-followed-by-the-times-and-daily-express/|title=Daily Telegraph tops IPSO naughty list with nine upheld complaints followed by The Times and Daily Express|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|date=19 September 2016|work=Press Gazette|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220091952/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-tops-ipso-naughty-list-with-nine-upheld-complaints-followed-by-the-times-and-daily-express/|archive-date=20 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2017, a number of major western news organisations whose coverage had irked Beijing were excluded from [[Xi Jinping]]'s speech event launching a new politburo. However, the ''Daily Telegraph'' had been granted an invitation to the event.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Tom|title=Protest after Western media 'troublemakers' barred from Xi Jinping speech|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech|access-date=9 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408224745/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2019, ''[[Business Insider]]'' reported ''The Telegraph'' had partnered with [[Facebook]] to publish articles "downplaying 'technofears' and praising the company".<ref>{{cite news|date=3 April 2019|title=Facebook is partnering with a big UK newspaper to publish sponsored articles downplaying 'technofears' and praising the company|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-daily-telegraph-positive-sponsored-news-stories-2019-4|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403221601/https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-daily-telegraph-positive-sponsored-news-stories-2019-4|archive-date=3 April 2019}}</ref> === Premature obituaries === The paper published [[List of premature obituaries|premature obituaries]] for Cockie Hoogterp,{{when|date=November 2023}} the second wife of [[Bror von Blixen-Finecke|Baron Blixen]],<ref name=McKie>McKie, Andrew (30 August 2001). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1338899/The-day-I-managed-to-kill-off-Tex-Ritters-wife.html "The day I managed to 'kill off' Tex Ritter's wife"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705123717/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1338899/The-day-I-managed-to-kill-off-Tex-Ritters-wife.html |date=5 July 2018 }}. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London).</ref> [[Dave Swarbrick]] in 1999,<ref name=McKie /> and [[Dorothy Fay|Dorothy Southworth Ritter]], the widow of [[Tex Ritter]] and mother of [[John Ritter]], in August 2001.<ref name=McKie /> === Accusation of antisemitism === Editors for both the ''Daily Telegraph'' and the ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' have been criticised by ''Guardian'' columnist [[Owen Jones]] for publishing and authoring articles which espouse [[Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory|an antisemitic conspiracy theory]].<ref name="Jones 2019">{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Owen|date=28 March 2019|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/media-far-right-radicalisation-politics-hatred|title=Why we need to talk about the media's role in far-right radicalisation|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505105338/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/media-far-right-radicalisation-politics-hatred|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, [[Allister Heath]], the editor of the ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' wrote that "Cultural Marxism is running rampant."<ref name ="Heath 2018">{{cite news |first=Allister |last=Heath |authorlink=Allister Heath |title=Liberal democracy is dying as the world converges on authoritarian beigeness |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/13/liberal-democracy-dying-world-converges-authoritarian-beigeness/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/13/liberal-democracy-dying-world-converges-authoritarian-beigeness/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Sunday Telegraph |date=13 June 2018 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Assistant comment editor of the ''Daily Telegraph'', [[Sherelle Jacobs]], also used the term in 2019.<ref name="Jacobs 2019">{{cite news |first=Sherelle |last=Jacobs |authorlink=Sherelle Jacobs |title=There's only one way to win a culture war against the metropolitan elite|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/27/one-way-win-culture-war-against-metropolitan-snobs/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/27/one-way-win-culture-war-against-metropolitan-snobs/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Daily Telegraph |date=27 February 2019 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph'' also published an anonymous civil servant who stated: "There is a strong presence of Anglophobia, combined with cultural Marxism that runs through the civil service."