Most Reliable US Newspaper?
 

Work related question. Student (British) was asking how US newspapers compared with our own - basically implying that they're no better (without appearing ever to have actually read one in her life). Not being American myself it was kind of impossible for me to say either way. So, I was wondering which US newspaper was generally thought to be the most reliable.

Reliable? In what way?

Myself, I like the New York Times when I can get it. I don't know if it's "reliable" but the writing is top drawer.

the onion

John Boy Walton published the Blue Ridge Chronicle. I'm sure that was reliable.

The National Enquirer.

I <3 the onion.

I'm guessing (and I stress guessing) the NY Times or the Washington Post, but from my little experience of reading them I seem to remember both having fairly substantial political axes to grind.

The Washington Post

Does the WP have any general affiliation/sympathy with a political party?

The best papers have been bought out by the same 4-5 media companies in the US...no wonder we can invade, occupy and kill 600,000 people without complaint.

The NY Times is probably the best regarded (and it is a joy to see everyday) but Chomsky has plenty to say about its biases, and of course served the
Bushies well in the runup to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The Wash Post used to be extremely well regarded, but has proven to be a shill for the Govt bureaucracy. The Boston Globe, LA Times and SF Chronicle used to all be decent papers.

I was so pleased by the plethora of papers in London last year. Even if some wear their politics in their banner, there is a variety of opinions, not just one view. London Times, the Observer and the Guardian are decent papers. In nYC we got shit, its so bad the Daily News and NY Post frequently have the same photo AND headline on the front page.

im a big fan of the washington post, if only because it was my hometown paper and i'm used to it-- still, it has its own biases. top coverage on dc/government stories.

the new york times is the standard against which all other papers are measured, though-- it's like the pope of american newspapers, ha ha ha.

for international news however, the christian science monitor (yes, that christian science) has excellent coverage. it's a one-of-a-kind paper, really, check it out online.

wall street journal is generally very good as well-- not sure now that it's owned by rupert murdoch. they've always been a conservative-leaning paper, but now??

i am not too sure of the american papers as i have not really read many. over here the best ones are the guardian and the independent, or at least the ones i read. i do get a tabloid sometimes for a laugh or if i just dont have time for anything because the guardian on a saturday takes about a week to read it has so many pullout sections.

The NY Times is gonna go to shit no matter what Murdoch says he's gonna do.

uh??

you meant the wall street journal?

It's what it's for, after all.

Never get your sources from here.

Especially when you know better and are temporarily flustered.

In the UK, most vaguely Left/Liberal types read The Guardian/Observer. The Telegraph tends to be very Conservative while The Times is just your typical Murdoch mouth-piece. Worst of them all though is The Mail, which always manages to take the most unreasonable stance on everything. If it could put an ultra-Right spin on the football results, I'm sure it would.

{edit] Oh and the London Evening Standard appears to have become little more than an Amy Winehouse fanzine of late

Has he not got it yet? Last I heard he had pretty much made a bid that was gonna get him the NY Times.

i dont know what's with this talk of murdoch and the new york times.

he owns the new york POST, for fucks sakes.

the new york POST =/= the new york TIMES

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no, he just bought the Wall Street Journal

Classic Mail headline from last week

"Immigrants take ALL new jobs"

...right

*slaps forehead* MISTAKES AHOY!!!

ha ha its cool

i don't know the observer from the guardian :(

Today's headline in The Mail:

Queen's speech: Migrants to be forced to learn English and do community work

They're done by the same company except that the Observer only comes out on Sunday in replacement for The Guardian.

What the fuck, and it's Cameron saying all that stuff? The guy is clearly an idiot. If he gets in at the next election that's it I'm off to Canada. That reads like a million Americans about Bush at the last election.

I'm seriously worried about the prospect of a Cameron victory too. I've got almost no faith in New Labour (although I do prefer Brown to Blair) but the very thought of a Conservative gov't would pretty much make life in the UK impossible for huge swathes of people - especially those living in the inner cities.

it seems as if labour are losing their grip on the majority a bit and the prospect of the tories getting in fills me with a certain amount of dread. it does seem like a real possability ugh.

i am no labour supporter but having the conservatives back really is not good.

This next election is gonna be centred totally around issues of crime and immigration. Neither of which are strong New Labour points. Brown is gonna try and refocus people on the economy but it doesn't look good.

Thing is, they're both annoyingly shit but Conservative....well it's Conservative, innit.

Seeing as moving abroad seems increasingly like a good idea: here are the 'official' (according to the UN) ten most 'livable' countries in the world:

1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Australia
4. Ireland
5. Sweden
6. Canada
7. Japan
8. United States of America
9. Switzerland
10. Netherlands

next election i am scandinavian.

what the fuck is so livable about ice-covered countries with 2-hour-long days in winter?

or is this top ranking one of the "good" things about global warming?

Oh, and incase you were wondering, here's the UN's Ten 'Least livable':

1. Niger
2. Sierra Leone
3. Mali
4. Burkina Faso
5. Guinea-Bassau
6. Central African Republic
7. Chad
8. Ethiopia
9. Burundi
10. Mozambique

Whoever in the UN said Norway and Iceland are the most livable countries probably never had the joy of buying a beer there and fork out 15-20$ for a pint.

well between malaria, intertribal massacres, brutal dictators, random wars, famines and AIDS, i can see why.

First picture on Yahoo image for Norway:

First picture on Yahoo image for Niger:


Not the most difficult of decisions, I think you'll agree.

i dont know, in niger you'll have people to talk to; in norway i can see why scandinavians are driven to suicide. fuck lakes.

Top Ten Cities:

1. Vancouver
2. Melbourne
3. Vienna
4. Geneva
5. Perth
6. Adelaide
7. Sydney
8. Zurich
9. Toronto
10. Calgary


Bottom Ten Cities:

1.Tehran
2. Douala
3. Harare
4. Abidjan
5. Phnom Penh
6. Lagos
7. Karachi
8. Dhaka
9. Algiers
10. Port Moresby

Source: Economist Intelligence Unit, 2006.

You tryin' to be clever?

i am suddenly filled with the urge to visit port moresby

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oh, there's that twat burzum!

yet another reason to avoid nordic regions