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Nope, not just you. They do some really good journalism at times, but even their best articles have a sensationalist bent that gets old after a while.
by Erik816 9y ago
Nope, not just you. They do some really good journalism at times, but even their best articles have a sensationalist bent that gets old after a while.
- hkmurakami 9y agoIs it just me or has it gotten a lot worse over the last 5-6 years?
- qwert-e 9y agoThey've changed their business model in the last 7-8 years to be online friendly and it's been largely a success. Might have something to do with it, might not. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/media/13atlantic.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/media/13atlantic.... If you're looking for the old Atlantic, a lot of their archived material is right alongside current stuff, in "Also see...". For example, "Sex and the College Girl" (1957) was recommended after I read Kate Bolick's famous "All the Single Ladies" piece (2011). Kind of interesting to have that juxtaposition.
- visakanv 9y agoIt suffers from the same malaise that all online publications suffer from – articles and headlines are increasingly optimized to get people arguing about it on Facebook (and Hacker News, and anywhere else).