I use to have a subscription to Newsweek, and actually paid for it. I liked it. The analysis and reporting was really good, and they told a much deeper story than the newspaper did.

Then they decided to go another direction and all their pieces were opinion pieces. The only ‘conservative’ voice was a guy best described as ‘libertarian’ and I started noticing that they were more arguing for or against something rather than actually reporting anything. I couldnt figure out what was going on till I read an article about it, that it was a conscience decision and was backfiring on them. I had just cancelled my subscription because it wasnt what I had paid for anymore. I am perfectly able to make my own decisions, given that I have enough facts. I was paying them for well organized and diverse facts. I was not paying them for biased and narrow opinions.

I now subscribe to TIME, as that seems to be the last bastion of ‘paying for facts’, even if it isnt as good at it as Newsweek use to be.I dont mind paying for quality reporting, but the problem is that the quality disappeared long before I stopped paying.

The UT is just a disaster on paper. Their reporting in the buisness section is just terrible. They have turned themselves into a mouthpiece for their advertisers (real estate) and I personally dont like to pay for advertising.