Do you read the newspaper?
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1. No. First of all, I don't think my local newspaper is very good and I'm also not really interested into local news. At least not in the area where I live.
2. I don't subscribe to my local newspaper but with regard to question 3: In terms of newspapers I only subscribe to the print version.
3. Yes. I have a subscription for Die Zeit which is one of the most prestigious newspapers in Germany and generally in German speaking countries. If I had more money I'd also subscribe to other newspapers but that really would become too expensive unfortunately. Theoretically speaking I'd like to subscribe to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (another large German newspaper) and the Washington Post (if that would be possible in Germany which I think it isn't). When I was living in Japan I had a subscription for the Asahi Shimbun which is the second largest newspaper in the world by circulation.
2. I don't subscribe to my local newspaper but with regard to question 3: In terms of newspapers I only subscribe to the print version.
3. Yes. I have a subscription for Die Zeit which is one of the most prestigious newspapers in Germany and generally in German speaking countries. If I had more money I'd also subscribe to other newspapers but that really would become too expensive unfortunately. Theoretically speaking I'd like to subscribe to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (another large German newspaper) and the Washington Post (if that would be possible in Germany which I think it isn't). When I was living in Japan I had a subscription for the Asahi Shimbun which is the second largest newspaper in the world by circulation.
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Chief Savage Man
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my parents subscribe to The Link which is very local and centered in Long Branch the surrounding towns and mainly has non stories (LBMS Kids Go On Field Trip) and local yokel shit (the neighboring town's fight over legalizing pet chickens) and I'm not very interested in it
the Asbury Park Press is the paper for Monmouth and Ocean counties and has a bit of a broader scope and better quality journalism than The Link. They're part of the USA today parent company so they have loads of shit from USA today included. it sometimes has stories about our shithead governor but i don't often read it
I have a digital subscription to the New York Times. I wish they'd stop paying these bum dick head columnists and put the money into the actual journalistic functions of the paper but otherwise I like the app because it lets pay me for the privilege of getting push notifications every time America slips a little more towards fascism. but as far as being an authoritative source on shit that is going on, it's good to have and I appreciate it having it even if I wanna throw David Brooks off a rooftop
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the Asbury Park Press is the paper for Monmouth and Ocean counties and has a bit of a broader scope and better quality journalism than The Link. They're part of the USA today parent company so they have loads of shit from USA today included. it sometimes has stories about our shithead governor but i don't often read it
I have a digital subscription to the New York Times. I wish they'd stop paying these bum dick head columnists and put the money into the actual journalistic functions of the paper but otherwise I like the app because it lets pay me for the privilege of getting push notifications every time America slips a little more towards fascism. but as far as being an authoritative source on shit that is going on, it's good to have and I appreciate it having it even if I wanna throw David Brooks off a rooftop
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Queen M
General of the Army of Bad Bitches and Badassitude
I don't subscribe to my city's newspaper because it's all local politics and sports coverage that I'm not terribly invested in. Once I'm settled in my next home, I'll read the local paper to help me get acclimated and learn local politics. When I'm traveling, I always read the local paper. I find news reporting, how they write, and what they focus on fascinating depending on where it is.
For everyday news, I read it online from a variety of different sites/sources.
For everyday news, I read it online from a variety of different sites/sources.
TheCreepyLurker
Survival
I do pick up a paper and read a bit when I'm traveling. Hotels usually have USA Today or something similar available. Otherwise all of my news reading is online.
Tristar Majestica
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My local newspaper comes in every week or so, and I read that just to know what's happening/happened in my area. We also have a New York Times subscription, which I find a facsinating read (I love the news, I am obsessed with it!). Apart from those newspapers I get my news online (BBC, CNN, The Guardian, and Reuters are the ones I use consistently.)
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In Germany, where I currently live, my Hausmeister subscribes to Weser Kurier ( the local city paper ) and the Kurier am Sonntag ( the Sunday hyperlocal special for each of the city boroughs ). I read it quite a bit to improve my german and in general read the sports news seeing how the team I support is Werder, so its useful. In India, my parents subscribed to The Hindu, The Times of India and the Deccan Chronicle, the three most common English dailies heh. So we spend quite a bit a year getting news.
I have access to the Indian papers in both digital and print form but always preferred print. While most of my news comes from online sources, theres nothing like a coffee with the papers every morning at the dining table heh.
I have online subscriptions for NYT/Washington Post/ Politico Pro and have access to the Economist/Atlantic/New Yorker subscriptions through friends (even if they are magazines heh). Also have a couple of sports magazines that I subscribe too here in Germany, but mostly to learn German lol.
I have access to the Indian papers in both digital and print form but always preferred print. While most of my news comes from online sources, theres nothing like a coffee with the papers every morning at the dining table heh.
I have online subscriptions for NYT/Washington Post/ Politico Pro and have access to the Economist/Atlantic/New Yorker subscriptions through friends (even if they are magazines heh). Also have a couple of sports magazines that I subscribe too here in Germany, but mostly to learn German lol.
