NationStates Jolt Archive

Maybe it's not your primary source of news or information. I know the internet has taken over the world.

When I'm at college, I get the paper for free -- we get the local newspaper as well as the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the USA Today. NSG, if you still read the paper, which paper(s) do you read?

What's a newspaper? :confused:

I read my local paper, mainly the editorials, comics and advice column.

Maybe it's not your primary source of news or information. I know the internet has taken over the world.

When I'm at college, I get the paper for free -- we get the local newspaper as well as the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the USA Today. NSG, if you still read the paper, which paper(s) do you read?

Nope, except online.

Get the Guardian every weekend, and every day if it's holiday.

The Times and The Economist, though sometimes I get The Guardian/The Observer or the Financial Times.

Yes, sometimes, but I don't have it each day. I like to read newspapers, but they're to expensive for a poor student like me (compared to the internet at least)

I mostly read news on the internet...I don't regularly read it on paper anymore...

Nope. I usually get annoyed with the paper. The same thing happens with the online paper but it's easier to filter through.

Star Tribune out of Minneapolis/St. Paul

This one.

Sometimes the Guardian, but I watch a lot of Euronews on TV, and read a lot of stuff online.

I read the Guardian Tuesday to Friday. I work in a college library Wednesday - Friday and we chuck the papers at the end of the day after they're printed so I always miss Monday. I read the Guardian website every day, though, because there are bits on there not in the paper. I also occasionally read the Times on these days as well. And do the puzzles in the Daily Mail. The only thing it's good for.

I have to for my course.

I read The Guardian, The Sun, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror.

I do this to draw comparisons. Out of the above the one I trust most is the Guardian then The Telegraph then The Mirror, The Daily Mail and finally The Sun.

However I get most of my news from the BBC.

I read the Times on a Sunday. It's nice to sit down and read a paper cover to cover from time to time.

I read a Telegraph daily, pretty much cover to cover, apart from the business section, which might as well be sanskrit for all the sense I can make of it.

Local. I read the Obits. Just to see if anyone I know has died.

Oh and the comics.

I read my local, it's called the daily disappointment, I mean the Daily Oklahoman, but it's only for entertainment, I mean I read it in the same way I listen to Glen Beck, it gives me ammo in my rant about stupidity and also it's fun to bitch about it.

I pick up the Dallas newspaper about once a week, it sucks somewhat less and is kinda local-ish (as much as a paper from another state can be, and it is from Texas so there's that big minus)

There is a local newsprint/magazine thing I read regularly but it's mostly about arts/politics/which clubs have live music so it's not really news so much as opinion.

Nope.
I don't even really watch news on TV. (not that I ever really watch tv, except if I'm bored and alone on fri nights) Don't really do news at all.

If my dad gets the Cape Argus and leaves it lying around I may glance at the funnies, and the odd article that catches my eye... but reading the paper as an actual practise, I don't go beyond the headlines or article titles... mainly because it is a) depressing, and b) more of the stuff they printed last week, or last month, or last year... same old crises, same old whining...
"[Insert essential staff of some sort who are horrifically under paid and overworked here] go on strike causing major mayhem and inconvenience"
"[Insert idiotic politician who has no clue of what they're doing running a country here] is involved in some [sex/drug/alcohol/crime] scandal"
"[Insert person in charge of some important company/govt. dept./anything with a budget] is caught siphoning funds for personal gain"
"[Insert inner african /middle-eastern country] is in turmoil, hundreds/thousands killed/tortured/wounded/homeless"
"Zimbabwe is getting even worse, immigrants flock to SA by any means possible, most are turned back or enter illegally..."
"[Horrific/shocking crime] details, blame levelling and shifting"
"[Insert current national sport coach] is fired for [garbled excuse]... why can't our teams win?"
Etc.

I read the newspaper less and less.

As a kid our local paper was locally owned and operated and the owner/chief editor had his choice of several news outlets from which to gather news items and there were other local papers in competition to encourage it to provide the most objective and detailed reports. The editorial staff had a large opinion page in which as many views regarding an issue as was reasonable could be voiced--left, right, obtuse, or indifferent.

