What's happened to The Times website today?

[Moscow Mule]

Threads merged...

oooo look at that - moderation! Lovely.

[The Wikir Man]

Is it my imagination or is The Times about the most pro Labour rag at the moment? I've read it a few times recently and I get the impression they are somewhat reluctant to stick the knife in where all the other papers are having a go. Other than that I find it a real yawn, though the Sunday Times is a good read.
Personally I prefer the Telegraph but if that's not available, I'd have the Independent or the Guardian over the Times any day - they at least have strong opinions and are not afraid to voice them.

I don't read the Times, but I would think that with the tory lead receding, they want to slowly drift away from the rest of the Murdoch press who have been so blatant in predicting a Tory landslide.

The Sun wheeled out Mystic Meg and Andy McNabb the other week to persuade people to vote Tory, FFS. Now there's desperation to get the "Sun Wot Won It" headline again

[dang65]

I don't read the Times, but I would think that with the tory lead receding, they want to slowly drift away from the rest of the Murdoch press who have been so blatant in predicting a Tory landslide.

The Sun wheeled out Mystic Meg and Andy McNabb the other week to persuade people to vote Tory, FFS. Now there's desperation to get the "Sun Wot Won It" headline again

The Sun's front page story about the effect of the budget on yer hard-working people (the type of people the Tories really look after, yeah) was hilarious. They railed about how some poor bloke that smokes a packet of fags a day and drinks 8 pints every week and drives to work would be, like, 120 quid a year worse off. Tough s**t!

[Sysman]

I cannot see this working in the UK. There are far too many non-charging sites at the moment for it to gain a hold. The Times has no USP, like the FT or the SJ, for it to ever work. I find the updates less frequent that the other newspaper sites.

The biggest problem for any UK news site is the BBC. They have thrown masses of resources at their web site, funded by a compulsory tax.

[Sysman]

Threads merged...

Well done sir. That's the first time* I've seen that done on CUK.

* that I remember

[Alf W]

Well worth the money if they keep putting gems like this on (check out the journo they put on the job).

Link

[TroubleAtMill]

I only read the Times Online after reading the following (in order): Granuiad, Torygraph, BBC, CUK, NYTimes, Google News, porn sites, Dilbert, CUK again, tech/geek sites, other porn sites, more CUK and then the Times... The Baltic Times that is - Latvia's leading paper (probably).

So, no Rupert, I won't be paying.

Having said that, it is better than most for allowing nut jobs to comment on virtually any article.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I only read the Times Online after reading the following (in order): Granuiad, ...

BAN HIM.

[TroubleAtMill]

BAN HIM.

Works every time

[DieScum]

Yeah, I can't see charging for access working. I enjoy reading The Times when it is about but I can't see anything to be loyal about there. You'll get the same coverage and quality in the three other broadsheets websites with a slightly different political filter.

I just can't imagine the kind of person who would go ahead and pay for it. It's just not niche enough. No loyalty.