Reply to: Bye Bye Torygraph

[56samba]

+1 for the FT, and ft.com. Weekend FT is also a great read, and their Alphaville blog is free to read I believe.
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[Antman]

The Economist has to appeal to a wider audience than just those in the UK.

True dat!

[Antman]

I'd be surprised if you agreed with everything it said. I certainly don't. Still I enjoy it. It's got a good range of subjects and covers them to a deeper degree than most other publications.

Have you found anything better to subscribe to?

To be honest I haven't. They are very good for news around the world (and business I suppose).

[Zero Liability]

That's how we roll.

[BolshieBastard]

Jesus! Some people must be real hard right-wingers if they think the torygraph was leaning to the left!!

[Zero Liability]

I'd be surprised if you agreed with everything it said. I certainly don't. Still I enjoy it. It's got a good range of subjects and covers them to a deeper degree than most other publications.

Have you found anything better to subscribe to?

I think the FT is better in that respect, but it's a lot pricier, i.e. double the price. But why should a contractor be worrying about that?

Personally, I like the website I mentioned earlier for economic analysis, and it is free and the authors write on a broad range of topics, but obviously isn't specific to the UK.

[Gumbo Robot]

Breitbart for me, but then I'm slightly to the right of Attila the Hun.

I like Dellers when he's not banging on about global warming.

[tomtomagain]

I cancelled my subscription to the economist recently (it still allows me to download the mag each week). Their opinions just come across as too 6th form-y for my liking with no real understanding of how the world works.

A recent piece hailed F. Merkel's great statemanship in allowing 800,000 economic migrants to go and live there.

I'd be surprised if you agreed with everything it said. I certainly don't. Still I enjoy it. It's got a good range of subjects and covers them to a deeper degree than most other publications.

Have you found anything better to subscribe to?

[SueEllen]

I cancelled my subscription to the economist recently (it still allows me to download the mag each week). Their opinions just come across as too 6th form-y for my liking with no real understanding of how the world works.

A quick Google revealed the average reading age in this country is that of a 9 year old, with apparently Guardian readers having a reading age of 14.

A recent piece hailed F. Merkel's great statemanship in allowing 800,000 economic migrants to go and live there.

The Economist has to appeal to a wider audience than just those in the UK.

[Lockhouse]

Breitbart for me, but then I'm slightly to the right of Attila the Hun.

[Antman]

I subscribe to the FT and the Economist. That's more than enough news for me.

Really enjoy the Economist. The articles are in-depth and better still it comes with an audio downloadable version so you can listen to the entire magazine.

I cancelled my subscription to the economist recently (it still allows me to download the mag each week). Their opinions just come across as too 6th form-y for my liking with no real understanding of how the world works.

A recent piece hailed F. Merkel's great statemanship in allowing 800,000 economic migrants to go and live there.

[jamesbrown]

Torygraph is the new Daily Fail.

Absolutely this.

As ZL suggests, the FT is pretty good overall and the articles aren't so overtly biased. I scan all the papers, but I tend to read the FT articles in full.

[Zero Liability]

I always liked the idea of a paper having a columnist from the other side of the fence but the Telegraph has more than its fair share of disgruntled Blairites and Cameron apologists .

Ultimately, though, they all spout the establishment line & I'm more likley to be reading a paper for other reasons than reading the news, e.g. doing the crossword.

That's why I always get the Indy on Saturday. Love the picture quiz in the magazine section.

It's exactly that. AEP, for instance, often has pieces I strongly disagree with but which at least contain well thought out arguments and information. It's more the amount of inconsequential, politically opinionated fluff, often masquerading as serious articles. Plus, the obsession with Labour also grows dull.

[Gumbo Robot]

Great idea, find a newspaper that tells you what you want to hear.

I always liked the idea of a paper having a columnist from the other side of the fence but the Telegraph has more than its fair share of disgruntled Blairites and Cameron apologists .

Ultimately, though, they all spout the establishment line & I'm more likley to be reading a paper for other reasons than reading the news, e.g. doing the crossword.

That's why I always get the Indy on Saturday. Love the picture quiz in the magazine section.

[Zero Liability]

I've been tempted to try the FT, as I've heard its quality is better than most of the mainstream journos. Doesn't come free, though. As much as I like some Torygraph writers, it's as you say, a lot more sensationalist crap these days, some left wing, some right wing, all of it a waste of time.

I tend to avail myself of David Stockman's blog for economic analysis, as his own stuff is great, and he syndicates a lot of other writers, too.