Never had a WSJ subscription, cancelled my WP subscription the day Biden was declared president, and cancelled my NYT subscription the day after the Hur report came out. After all, I’ve got Doctor Richardson, Joyce Vance, Mary Trump, Steve Schmidt, and others to read every day.
Never had a WSJ subscription, cancelled my WP subscription the day Biden was declared president, and cancelled my NYT subscription the day after the Hur report came out. After all, I’ve got Doctor Richardson, Joyce Vance, Mary Trump, Steve Schmidt, and others to read every day.
I’ve really struggled with this. With reluctance, I canceled my NYT subscription the same day you did. My worry is that while our sources for news, like these Letters, are an excellent substitute, what they don’t have is a budget for investigative journalism. We need that more than ever. I’ve kept my Atlantic and WP subscriptions - for now.
We desperately need socially responsible MSM. I don't think profit per se is evil, but pursued devoid of a balancing context of justice, compassion, and genuine patriotism, it becomes evil. I think that was the Biblical notion of "the root of all evil", and the caution in many cautionary tales, from Dickens to Midas. "Greed is good" was a line from a bad guy in a movie, but Republicans vocally adopted it as a motto (though started to phase it out as a slogan, if not a guideline, during the Subprime Crash). Yet the thing that makes greed greed is gain by abusing someone else.
"Accustomed to trample on the rights of those around you, you have lost the genius of your own independence, and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises." - Lincoln
I’m too tired this evening to do your comment the justice it deserves. What you say about profit and balancing contexts is exactly what I think the role of government must be in a capitalist society. Capitalism is amoral, it just seeks profit. We as a society must impose rules - about pollution, care for the poor, education etc etc to rein in the amorality of capitalism. When we don’t, we devolve into an oligarchy and all but the few are worse off.
Yes. It was the same old "oh, this is a HUGE problem for Biden" kind of thing. No mention of the fact that Hur is Republican. No mention of the inappropriate nature of his summary on Biden's memory. It was shameful. I really liked their arts coverage but I just can't rationalize it.
Never had a WSJ subscription, cancelled my WP subscription the day Biden was declared president, and cancelled my NYT subscription the day after the Hur report came out. After all, I’ve got Doctor Richardson, Joyce Vance, Mary Trump, Steve Schmidt, and others to read every day.
I’ve really struggled with this. With reluctance, I canceled my NYT subscription the same day you did. My worry is that while our sources for news, like these Letters, are an excellent substitute, what they don’t have is a budget for investigative journalism. We need that more than ever. I’ve kept my Atlantic and WP subscriptions - for now.
We desperately need socially responsible MSM. I don't think profit per se is evil, but pursued devoid of a balancing context of justice, compassion, and genuine patriotism, it becomes evil. I think that was the Biblical notion of "the root of all evil", and the caution in many cautionary tales, from Dickens to Midas. "Greed is good" was a line from a bad guy in a movie, but Republicans vocally adopted it as a motto (though started to phase it out as a slogan, if not a guideline, during the Subprime Crash). Yet the thing that makes greed greed is gain by abusing someone else.
"Accustomed to trample on the rights of those around you, you have lost the genius of your own independence, and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises." - Lincoln
I’m too tired this evening to do your comment the justice it deserves. What you say about profit and balancing contexts is exactly what I think the role of government must be in a capitalist society. Capitalism is amoral, it just seeks profit. We as a society must impose rules - about pollution, care for the poor, education etc etc to rein in the amorality of capitalism. When we don’t, we devolve into an oligarchy and all but the few are worse off.
I went through the same cancelation process, the latest being The Guardian... the day after the Hur report came out.
Oh, No! The Guardian bought that B.S.?
Yes. It was the same old "oh, this is a HUGE problem for Biden" kind of thing. No mention of the fact that Hur is Republican. No mention of the inappropriate nature of his summary on Biden's memory. It was shameful. I really liked their arts coverage but I just can't rationalize it.
Yes! I too cancelled NYT and WAPO. I only miss one Real Estate section in NYT.
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