Today it is owned by a conglomerate that gets news mostly from one news bureau. It tells you what to think about the article in the first paragraph, and then proceeds to give specific generalities in dumbed-down English regarding the effects of an incident, but not necessarily the facts regarding it. The editorial page is so far left as to be out of touch with a majority of the population, and what editorial opinions are allowed to be printed are severely truncated.

I still go to the Education Section first and read all the comic strips, and sometimes do the crossword puzzle; but usually buy it only for news on a local event, or the want ads. I still miss Calvin & Hobbes the most...

Every once in a great while I will. Mostly for the comics and editorials though.

Yes, but only because my workplace gets a couple delivered & I read them in my lunchbreak. Otherwise I wouldn't, I would just read them online.

i read the albuquerque journal, el defensor chieftan, and the mountain mail on paper and the new york times online.

New York Times baby.

I read the local newspaper almost daily, and sometimes the paper from the next nearest city (unnamed 'cause I'm paranoid).

Free train ones. Either metro which they hand out free or anything anyone else leaves behind.

Maybe it's not your primary source of news or information. I know the internet has taken over the world.

When I'm at college, I get the paper for free -- we get the local newspaper as well as the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the USA Today. NSG, if you still read the paper, which paper(s) do you read?

Online stuff. But not newspapers, printed or online.:(

Maybe it's not your primary source of news or information. I know the internet has taken over the world.

When I'm at college, I get the paper for free -- we get the local newspaper as well as the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the USA Today. NSG, if you still read the paper, which paper(s) do you read?

Online stuff. But not newspapers, printed or online.:(

yes, online and on paper

I'll read the Guardian, Independent or Times, but all with a truckload of salt. And because they're 25p in my university unions.

I do like the Grauniad's crossword though.

Well i normally read the headlines of most major newspapers and thats it. pretty much every mainstream British newspaper is all just bullshit rubbish.

Yup, I read The Japan Times in print everyday while chomping breakfast for English language news in Japan, I also read the Reno Gazette-Journal online for local news at home and the San Francisco Chronicle online just because.

The Times, usually. I have read the Daily Heil on occasion, but then it does have Garfield. Which is pretty much why.

Oh, and the Daily Fail is for great lulz at my parents who read it.

I'll read the Guardian, Independent or Times, but all with a truckload of salt. And because they're 25p in my university unions.

I do like the Grauniad's crossword though.

Damn true. The crossword in G2 is, for a broadsheet, remarkably possible to complete!

Incidentally, why the fuck does YUSU charge 30p for a daily paper. Bloody cheek!

I read The Economist (technically a newsmagazine) weekly, the Financial Times when my lecturer or tutor tells me to, the Edinburgh Evening News online and Student, one of the oldest student newspapers in the world.

At least 3-4 days out of seven.

I get most of my news from the internet - The only newspaper I buy is the Sunday NYTimes.

I can get it through the drive-thru window at Starbucks with my Mocha Latte. It's part of my Sunday ritual. I then drive to Ted's Hot Dogs and sit outside and read the paper and finish my drink. Then I go in and have a white-hot, a chilidog, chips and a Loganberry drink.

As I eat, I finish reading the paper except for the Magazine and "Week in Review". When I'm done stuffing my face, I leave the parts I've read in Ted's big newspaper rack for customers. I get a kick out of leaving this "liberal rag" in the rack to torment all the ultra-conservatives here in Arizona.

The Magazine and review sections go in my bathroom for later "leisure" reading.

Maybe once a week; more frequently when traveling.

To be fair, I am rather out of touch with the rest of the world.

Damn true. The crossword in G2 is, for a broadsheet, remarkably possible to complete!
Well, it's not the cryptic crossword.

I'm still only at the beginning of getting my head round any of the broadsheet cryptics.

Incidentally, why the fuck does YUSU charge 30p for a daily paper. Bloody cheek!
To cover costs?

Are they part of the NUS?

I can get it through the drive-thru window at Starbucks with my Mocha Latte. It's part of my Sunday ritual. I then drive to Ted's Hot Dogs and sit outside and read the paper and finish my drink. Then I go in and have a white-hot, a chilidog, chips and a Loganberry drink.
*notes Gartref's movements*

*plans hit*

I'll read the Guardian, Independent or Times, but all with a truckload of salt. And because they're 25p in my university unions.

