Comment on The Trotskyists Were Right About One Thing - Start a Bunch of Newspapers
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days agoYMMV for a lot of these. The Guardian is notoriously transphobic. The AP and Reuters are a grab bag of real news coverage and naked propaganda pieces. Big City Papers are inevitably mouthpieces of the local reactionary billionaire, leaning heavily on the “If It Bleeds It Leads” rule of thumb.
My own local paper - the Houston Chronicle - is lousy with native advertising and reactionary hot takes.
Not the worst paper in the world, but this town used to have no less than six major periodicals of record. They were all strangled by media consolidation. And the last paper standing is barely more than a coupon book for the real estate industry, with a conservative newsletter spliced in.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Oh no, I agree with everything you just said. You definitely have to pick and choose. I have the Houston Chronicle on my feed and it’s one of the worst that’s still in my feed. It barely squeaks by, but it’s better than the rest of TX that I can find. I’m open to suggestions.
Also, most of the headlines are total shit on all of them. The AP is especially bad.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Texas Tribune is still good, even if they’ve been on the downswing due to budget cuts. Houston Landing might have been good, but it flamed out when they couldn’t find enough advertisers or build a subscription base fast enough. I enjoyed City Cast Houston from time to time, but they’re gone now.
sigh
They’re definitely good.