Table 1.
Descriptive information on quality scores, article size and whether named journalist listed by newspaper name
| Newspaper | N (%) | Quality score | Quality category (N (%)) | Article size (N (%)) | Journalist | ||||
| Median | IQR* | Poor | Satisfactory | Small | Medium | Large | |||
| The Sun | 20 (14) | 0.5 | −5.5 to 4 | 9 (45) | 11 (55) | 14 (70) | 0 (0) | 6 (30) | 12 (60) |
| The Daily Mirror | 23 (16) | 1 | −2 to 7 | 7 (30) | 16 (70) | 15 (65) | 2 (9) | 6 (26) | 17 (74) |
| The Daily Mail | 40 (28) | 2 | −1.5 to 4.5 | 13 (33) | 27 (67) | 21 (53) | 11 (28) | 8 (20) | 25 (63) |
| The Daily Express | 30 (21) | 2.5 | −1 to 6 | 8 (27) | 22 (73) | 14 (47) | 6 (20) | 10 (33) | 24 (80) |
| The Daily Telegraph | 28 (20) | 3 | −1.5 to 7.5 | 7 (25) | 21 (75) | 23 (82) | 5 (18) | 0 (0) | 20 (71) |
| Total | 141 (100) | 2 | −2 to 6 | 44 (31) | 97 (69) | 87 (62) | 24 (17) | 30 (21) | 98 (70) |
*IQR = IQR range.