I do like the Grauniad's crossword though.
Ditto, although I'll take the Guardian out of preference. I don't think it's news is as slanted as some other papers, although the editorials and columists are. Toynbee springs to mind. When feeling flush, I'll pay 45p for the Sheffield Star.

Luckily, I get free papers on a Sunday. Yay!

Well, it's not the cryptic crossword.

I'm still only at the beginning of getting my head round any of the broadsheet cryptics.


To cover costs?

Are they part of the NUS?


*notes Gartref's movements*

*plans hit*

Yes. To my chagrin the fuckwits who run YUSU decided to kepp York in NUS.

I really can't work cryptic clues out to be honest. Sudoku? Yes. Kakuro? Hell yes. But cryptic clues? Not a clue.

Yes, absolutely. The New York Times and USA Today mostly.

I really can't work cryptic clues out to be honest. Sudoku? Yes. Kakuro? Hell yes. But cryptic clues? Not a clue.
My grandfather, who's a bit of a dab hand at the things, especially the Scotsman's, says that much of the technique is getting to know the style of the person who sets the crossword. They all have different styles; some prefer puns and anagrams, others are more logical, etc.

If you get a paper regularly, look over the answers to the previous days crossword with the clues on-hand. Then you'll get a feel for the person's style, and hopefully get a take on the reasoning that went behind getting from clue to answer.

It certainly helps, and although I've never completed one (!), I can do more than just blankly stare at the page.

Yes. To my chagrin the fuckwits who run YUSU decided to kepp York in NUS.
I'm glad Glasgow is completely seperate from the NUS; means we can have two independent unions that respond directly to students, rather than one centrally organised union that has to use certain franchisees, pay hefty NUS subs, etc.

school paper and NY times when i see one.

I've never found a paper I actually like so when I do get one it's very much a case of choosing the least worst one.

So: Guardian, New York Times; congratulations on being slightly less crappy than your competition.

Yes. I read the San Francisco Chronicle, the Alameda Sun and the Alameda Journal when I'm at home.

When I'm at college, I read the SF Chronicle online.

I read my local paper and the Bergen Record; which I get both for free. Occasionally I read the Times...occasionally.

I love my Seattle Times, The Stranger, and Seattle Weekly.

Unfortunately, I live in North Dakota. :(

The Bismarck Tribune is not a newspaper so much as it is a cute little pamphlet.

I really can't work cryptic clues out to be honest. Sudoku? Yes. Kakuro? Hell yes. But cryptic clues? Not a clue.
They can always be solved with pure logic and the amount of general knowledge you'd need to complete a quick crossword. If you want practice, try getting a local paper that has a cryptic in it, as they're generally easier.

I try and read the newspaper as much as possible.. It has lots of sports results in one place so I don't have to go through like 1284 websites to find what I want.
Also because I don't watch as much TV it's good for local news.

I have to, because of my job. But if I wasn't working in what I do, I would never touch a newspaper.

For daily print newspapers, I read the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun and the Daily Yomiuri. (The IHT is basically an international version of the NYTimes.)

No, I generally make a nest out of them.

I try to read at least three newspaper on a daily basis, but of course being at college limits me in the one's I'd like to read, but anyway, here goes:

Collegiate Times (http://www.collegiatetimes.com) - the newspaper run by Virginia Tech's student body. It's horribly bad and ought to be used as toilet paper...no wait...that would mean it has a purpose, which it doesn't! I mostly read it to get angry at the horribly written editorials which are about as poorly written as NSG's troll threads.

Gazette-Virginian (http://www.gazettevirginian.com/) - local newspaper from Halifax County, Virginia. It's tolerable and better written than the university newspaper. But the articles are inane...I mean really now...do I care that Betty Sue Jones visited Jim Johnson on Sunday for four hours and they had fried chicken together? Is my life now fulfilled after reading that?

Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/times_dispatch.html) - state newspaper from the capital. What can I say? It's incredibly well put together newspaper with great articles that cover all relevant parts of the state and some irrelevant parts. There's something for everyone in it!

I stopped reading the newspaper when they stopped printing The Weekly World News.

I buy the Guardian whenever I'm feeling relatively affluent. When I have plus money, basically.