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Briefly: the NYT has no true peers, which is why it's called "The Paper of Record." Nationally, globally and locally, it plays an indispensable civic role, to s

Briefly: the NYT has no true peers, which is why it's called "The Paper of Record." Nationally, globally and locally, it plays an indispensable civic role, to say nothing of its value qua "content on the internet." Much of their reporting shapes the conversations that define many, many dimensions of contemporary life, and if they were to disappear quite a bit of important truth would go uncovered. Journalism is not merely something to be consumed, it is a necessary part of the social ecosystem. The New York Times is too big to fail, and is easily among the most important corporations of any size, period, despite it's small capitalization. edit: for what it's worth, my father was a journalism professor and sometimes-head of one of the top journalism programs in the US, so I grew up hearing a lot about this sort of thing!

meatysnapper 11y ago
Perhaps in the US it is considered the paper of record. In the land of shoddy journalism it is pathetically easy to be the best print paper. However, the rest of the world has significantly better news and papers- Spiegel, Le Monde, FT, Economist, Haaretz.
- pyre 11y ago
  > FT For articles on comrade glorious leader Putin?
  - nandemo 11y ago
    Financial Times -- which incidentally has just been acquired by Nikkei, a Japanese company -- has no particular affection for Putin. You might be thinking of RT (Russia Today).
    - pyre 11y ago
      You're right. I read that as RT. My bad.
- intrasight 11y ago
  Perhaps it would surprise you that we have those publications here in the US too. You might also be surprised that the rest of the world has the New York Times.
- azernik 11y ago
  I read three out of those five plus the Times, and I am not convinced they're significantly better - in the contrary, the New York Times does a lot of things better. There are some advantages these papers have - for example, Haaretz is more willing to put good analysis on its (web, Hebrew-edition) front page, but I think that reflects an American culture of journalistic caution about mixing even vaguely editorial content with news, which I generally enjoy. (e.g. however much I disagree with the WSJ editorial board, I generally regard their news as credible and well-reported; I cannot say the same about e.g FAZ's straight reporting on Greece.
- azinman2 11y ago
  If you're going to include The Economist then you should also include states-side The Atlantic, New Yorker and increasingly Vice. There's also the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor.
- rtpg 11y ago
  While Der Spiegel and Le Monde have both broken many major stories (I believe the participated in the Snowden publishing along with the Guardian and the NYT), Does the Economist do any investigative journalism? There's some nice commentary on news, but I've never heard of anything break by them

meatysnapper 11y ago

Perhaps in the US it is considered the paper of record. In the land of shoddy journalism it is pathetically easy to be the best print paper. However, the rest of the world has significantly better news and papers- Spiegel, Le Monde, FT, Economist, Haaretz.

pyre 11y ago
> FT For articles on comrade glorious leader Putin?
- nandemo 11y ago
  Financial Times -- which incidentally has just been acquired by Nikkei, a Japanese company -- has no particular affection for Putin. You might be thinking of RT (Russia Today).
  - pyre 11y ago
    You're right. I read that as RT. My bad.
intrasight 11y ago
Perhaps it would surprise you that we have those publications here in the US too. You might also be surprised that the rest of the world has the New York Times.
azernik 11y ago
I read three out of those five plus the Times, and I am not convinced they're significantly better - in the contrary, the New York Times does a lot of things better. There are some advantages these papers have - for example, Haaretz is more willing to put good analysis on its (web, Hebrew-edition) front page, but I think that reflects an American culture of journalistic caution about mixing even vaguely editorial content with news, which I generally enjoy. (e.g. however much I disagree with the WSJ editorial board, I generally regard their news as credible and well-reported; I cannot say the same about e.g FAZ's straight reporting on Greece.
azinman2 11y ago
If you're going to include The Economist then you should also include states-side The Atlantic, New Yorker and increasingly Vice. There's also the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor.
rtpg 11y ago
While Der Spiegel and Le Monde have both broken many major stories (I believe the participated in the Snowden publishing along with the Guardian and the NYT), Does the Economist do any investigative journalism? There's some nice commentary on news, but I've never heard of anything break by them