> I’m not sure if anyone noticed but NYTimes’ quality has gone downhill for the past 2-3 years
This has been said every year for my entire life. I would keep the NY Times, but also:
* The Financial Times is on the NY Times level IMHO, but far more expensive
* The Wall Street Journal is published by the same people behind Fox News. It's Fox News for the elite - framed in ways appealing to them, and trading on an old established brand. Same results, IME.
* The Economist can be fantastic in terms of knowledge gained / minute. It's ideologically free-market - applying that tool to every situation. And it's not actually journalism, it's analysis: They generally don't dig up stories, interview people, etc. They summarize and analyze.
* The Washington Post is nearly on the NYT level, IMHO.
* Maybe The Guardian?
That's it. Nothing else worth paying for (in English).
This has been said every year for my entire life. I would keep the NY Times, but also:
* The Financial Times is on the NY Times level IMHO, but far more expensive
* The Wall Street Journal is published by the same people behind Fox News. It's Fox News for the elite - framed in ways appealing to them, and trading on an old established brand. Same results, IME.
* The Economist can be fantastic in terms of knowledge gained / minute. It's ideologically free-market - applying that tool to every situation. And it's not actually journalism, it's analysis: They generally don't dig up stories, interview people, etc. They summarize and analyze.
* The Washington Post is nearly on the NYT level, IMHO.
* Maybe The Guardian?
That's it. Nothing else worth paying for (in English).