Although I'm right wing, I subscribed online to the New York Times for many years, but it moved too far left to me. I read the NYPost now, but it's a mix of news, opinion, and celebrity gossip that I wish I could filter out.
I find it truly bizzare that people think the NYT is left, like a Trotskyite paper. They never miss a chance to support established power. I remember when they got their panties in a knot over "cancel culture" because the people who write the opinion page get paid $10,000 a pop to give commencement speeches and God forbid anything get in the way of that.
I would like news delivered on a set schedule once or twice a day to stop me from doom scrolling and refreshing. The closest I've been able to find is the Economist. It's not perfect but I like the fact that I can sit down when the weekly addition comes out every Thursday. Now if only there was a preference in the app to update the world in brief section once a day.
I loved getting the daily newspaper. Easy to scan - very little editorializing (except where it's clearly labeled) - and you feel thoroughly informed with 30 minutes of reading.
The only reason I'm not subscribed anymore is the cost ($50 a month in our area!) and the sheer amount of physical paper you go through in a week (especially looking at you, weekend editions - 10x as thick with no news!).
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 27.9 ms ] threadOr, is it just that you want news that reinforces your beliefs instead of challenges them?
The only reason I'm not subscribed anymore is the cost ($50 a month in our area!) and the sheer amount of physical paper you go through in a week (especially looking at you, weekend editions - 10x as thick with no news!).
I'm not sure how I would fix digital news.