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TheGuardian.com is worth it, in my opinion. It's not expensive, and it gives world news, not just national news. The proofreading on the website is not impress

TheGuardian.com is worth it, in my opinion. It's not expensive, and it gives world news, not just national news. The proofreading on the website is not impressive, though, compared with the weekly paper version (to which I also subscribe). I've also had WP and NYT subscriptions, and I think these are fine choices. One thing, though: I found it quite difficult to cancel my NYT subscription. Subscriptions are like hash functions -- easy in one direction and hard in the other.

lawgimenez 4y ago
I can easily cancel on the nytimes.com by going to settings. I’m in Asia though so maybe it is different on your region.
msapaydin 4y ago
I also like "the guardian", it is also less US centered, and has some great coverage of movies and technology ethics). The only catch is that the android subscription is not valid on the computer or any other device than android.
omega3 4y ago
Unfortunately the quality has also gone downhill and they’ve switched from news reporting to pushing an agenda.
- Veen 4y ago
  It's always had a left-wing angle, but it has become more strident in recent years as the comment section began to dominate. Their straight news reporting is generally pretty good. I read it even though I'm not at all aligned with the politics of many of the writers.
  - the_biot 4y ago
    They did a piece once on a subject with which I'm very familiar (a fairly controversial thing that happened in my city). They asked for feedback from the public at large before publishing it, and I filled out the questionnaire. What came out was a disgrace. Straight up propaganda, writing up only the exact words of the only person they interviewed -- easily the most controversial person in the entire city. But you see, he's far left and entirely in line with The Guardian's agenda. I will never read The Guardian again. It is not a newspaper; it's a propaganda rag of no news value.
tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
I was supporting them for a while. Unfortunately, over the past few years, they stopped doing journalism and are just trying to output the same misleading clickbait as everyone else, interspersed with ideology-driven, fact-free propaganda pieces.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  I used to subscribe to the Guardian, and then I read one article whcih was so blatantly false and politically motivated that it made me question why I have ever decided to subscribe in the first place. I really, really respect that they make their articles available for free though, so I still feel compelled to pay them, it’s just that I don’t want to read their articles any more.

lawgimenez 4y ago

I can easily cancel on the nytimes.com by going to settings. I’m in Asia though so maybe it is different on your region.

msapaydin 4y ago

I also like "the guardian", it is also less US centered, and has some great coverage of movies and technology ethics). The only catch is that the android subscription is not valid on the computer or any other device than android.

omega3 4y ago

Unfortunately the quality has also gone downhill and they’ve switched from news reporting to pushing an agenda.

Veen 4y ago
It's always had a left-wing angle, but it has become more strident in recent years as the comment section began to dominate. Their straight news reporting is generally pretty good. I read it even though I'm not at all aligned with the politics of many of the writers.
- the_biot 4y ago
  They did a piece once on a subject with which I'm very familiar (a fairly controversial thing that happened in my city). They asked for feedback from the public at large before publishing it, and I filled out the questionnaire. What came out was a disgrace. Straight up propaganda, writing up only the exact words of the only person they interviewed -- easily the most controversial person in the entire city. But you see, he's far left and entirely in line with The Guardian's agenda. I will never read The Guardian again. It is not a newspaper; it's a propaganda rag of no news value.

tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago

I was supporting them for a while. Unfortunately, over the past few years, they stopped doing journalism and are just trying to output the same misleading clickbait as everyone else, interspersed with ideology-driven, fact-free propaganda pieces.

Aeolun 4y ago
I used to subscribe to the Guardian, and then I read one article whcih was so blatantly false and politically motivated that it made me question why I have ever decided to subscribe in the first place. I really, really respect that they make their articles available for free though, so I still feel compelled to pay them, it’s just that I don’t want to read their articles any more.