<ref name="Anon 2019">{{cite news |title=Believe me, the Civil Service is trying to sink Brexit. I have seen it from the inside |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/18/believe-civil-service-trying-sink-brexit-have-seen-inside/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/18/believe-civil-service-trying-sink-brexit-have-seen-inside/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Daily Telegraph |date=18 March 2019 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> === False allegations of Islamic extremism === In January 2019, the paper published an article written by [[Camilla Tominey]] titled "Police called in after Scout group run from mosque is linked to Islamic extremist and Holocaust denier"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/18/police-called-scout-group-run-mosque-linked-islamic-extremist/|title=Police called in after Scout group run from mosque is linked to Islamic extremist and Holocaust denier|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119100131/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/18/police-called-scout-group-run-mosque-linked-islamic-extremist/|access-date=8 April 2020|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2019}}</ref> in which it was reported that the police were investigating Ahammed Hussain, the Leader of the Scout Group at the Lewisham Islamic Centre, because he had links to extremist Muslim groups that promoted terrorism and antisemitism. In January 2020, the paper issued an official apology and accepted that the article contained many falsehoods, and that Hussain had never supported or promoted terrorism, or been antisemitic. The paper paid Hussain damages and costs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/28/apology-mr-ahammed-hussain/|title=An apology – Mr Ahammed Hussain|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 January 2020|access-date=8 April 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301095145/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/28/apology-mr-ahammed-hussain/|archive-date=1 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In a letter sent to Hussain's lawyers accompanying the text of their published apology, the newspaper's lawyers wrote: "The article was published by our client following receipt of information in good faith from the Scout Association and the [[Henry Jackson Society]]; nevertheless our client now accepts that the article (using that expression to refer to both print and online versions) is defamatory of your client and will apologise to him for publishing it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rllaw.co.uk/apologies-as-published/|title=Apologies as Published - Rahman Lowe|date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329101227/http://www.rllaw.co.uk/apologies-as-published/|archive-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> === China Watch === In 2016, the [[Hong Kong Free Press]] reported that ''The Daily Telegraph'' was receiving £750,000 annually to carry a supplement called 'China Watch' as part of a commercial deal with Chinese state-run newspaper ''[[China Daily]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2016/04/03/china-spends-big-on-propaganda-in-britain-but-returns-are-low/|title=China spends big on propaganda in Britain... but returns are low|date=3 April 2016|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'' published the supplement once a month in print, and published it online at least until March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/peoples-daily-online/opinion/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200329145908/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/peoples-daily-online/opinion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2020|title=People's Daily Online: Opinion|date=29 March 2020|website=archive.vn|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> As of April 2020, ''The Telegraph'' appeared to have removed China Watch from its website, along with another advertisement feature section by a Chinese state-run media outlet titled "People's Daily Online". This followed the People's Daily Online section carrying misinformation about [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]], including claims that traditional Chinese medicine could help fight the virus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/coronavirus-british-newspaper-chinese-propaganda|title=A British Newspaper Has Given Chinese Coronavirus Propaganda A Direct Line To The UK|website=BuzzFeed News|date=8 April 2020|language=en|access-date=9 April 2020|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103211853/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/coronavirus-british-newspaper-chinese-propaganda|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported in 2018 that the China Watch newspaper supplement was being carried by ''The Telegraph'' along with other [[Newspaper of record|newspapers of record]] such as ''[[The New York Times]], [[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[Le Figaro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping|title=Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign|date=7 December 2018|website=The Guardian|language=en-GB|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=10 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310193251/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping|url-status=live}}</ref> === COVID-19 misinformation === {{Main|COVID-19 misinformation}} In January 2021 British press regulator, the [[Independent Press Standards Organisation]] ordered ''The Daily Telegraph'' to publish a correction to two "significantly misleading" claims in a comment article published by [[Toby Young]]. The July 2020 article "When we have herd immunity Boris will face a reckoning on this pointless and damaging lockdown," which spread [[COVID-19 misinformation]] that the common cold provided "natural immunity" to [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] and that London was "probably approaching herd immunity".