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  1. Comment on Which newspapers/magazines do you read and why? in ~news

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    First, thanks for the grown-up disagreement and discussion, so refreshing after other sites! I should check out the FT more frequently. Although hopefully you'll agree that it does have a...

    First, thanks for the grown-up disagreement and discussion, so refreshing after other sites!

    I should check out the FT more frequently. Although hopefully you'll agree that it does have a different style to the more popular dailies.

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  2. Comment on Which newspapers/magazines do you read and why? in ~news

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    Apologies, I should have said daily national papers. The FT is odd as it straddles the boundry between newspaper and specialist publication. Many of its readers demand transparency to make...

    Apologies, I should have said daily national papers. The FT is odd as it straddles the boundry between newspaper and specialist publication. Many of its readers demand transparency to make financial decisions, so it would quickly die if it behaved like the other daily nationals. Its speciality also means it doesn't give focus to events that are less related to financial markets.

    Regarding comparison to peer countries. No argument here, but I don't feel poor press elsewhere is a reason not to strive for the best press we can have.

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  3. Comment on Which newspapers/magazines do you read and why? in ~news

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    Not a terrible choice given the options. The Times is owned by News UK (wholly owned by News Corp. of Murdoch fame). The iIndependent's main owner is Evgeny Lebedev, son of an (ex?)KGB agent. The...

    Not a terrible choice given the options. The Times is owned by News UK (wholly owned by News Corp. of Murdoch fame). The iIndependent's main owner is Evgeny Lebedev, son of an (ex?)KGB agent. The Guardian is left leaning, but pretty open about the fact, so I view it as the best of the bunch. Don't believe a word you read in the Daily Mail unless repeated in other, reliable sources. If you want a real laugh, have a look at the daily express, it's a joke of a newspaper!

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  4. Comment on Which newspapers/magazines do you read and why? in ~news

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    From the UK the general quality of newspapers is pretty low (massive agendas). Off the top of my head: For the news, I default to the Guardian, but try to read beyond for a more balanced outlook....

    From the UK the general quality of newspapers is pretty low (massive agendas). Off the top of my head: For the news, I default to the Guardian, but try to read beyond for a more balanced outlook. The magazine New Scientist is good - think Scientific American, but British flavour. Fortean Times can be interesting if you read it as a chronicle on people, rather than real phenomena.

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  5. Comment on ‘I want blood’: Heavily-armed Donald Trump supporters say they’ll protest Trump’s indictment in ~society

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    I think this is a really important point. Sure there are people out there with an agenda; bigots, con-artists and the like, but I feel that many people have built their beliefs off the same...

    It's really disturbing how many people wallow around in the right-wing media machine and are constantly furious about the wrong thing.

    I think this is a really important point. Sure there are people out there with an agenda; bigots, con-artists and the like, but I feel that many people have built their beliefs off the same correct fear - for many people the world is worse than it was 10+ years ago. The right-wing media are selling a purposely wrong solution to people who trust them.

    Perhaps one longterm solution is finding a way to address the pitiful state of popular media (in general).

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  6. Comment on Music discovery thread: Share the top three songs you’re currently obsessed with! in ~music

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    After falling down a YouTube rabbit hole a couple of days ago, I encountered and immediately became obsessed with Follow the fool, Primus. Beyond that, I'm guaranteed to start bouncing around and...

    After falling down a YouTube rabbit hole a couple of days ago, I encountered and immediately became obsessed with Follow the fool, Primus. Beyond that, I'm guaranteed to start bouncing around and singing along whenever I hear Sheriff fatman, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine and I've had a decades long infatuation with Wish you were here, Pink Floyd.