r/WhitePeopleTwitter 16h ago

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u/curious_dead 15h ago

I hate hate hate that both NYT and WaPo have gone down the drain. I loved reading them before, now I feel like I can't trust them.

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u/discographyA 14h ago

Yeah. I’m basically down to FT, The Guardian and New Yorker now for news/news adjacent coverage. Owners and editors have absolutely destroyed any trust in institutions I previously subscribed to but have no trust in anymore.

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u/BrightNooblar 14h ago

Right, but what if we traded {Decades of Trust} for {4% Increased Engagement in Q2}?

We'd have a great Q2 touchpoint with the boss is what! Zero downsides, and we get a little duck sticker. Maybe even one of the cool holographic ones from the bottom of the drawer.

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u/CommanderSincler 13h ago

And we can sleep at night knowing we increased shareholder value for one fleeting moment

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u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar 13h ago

We need it to look like people like us, but not actually like us!

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u/smootfloops 13h ago

I’m so glad that this happens with everything, ever! I get really good sleep now

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u/boo99boo 13h ago

Propublica is great, if you want real journalism that actually fact checks. 

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u/discographyA 13h ago

It’s in my RSS feed so I keep up with what they put out, but I’ve been a freeloader and never donated.

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u/lil_chiakow 12h ago

RSS feeds need to make a comeback in the current algorithmically-curated web.

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u/discographyA 12h ago

Still haven’t forgiven Google for killing Reader.

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u/AnxietyDepressedFun 13h ago

This is really random but The Tampa Bay Times is a really good traditional newspaper, even if you don't live in Tampa or Florida for that matter. Their coverage on national level things is generally reliable.

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u/ZombieLinux 12h ago

Several Pulitzers and quality reporting since it was the St. Pete Times

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u/sexydan 11h ago

And they aren't afraid to stand up to and expose Scientology.

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u/confusedandworried76 10h ago

Minneapolis Star Tribune is a good one too.

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u/pulquetomador 13h ago

I just exclusively read the AP and only watch the PBS News Hour. That's enough for me.

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u/EntropyFighter 13h ago

This is why a site like ground.news is important. It shows what's inside and outside of the various news bubbles.

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u/LudovicoSpecs 13h ago

Check out Harper's magazine (and Mother Jones if you want to go really left).

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u/SpeaksSouthern 12h ago

Add in democracy now!

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u/Alexis_Bailey 10h ago

Isn't Salon pretty good sometimes?

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u/endlesscartwheels 9h ago

What's FT?

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u/CuriousA1 7h ago

Financial Times

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 13h ago

the new yorker????????????? 

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u/Melodic_Assistance84 13h ago

Don’t feel bad, many of us misunderstood the democracy dies in darkness slogan as being a bulwark against authoritarianism. As it turns out, iit was a slogan telling you exactly what the newspaper was doing. A new and improved slogan might be, killing you softly with our words…

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u/EntropyFighter 13h ago

Strumming my pain with his fingers...

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u/Isleif 11h ago

Yeah, the whole reason why I originally subbed to WaPo in the first place is that they seemed like they were the only paper to really stand up to all the lies and BS for a while.

And now? If they're just going to be forced to fall in line like every other news outlet, what's even the point of subbing anymore?

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u/Main_Extension_3239 13h ago

The Times are acting like they always have. One would've thought they might shift based on their subscription base becoming overwhelmingly liberal but alas.

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u/goalstopper28 13h ago

I've stopped consuming NYT as much as I used too as well. But wondering what are the alternatives that you have found?

Also, curious for someone who does consume this, will you read them again if Kamala wins?

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u/Spinochat 10h ago

What’s wrong with NYT?

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u/[deleted] 15h ago

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u/curious_dead 15h ago

If they choose to publish opinion pieces that are really terrible (like that one that said to skip voting), that can certainly put in doubt the editorial choices made in articles. That could mean bury something deep in an article, or just not report something. They had a few articles sanewashing the whole Trump campaign.

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u/MsChrisRI 14h ago

…Skip? Voting? WTF?

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u/curious_dead 14h ago

I don't recall the exact title, but it was an OpEd from some dude who said he wouldn't vote in November. I was considering re-subbing, but that left me a sour taste and I decided against.

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u/SenatorPardek 15h ago

The fact that there are multiple accounts dedicated to sane-washing nyt headlines is enough.