irishog77
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Part of me is content to simply get it off the bathroom stall of the skating rink.
I was recently thinking of subscribing to the print version of the WSJ, and forcing myself sit down and read a newspaper. But I've been considering this for maybe 2 years now...so probably not going to happen. I used to have The Week mailed to me every week, but I let that go because of cost and the fact that by the time it arrived, we were on to the next news cycle. There comes a certain point too, like streaming services, where you can pay for all kinds of content, then realize you're just wasting 80% of the money that your spending by not using it.
There was a time when outlets like the NYT and The New Yorker were great, informative, and interesting reads. But then TDS sent them over the edge, and they became unreadable. The Drudge Report used to be good as well, but they went downhill too. One outlet I follow is the Daily Wire. Their straight news stories are good, because they usually just lay out the details of the story, with little to no commentary (what a novel idea!). But they're like 3 paragraphs. For longer, in-depth pieces, you have to pay them money. And while I understand why they've done it, their push to break into mainstream entertainment means stories about kardashians and the latest episode of the view- things which I will gladly pay NOT to know about.
I'm not big on social media, but a few good follows on there are Being Classically Liberal, The Libertarian Catholic, and We Are Capitalists. More often than not, their posts are simply memes, but they sometimes have some good articles themselves and/or links to articles.
I don't listen to podcasts either, so I miss out on people like Malcolm Gladwell and his Revisionist History, as well as many, many more. But there is obviously a trend for some journalists, theologians, and academics toward that medium.
I think Whiskey gave a list of some good follows. But that was like 6 years ago. Maybe he can share again or an updated list?
Unfortunately, it seems like the days are gone of go-to places for informative, thought-provoking news or stories. The result is often piecemealing news together from a bunch of different publishers, which is frustrating. And we're left at the mercy and whims of those we know who share articles.
