Interesting. I find it increasingly wearing for mismatch between headline and story. The travel pages are a thinly disguised “don’t sack us” plea and the personal finance writers are genuine morons. The one who has just sold her BTL flat and now hopes for a housing crash to help her children is full incompetent (that debt finance will dry up hadn’t occurred to her).
The Sunday Times has turned absolute dogshit though. New editor, I believe.
The Economist is always sensible, and it hasn’t fallen prey to increasing populism (Times), conservatism (Telegraph), or wokism (Guardian/Independent), etc. Obviously it’s not daily, but that’s not the end of the world.
A friend who is quite senior in Whitehall recommended the Politico London Playbook newsletter. That comes every weekday morning, and is almost a substitute for other news sources itself, though it does credit and link to originators. I have been reading it for about nine months now, and I would strongly recommend it: https://www.politico.eu/registration/
Finally, the Spectator can be excellent as long as you take its political leanings into account. If you want to balance it, you can do so with the New Statesman: in particular Stephen Bush, its political editor, is excellent.
Finally, I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal last year, and whilst it is clearly US-focused, I have found that quite good. It’s usually quite expensive, but I managed to get an annual subscription for about $150. I suspected it might be dodgy, but thought that I could always reclaim on my credit card it it didn’t work. To my slight surprise, it did work. With hindsight, I suspect there might be some questionable misuse/reselling of student subscriptions, but I haven’t asked any questions...
On the others, I am considering Spectator too but it is too closely aligned to Boris and his divine vision of whatever bollocks he wants to serve every week. Doubt I will need to lean towards the New Statesman though. Happy to be centre right.
On the US side, my current WaPo subscription will run out soon and then will be switching over to wsj. It's been on the cards.
GMail ignores full stops in email addresses but the FT accounts system doesn't. So I just register a new account every month with a random full stop in my email address and do the £1 trial again.
I really should pay for it as it's the only newspaper that isn't crap but it's fifty fooking quid a month to get everything.
I have read or now listen to the economist since i was 16. Agree it has a world view, but most of its articles are not overly political. I like its bite size articles and its geographical scope is unparalleled.
The Guardian is just equivalent to Daily Mail in terms of click bait and editorial line, just different readership and doesn’t bother with celebrity news. The Times is very poor these days, seems to beholden to PR and vested interest. It’s hard to find balance media because it doesn’t pay.
Hilarious story about the guardian in this fortnights private eye - most staff not allowed in, and pets are banned entirely, but Kath Viner has her puppy in the office for editorial meetings
Only newspaper I subscribe to now is the Telegraph. Know your enemy and all that and at least they can write in decent English. The Graun is free anyway and sadly almost unreadable these days.
BBC/CNN to know what is going on in the world.
FT/economist if you actually want detail/analysis on something but lets be fair who has time for that very often...
The NYT will one run article on a major British news story which is more illuminating than 20 articles on the same in the British press which just peddle their own agendas.
I occasionally subscribe to Times online (always coincides with a discount offer and I terminate it when the offer period lapses). The increase in populist nonsense this time compared to the last time I subscribed is dispiriting. Loads of world beating pro Brexit propaganda which even below the line commentators pick them up on and agree that James Forsyth is one of the worst offenders. Get rid. FT, Economist are better if I want sensible not too biased perspective, Guardian (well mainly Marina Hyde, John Crace and Will Hutton) and New Statesman (Stephen Bush) when I want inside my bubble.
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Telegraph or Speccie are yeh only ones worth bothering with.
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FT is the only credible paper these days
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Viz?
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heh @ telegraph or spectator
just read spiked online
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Of course I do already.
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Interesting. I find it increasingly wearing for mismatch between headline and story. The travel pages are a thinly disguised “don’t sack us” plea and the personal finance writers are genuine morons. The one who has just sold her BTL flat and now hopes for a housing crash to help her children is full incompetent (that debt finance will dry up hadn’t occurred to her).
The Sunday Times has turned absolute dogshit though. New editor, I believe.
Mind you, I pay £4 a month for online access.
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Still the least biased of the old broadsheets. Old man gets the Telegraph and it makes the Express look moderate.
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Yearofthepig - wait until it gets to full subscription cost and it hurts. especially with that quality.
FC - there was a deal on FT for £22 per month. I might consider that.
Crypto - mate, seriously. Also what sailo said about the Telegraph
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The Economist is always sensible, and it hasn’t fallen prey to increasing populism (Times), conservatism (Telegraph), or wokism (Guardian/Independent), etc. Obviously it’s not daily, but that’s not the end of the world.