<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 January 2021|title=Toby Young: Telegraph coronavirus column 'significantly misleading'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55676037|access-date=15 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115164617/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55676037|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Bland|first=Archie|date=15 January 2021|title=Daily Telegraph rebuked over Toby Young's Covid column|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/14/daily-telegraph-rebuked-over-toby-youngs-herd-immunity-covid-column|access-date=15 January 2021|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114205610/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/14/daily-telegraph-rebuked-over-toby-youngs-herd-immunity-covid-column|url-status=live}}</ref> The regulator said that a correction was appropriate rather than a more serious response due to the level of scientific uncertainty at the time the comment was published.<ref name=":0" /> At the time of the ruling, the Telegraph had removed the comment article but had not issued a correction.<ref name=":0" /> === Climate change === ''The Telegraph'' has published multiple columns and news articles which promote [[Climate change denial|pseudoscientific views on climate change]], and misleadingly cast the subject of climate change as a subject of active scientific debate when there is a [[scientific consensus on climate change]].{{refn|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/telegraph-article-misleads-with-false-balance-mixing-in-unsupported-and-inaccurate-claims-sarah-knapton/|title=Telegraph article on climate change mixes accurate and unsupported, inaccurate claims, misleads with false balance|date=18 October 2019|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030042554/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/telegraph-article-misleads-with-false-balance-mixing-in-unsupported-and-inaccurate-claims-sarah-knapton/|archive-date=30 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/another-arctic-ice-panic-world-temperatures-plummet-the-telegraph-christopher-booker/|title=The Telegraph publishes false information about Arctic climate|date=9 May 2017|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812105055/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/another-arctic-ice-panic-world-temperatures-plummet-the-telegraph-christopher-booker/|archive-date=12 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-christopher-booker-arctic-ice-has-made-fools-of-warmists/|title=Analysis of "How Arctic ice has made fools of all those poor warmists"|date=31 July 2015|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030042556/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-christopher-booker-arctic-ice-has-made-fools-of-warmists/|archive-date=30 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Powell-2011">{{Cite book|url=http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-inquisition-of-climate-science/9780231157186|title=The Inquisition of Climate Science|last=Powell|first=James Lawrence|date=2011|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231527842|pages=1, 159–160|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030042554/http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-inquisition-of-climate-science/9780231157186|archive-date=30 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Climate Feedback-2015">{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-dan-hyde-earth-heading-for-mini-ice-age-within-15-years/|title=Analysis of "Earth heading for 'mini ice age' within 15 years"|date=30 July 2015|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101154330/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-dan-hyde-earth-heading-for-mini-ice-age-within-15-years/|archive-date=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Climate Feedback-2016">{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-bjorn-lomborg-in-many-ways-global-warming-will-be-good-thing/|title=Analysis of "…in many ways global warming will be a good thing"|date=9 May 2016|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001222841/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-bjorn-lomborg-in-many-ways-global-warming-will-be-good-thing/|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}} It has published columns about the "conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth",<ref name="Powell-2011" /> described climate scientists as "white-coated prima donnas and narcissists,"<ref name="Powell-2011" /><ref name="Climate Feedback-2015" /> and claimed that "global warming causes about as much damage as benefits."<ref name="Climate Feedback-2016" /> In 2015, a ''Telegraph'' news article incorrectly claimed that scientists predicted a mini-ice age by 2030.<ref name="Climate Feedback-2015" /> Climate change denying journalist [[James Delingpole]] was first to use "[[Climatic Research Unit email controversy|Climategate]]" on his ''Telegraph'' blog for a manufactured controversy where emails were leaked from climate scientists ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit and misleadingly presented to give the appearance that the climate scientists were engaged in fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/who-speaks-climate-making-sense-media-reporting-climate-change|title=Who speaks climate making sense media reporting climate change {{!