11-16-2016, 04:04 AM | #1 |
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Why I stopped reading the New York Times
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...-honestly.html
I just got tired of liberal advocacy pieces disguised as hard news. By far "The Times" has the best resources, the most breadth, the best talent. But there is so much groupthink that it's just ridiculous. It's basically the liberal equivalent of something like ldsliving.com. Or the Ensign. I couldn't take it anymore, so I dumped it. Multiply that by a lot of people and maybe they are starting to receive the message. |
11-16-2016, 09:04 PM | #2 | |
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11-16-2016, 09:05 PM | #3 |
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What I hate worse than the bias is all the stupid human interest stories that didn't used to be part of the Times.
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I much prefer the WSJ, because the WSJ couples its analysis with good hard financial and economic analysis, usually absent from the NYT, unless Paul Krugman wants to weigh about the illiquidity trap and why neo-Keynesian economics is the panacea for all that ails us. I never understood why Krugman ventured outside of his wheelhouse of New Geography Theory and Diversity of Brands into fiscal policy analysis.
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I also enjoy the Financial Times.
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11-17-2016, 12:34 AM | #7 |
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I have to admit that I really hate the gun control pandering articles. That's why I quit the New Yorker. Those articles are often dishonest and inaccurate, don't tell the other side of the story. And come from such a condescending place that it's frankly intolerable. I used to subscribe to the New Yorker. But they are not as good as they used to be. They are becoming another vanity outlet for coastal elites to preach to the rest of us. No thanks. Bye.
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It is difficult to find reasonable intellectual discussion on any site where both sides are represented. You should try visiting New York where Second Amendment liberties are severely limited thanks to the SAFE Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NY_SAFE_Act
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11-17-2016, 01:54 AM | #9 |
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No thanks, not really interested in that.
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Generally, I'm for less control. I think like raising kids, you have to teach self-reliance and personal responsibility. Stop the war on drugs, and use the cost savings to finance decent shelter and controlled drugs and clean needles for homeless, who are mostly addicts, and treatment if they want it. We don't solve anything by over regulating or over-policing. Society creates a lot of expense and problems every time it passes a law making some human activity illegal. We need less of that. The over incarceration of young men, particularly black men, for drug offenses is a national scandal and disgrace.
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