A friend who is quite senior in Whitehall recommended the Politico London Playbook newsletter. That comes every weekday morning, and is almost a substitute for other news sources itself, though it does credit and link to originators. I have been reading it for about nine months now, and I would strongly recommend it: https://www.politico.eu/registration/
Finally, the Spectator can be excellent as long as you take its political leanings into account. If you want to balance it, you can do so with the New Statesman: in particular Stephen Bush, its political editor, is excellent.
Finally, I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal last year, and whilst it is clearly US-focused, I have found that quite good. It’s usually quite expensive, but I managed to get an annual subscription for about $150. I suspected it might be dodgy, but thought that I could always reclaim on my credit card it it didn’t work. To my slight surprise, it did work. With hindsight, I suspect there might be some questionable misuse/reselling of student subscriptions, but I haven’t asked any questions...
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Times is terrible. FT marginally better. Economist for the win.
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FFS why would you pay for a Times subscription when you could put an “/“ at the end of any paywalled story and read it for free?
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Politico is not unbiased either.
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Thanks Mountain. I will check out Politico.
On the others, I am considering Spectator too but it is too closely aligned to Boris and his divine vision of whatever bollocks he wants to serve every week. Doubt I will need to lean towards the New Statesman though. Happy to be centre right.
On the US side, my current WaPo subscription will run out soon and then will be switching over to wsj. It's been on the cards.
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I also subscribe to Popbitch.
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Thinking about getting an FT subscription. Not cheap though
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GMail ignores full stops in email addresses but the FT accounts system doesn't. So I just register a new account every month with a random full stop in my email address and do the £1 trial again.
I really should pay for it as it's the only newspaper that isn't crap but it's fifty fooking quid a month to get everything.
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Your news source of choice risky:
https://www.ukip.org/UKIP-national-news
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heh @ the idea risky reads a paper
instead of just reposting on rof whatever guido has vomited onto his blog that morning
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I have read or now listen to the economist since i was 16. Agree it has a world view, but most of its articles are not overly political. I like its bite size articles and its geographical scope is unparalleled.
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Times is a nice read on subscription as you read it as you would a proper paper. Lovely photo section.
Sports still v good, esp. Athers.
Politics and comment pieces quite vanilla.
Telegraph is getting more and more ranty.
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https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html
Pope Francis is the only world leader today saying anything worth listening to.
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I get all my news from ROF.
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Private eye and nothing else now
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The Week + Private Eye + FT. I dropped the Economist a few years ago.
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Observer (paper), Guardian (digital), Tortoise media, The New Yorker, The Week Junior.
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The Guardian is just equivalent to Daily Mail in terms of click bait and editorial line, just different readership and doesn’t bother with celebrity news. The Times is very poor these days, seems to beholden to PR and vested interest. It’s hard to find balance media because it doesn’t pay.
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London Review of Books is basically the only good one still out there
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Hilarious story about the guardian in this fortnights private eye - most staff not allowed in, and pets are banned entirely, but Kath Viner has her puppy in the office for editorial meetings
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A point risky has made before so proving if you through enough darts something will land - institutions are only as strong as the people within them.
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NYT or Washington Post are far superior to any U.K. newspaper - even reporting events in the U.K.
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The NYT has gone a bit mental in recent years - wouldn’t trust it to report on a yard sale
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It’s The Economist and The Week for me. I stopped the FT last year but may go back to it.
The NYT is poor for UK news coverage, but what it does cover it’s usually excellent. Investment and food pages are good.
The Morning Brew newsletter and City A.M. newsletter covers market and financial news and keeps me up to date for any random silly client questions.
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Only newspaper I subscribe to now is the Telegraph. Know your enemy and all that and at least they can write in decent English. The Graun is free anyway and sadly almost unreadable these days.
BBC/CNN to know what is going on in the world.
FT/economist if you actually want detail/analysis on something but lets be fair who has time for that very often...
Spectator for a good laugh.
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The NYT will one run article on a major British news story which is more illuminating than 20 articles on the same in the British press which just peddle their own agendas.
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Isn't the NYT tearing itself apart from the inside?
Various factions of wokeness keep trying to get everyone else sacked.
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I occasionally subscribe to Times online (always coincides with a discount offer and I terminate it when the offer period lapses). The increase in populist nonsense this time compared to the last time I subscribed is dispiriting. Loads of world beating pro Brexit propaganda which even below the line commentators pick them up on and agree that James Forsyth is one of the worst offenders. Get rid. FT, Economist are better if I want sensible not too biased perspective, Guardian (well mainly Marina Hyde, John Crace and Will Hutton) and New Statesman (Stephen Bush) when I want inside my bubble.
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