I have been a loyal subscriber to the NY Times for many years. When I lived in CT I got the NYTimes delivered to the house each morning. I would read it and the Wall St Journal every day on the way to work in NYC. The Times has always leaned left and the Journal leaned right, so it was a good combination as for many years I thought I was in the middle.
Since Trump came along and set new bars for being an asshole, the Times has leaned so far left it’s painful to read. I lean further left than ever before as well, certainly as compared to MAGA. Nonetheless, it has become difficult to read the NYTimes every day now.
We moved to New Hampshire so I canceled the physical paper delivery and just get the digital version each day. My morning routine is the make the coffee, feed the dogs and sit down to read the news. In recent months I have found reading the NYTimes more and more difficult. The first bunch of articles just get me pissed off about Trump and his stupid band of sycophants (see my earlier post). I can even get to the International section, much less Sports without getting mad at the news.
This week I have switched. I am now reading Reuters’ news. Reuters has always been unbiased and doesn’t even offer opinion pieces. I can get a complete look at the news, and then go back to the NYTimes if I want to read the oped pieces, or any other more local news. The Times don’t let me make my own opinions about what an asshole Trump is – the shove it into my face, article after article. I’ve gotten tired of it.
For better, unbiased news – go to Reuters, or the BBC.
Okay I’ve been trying my new plan – read Reuters first – for a week now, and frankly I miss sections of the NYTimes, so I’m going back to it. I will skim the first page (so infuriating) and use Reuters for that national/international news, but will continue to enjoy the NYT for the rest of it – local, books. oped, sports (the Athletic is good).
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