One of things I miss living here is a good newspaper. I was very partial to a good rag. The Times for a grown up read, you know check my share portfolio, catch up on the obituaries etc. The Sun for the tits, Dear Deidre, the sports section and stories like this. The News of the World to find out which footballer was shagging which soap star, The Sunday Sport for taking to the loo for a sit down, The Mail, well that was for wiping you arse on but never mind and of course the Telegraph for the fantasy league scores.
We have a right to be proud of our National newspapers. They are varied, equlitarian, unrestricted and not ruled by censorship, compared to the American media.
There is no choice here. Chicago only has 2 newspapers. There is the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, the rest are unbelievable pap. The USA Today looks like it was hurriedly put together 5 minutes before the paper boy turned up.
I never buy a newspaper here. I might read the Chicago Tribune in Starbucks but that is it. World news section.... ah, there is no world news today. Back to us then. Absolute drivel and politically correct tosh.
And this is how seriously they take their duty to their readership. Sunday's newspaper comes out on Saturday. Yes, they produce both Saturday's and Sunday's paper on Saturday. Let's just hope that there is no major news on a Sunday then eh? And what really pissed me off was there was no Sunday horse racing results in the paper. Now that is a trick they could be missing out on. Print them and I might buy a copy!
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