}} Comparative politics|website=Cambridge University Press|language=en|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404133201/http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/who-speaks-climate-making-sense-media-reporting-climate-change|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, ''The Telegraph'' was one of several media titles to give evidence to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Select Committee]] 'Communicating climate science'. The paper told [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] they believe climate change is happening and humans play a role in it. Editors told the committee, "we believe that the climate is changing, that the reason for that change includes human activity, but that human ingenuity and adaptability should not be ignored in favour of economically damaging prescriptions."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/01/telegraph-and-mail-concede-on-climate-change|title=Telegraph and Mail concede on climate change|last=Vaughan|first=Adam|date=1 April 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 November 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117165326/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/01/telegraph-and-mail-concede-on-climate-change|archive-date=17 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> === Owen Paterson === ''The Daily Telegraph'', in particular its columnist and former editor [[Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham|Charles Moore]], were staunch supporters of [[Owen Paterson]], a former MP and minister who resigned after it was found that he had breached advocacy rules to lobby ministers for fees. A plan to overhaul the [[House of Commons|Commons]] standard and spare Paterson from being suspended and a possible recall petition that follows was leaked to the newspaper and it was "approvingly" splashed across the paper's front page.{{according to whom|date=January 2022}} Boris Johnson flew back from the [[COP 26]] summit in Glasgow to attend a ''Telegraph'' journalists' reunion at the [[Garrick Club|Garrick]] and was seen{{by whom|date=January 2022}} to leave the club with Moore the same evening.<ref name="FT04112021">{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=George |last2=Hughes |first2=Laura |last3=Payne |first3=Sebastian |title=Boris Johnson's bruising defeat over standards reform angers Tory MPs |url=https://www.ft.com/content/51c93ba3-4a59-4e88-92ed-3e152a896493 |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=Financial Times |date=4 November 2021 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107073744/https://www.ft.com/content/51c93ba3-4a59-4e88-92ed-3e152a896493 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{additional citation needed|date=January 2022}} == Notable people == === Editors === {| class="wikitable" |- !Name !Tenure |- |[[Thornton Leigh Hunt]] |1855 to 1873 |- |[[Edwin Arnold]] |1873 to 1888 |- |[[John le Sage]] |1888 to 1923 |- |[[Fred Miller (British journalist)|Fred Miller]] |1923 to 1924 |- |[[Arthur Watson (journalist)|Arthur Watson]] |1924 to 1950 |- |[[Colin Coote]] |1950 to 1964 |- |[[Maurice Green (journalist)|Maurice Green]] |1964 to 1974 |- |[[Bill Deedes]] |1974 to 1986 |- |[[Max Hastings]] |1986 to 1995 |- |[[Charles Moore (journalist)|Charles Moore]] |1995 to 2003 |- |[[Martin Newland]] |2003 to 2005 |- |[[John Bryant (journalist)|John Bryant]] |2005 to 2007 |- |[[William Lewis (journalist)|William Lewis]] |2007 to 2009 |- |[[Tony Gallagher (editor)|Tony Gallagher]] |2009 to 2013 |- |[[Jason Seiken]] |2013 to 2014 |- |[[Chris Evans (journalist)|Chris Evans]] |2014 to present |} === Notable columnists and journalists === <!-- How can we [[WP:VERIFY]] this list if not [[WP:DATED]] and is it really [[WP:NOTABLE]] ? --> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{div col}} * [[Katharine Birbalsingh]], columnist * [[Jamie Carragher]], columnist * [[Dia Chakravarty]], columnist * [[Robbie Collin]], film critic * [[Michael Deacon (journalist)|Michael Deacon]], columnist * [[David Eimer]], foreign correspondent * [[William Hague]], columnist * [[Simon Heffer]], columnist * [[Roger Highfield]], former science editor * [[Boris Johnson]], former political columnist * [[Herbert Hughes (composer)|Herbert Hughes]], music critic, 1911–1932 * [[Anthony Loyd]], one-time war correspondent * [[Charles Moore (journalist)|Charles Moore]], columnist * [[Anne-Elisabeth Moutet]], columnist * [[Andrew Orlowski]], business and technology columnist * [[J. H. B. Peel]], columnist * [[Michael Wharton|Peter Simple]], the pseudonym of Michael Wharton, who wrote a humorous column, "Way of the World", from 1957 to 2006. * [[Serena Sinclair Lesley|Serena Sinclair]], former fashion editor * [[Mark Steyn]], former columnist * [[Zoe Strimpel]], lifestyle columnist * [[Norman Tebbit]], columnist * [[Auberon Waugh]], a previous columnist {{div col end}} == See also == {{Portal|Journalism|London|Conservatism}} * [[List of the oldest newspapers]] * [[History of journalism]] * [[Newspaper of record]] {{Clear}} == References == {{reflist}} == Further reading == * Burnham, E. F. L. (1955). ''Peterborough Court: the story of the Daily Telegraph''. Cassell. * Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. ''The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers'' (1980) pp. 111–16. * ''The House The Berrys Built'' by [[Duff Hart-Davis]]. Concerns the history of ''The Daily Telegraph''' from its inception to 1986. Illustrated with references and illustrations of [[William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose]] (later called Lord Camrose). <!-- Detail from a copy of book published by Hodder and Staughton in 1990 with ISBN 0-340-52526-6.--> * ''William Camrose: Giant of Fleet Street'' by his son Lord Hartwell. Illustrated biography with black-and-white photographic plates and includes an index. 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