Newspapers and Magazines?

acad

Once again I have to bow to your super intellect.

I read the Daily Mail because I am a racist lesbian hating bigot, I read the times because it is short, sharp and to the point.

As regards to mags, I subscribe to Hifi+ but will let my subscriprion expire. It is just repetitive rubbish now.

I also have Classic Bike because it is about classic bikes.

Regards

Mick

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Originally posted by acad tsunami:
Tell us all what newspapers you like to read old chop.

I once banned someone who couldn't avoid writing "old chop".

I've been given a subscription to The Spectator - some good writing and Taki. Makes me laugh.

Adam

I dropped my subcription to the Spectator a couple on months ago. It becomes a bit predictable after a while.

Regards


Mick

PS I bought the Big Issue a couple of years ago .. total junk.

Is "old chop" Lamb Chop's father? Anyone remember Shari Lewis? Happy days indeed...

Fredrik

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
acad

[QUOTE] Once again I have to bow to your super intellect.

That's the spirit. Good man.

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I read the Daily Mail because I am a racist lesbian hating bigot,

LOL I really did laugh out loud when I read this. Good effort.

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I read the times because it is short, sharp and to the point.

True. The Times has a remarkable economy with words. Saying the most with the least. Who wants overly wordy stuff in a newspaper? Not moi.

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As regards to mags, I subscribe to Hifi+ but will let my subscriprion expire. It is just repetitive rubbish now.

True. I read it for free in Borders but I would not buy it. I suspect it is biased towards it's advertisers too.

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I also have Classic Bike because it is about classic bikes.

I know this magazine but I have never read it - I may take a peak tomorrow. I like the idea of having a classic bike.

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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
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I once banned someone who couldn't avoid writing "old chop".

Quite right too.

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Adam
I dropped my subcription to the Spectator a couple on months ago. It becomes a bit predictable after a while.
PS I bought the Big Issue a couple of years ago .. total junk.

It was my brother. He kept saying "Would you like a subscription to The Spectator or Private Eye?"

As a swivel-eyed pinko I replied "Private Eye". Recently I started receiving The Spectator. That's brothers for you.

I have taken out a subscription to The Big Issue - seems to confuse those Johnnies flogging it on the street.

Adam

I did not take out a subscription to Big issue, I just bought it on the street.

It really was a load of tat.

Regards

Mick

Oh dear. Missed that one.

LOL! I hope others will feel able to post now! Clearly there no inhibition left over our favoured reading matter! Recently I more or less stopped occasionally getting the Big Issue, explaining that I wanted the address of the head office so that I could get a sales franchise for myself. That raised a smile or two.

I am still happy to read a sales come specification pamphlet for an Agricultural Tractor, sad though it may sound. More interesting than modern cars, anyway...

ATB from Fredrik

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Fine if they have something to report, but half explaining every new half baked idea helps no one. Especially when the headlines imply much more is sure than actually is.

Agreed

Last week's edition was typical. They tried to resurrect "String Theory" and provide clarity on "Myths" about global warming.

Neither article was at all convincing, but if pushed I would say the String Theory one had the edge.

Paul Ranson's thread on Pink-whatsit was more enlightening re global warming, especially Paul's own wiews which are spot-on.

Cheers

Don

Gardian/Independent/Telegraph when on UK hols or something worthwhile is in the news. Calgary News (or something like it) when on main hols, although it does seem to major on oil extraction from the Athabasca sands for some reason!!

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:

Recently I more or less stopped occasionally getting the Big Issue, explaining that I wanted the address of the head office so that I could get a sales franchise for myself. That raised a smile or two.

Just as long as you did not ask the seller if the Big Issue had a property section like a friend of mine did.

Newspaper The Times - Grauniad too lefty for me, Torygraph too "righty" for me. I'd never spotted that the Times is economical with words but maybe that's part of why I like it (despite plenty of overblown headlines that don't match up to content - although the Sunday Times is so much worse it's unreadable for me - bit bored of Saturday's Money section repeating itself almost weekly)

I first bought proper broadsheet papers when I was about 14, albeit not regularly. Not sure why as my parents never bought 'em - my dad got the Telegraph & Argus every day (Bradford rag)

Magazine - Car for about 38 years now, got Evo for a bit but after a while it's (IMHO, sorry Bruce) irritating and childish, obsessed with stupid supercars, cannot stand Top Gear magazine which is pretty well unreadable apart from Clarkson and James May (but don't tell my brother who bought me a subscription one year!)

I have long since stopped buying a daily paper (except when I'm looking for jobs or at an airport or something). There are two reasons for this, the first is that I think they are dying. There was a time when they were the freshest source of news, and even ten or 15 years ago they had something to offer. Now, rolling news and the internet has completely stolen the march on that front. On the other hand, they are published too soon for any really considered analysis of the news (and are caught between the web and publications like the Economist). The other reason is the poor standard. Not simply a lack of proof-reading (or even a spell checker), but I frequently find that when I'm reading an article about a subject where I actually a fair bit, I find errors (this is particularly true of a lot of science journalism).

Now I just take the Economist. Which I like since it has a liberal take on both economic and social issues (which is a rare combination these days). The house style is good (and often nicely tongue in cheek) and the standards, both in terms of errors and content, are high. Given it's weekly, the analysis is more considered. It has excellent (and not at all dumbed down) science pages, about the best coverage of American politics you can get in this country, good arts pages (though I wish they'd do more music) and some of the best obituaries I've ever read. It isn't perfect, I strongly disagreed with it over Iraq (as, judging from the last four year's articles did many there) and think they were insane to back Bush in 2000. But, for me it's as good as it gets.

I also tend to read Private Eye, though I think it is a little patchy. I still haven't got round to cancelling my subscription to the Gramophone (something I've been meaning to do for months).

I have read the Spectator occasionally in the past, but under the last two editors the quality has deteriorated markedly.


regards, Tam

When I am in the UK....Independent during the week and Observer on Sunday.

Magazines are The Economist, Car and Private Eye. My favourite weekly from the web is "The Onion", the only proof I know that (some at least) Americans understand irony and satire.

Dear Friends,

It is fascinating to read just how many of us read about cars and how few about Hifi!

Thanks for the posts! Keep them comiing please! Frredrik

Daily and SundaySport.

Great photography.

FT on a Saturday. All other papers are tittle tattle at best.

Mojo is the only magazine I read.


worm