This article presents a content analysis of the main issues of the 2000 G8 summit as represented in the written and visual texts of four British national daily tabloid newspapers. The main issues, in order of frequency and depth of reporting, were the cost of the summit, debt relief, the debate on GM foods, the British Prime Minister's failure to effect debt relief, President Putin from a personal perspective, and security issues (terrorist threats, local resentment, and potential future protests by pro-debt relief campaigners).