David Horne wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
> > deansgate wrote:
> > > Martin wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 8 Dec 2006 00:26:26 -0800, jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > []
> > > > >I pay for access to the online Guardian, as I can't get the real paper
> > > > >delivered to my door in Holland (at least not in a reasonable time
> > > > >frame and at a reasonable price).
> > > >
> > > > Not just that, but only a fraction of any UK newspaper is sold in NL for
> > > > several times the UK price.
> > >
> > > How much do you need to keep up with UK newspapers if you don't live in
> > > the UK though? Do they really have such an interesting perspective on
> > > international issues? When I lived in the US (over a decade) I never
> > > bothered with UK newspapers- even when they began to have more of an
> > > online presence.
> >
> > They do have a perspective on international affairs that I find more
> > palatable than others that I've found.
>
> I prefer the Independent. So I take it you can't access Guardian content
> from outside the UK?
Nope, I read the Guardian every day (along with the Independent); IIRC
they may charge for some of the "opinion" pieces by various columnists
(the NY Times does this now too for some of their "Op - Ed" pieces,
it's called "Times Select")...
> > When I lived in the US I didn't
> > bother much with US newspapers - the local (Houston) ones didn't really
> > merit the name "newspaper", the best of the bunch was the NYT.
>
> I found the NYT good, and my 'local' papers, the Philadelphia Inquirer
> and Boston Globe OK. There were also very good alternative local papers-
> but not as comprehensive. Mostly, I listened to NPR, which I've always
> found excellent, and still listen to sometimes, even here in the UK.
US papers really pretty much suck. I read the NY Times and the
Christian Science Monitor for my "quality" reading. The two local
Chicago rags are barely worth the bandwidth they take up, I actully
prefer the tabloid - ish Chicago Sun - Times for local coverage. The
Chicago Tribune along with it's sister paper the Los Angeles Times
(owned by the same outfit) are fairly dire...the Washington Post,
Boston Globe, Philly Inquirer and SF Chronicle are okay.
Otherwise it's the BBC, Radio Nederland, Deutsche Welle, Prague Post,
Moscow News, etc. sites...I can read the Economist too if I sign up for
a 24 - hour "pass", one has to watch a short advertisement to gain
access. The Financial Times has some free articles...
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Best
Greg
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