What are your opinions on some of the nationally distributed newspapers?

Question

I want to cancel my local subscription and get my news from a larger paper. What are your thoughts on papers such as USA Today, NY Times, Washington Post, etc? Pros and cons, what you enjoy and don't enjoy, etc. Any info is helpful!

Answer 1

The NY Times is so liberal even the building leans left.

Answer 2

i'm in the UK so can't comment on names, but i am an A'level student in Media studies and i was a papergirl so i do know about papers and the press. people do generaly feel they get more out of local papers, the news applies more to them.

in the UK we have a free press and the papers really do say what the h**l they want, they are brutal!

think about what you want from a paper? do you want a lot to read, complex language, stories about business, and polotics. or something easier to digest, stories about celebs and polotics on a more simple level. or something in the middle.

basically a broadsheet, tabloid or hybrid, why not by a few in and think which one is the best once you've read it.

i personaly read the mail on sunday because my parents do, its a higher class, tabloid but still simple to read, i get it for the magazine really though!

Answer 3

The US media is a national disgrace.  They are the National Enquirer of the world news.  They all have the same problems because they are all trying to appeal to the same audience:  one which is celebrity obsessed, many with ADD.  Sensationalism is necessary to get and maintain readers.

Don't bother with the tabloid-style newspapers unless you don't really care about the quality of the reporting.  Take all the papers with a grain of doubt.  If it inspires a negative emotion then it probably isn't true; find a non-US source and read it from another perspective.

Newspapers are written for grade level understanding.  Most are directed toward a grade 8 understanding (Bush's speeches included).  The Washington Post is directed toward Grade 10.

Answer 4

, they are bias, trying to manipulate the people to there way of thinking, all for the mighty dollar,, called greed

Answer 5

USA Today would be a good starting-off point, though it doesn't really delve any deeper into the headlines than that. The NY Times seems to have problems with objectivity, and, though they have many stimulating discussions, I would have to call them the liberal answer to Fox News. I would suggest the New Yorker. Though often accused of elitism (trust me, they are), the magazine's substance is definitely worth the hefty price. Some lesser known papers I enjoy are the Boston Globe and the Detroit News/Free Press.