[Discuss] what news do you read?

[Eric Chadbourne]

FWIW, I do like WBUR's site, mostly for the articles.  They're
technical side doesn't impress me.  During the marathon bombing they
couldn't handle the traffic.  I had to go elsewhere.

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Eric Chadbourne
<eric.chadbourne at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I usually start my day with a cup of coffee and read through about a
> half dozen sites before starting work.  The technical websites I go to
> generally keep me happy.  The general news websites do not.  I hate
> the design.  I hate the writing.  I am annoyed by the marketing.  Pay
> walls suck.  For example, boston.com is practically unreadable without
> add blocking software and if you read too much they want money.  Even
> the great New York Times looks like crap in my not so humble opinion.
> I wish somebody local would step up and make something.  I see they
> have changed USA Today's site a lot but it's way too busy and the
> stories seem trivial.  The Economist isn't too bad.  I live in Quincy
> and the Patriot Ledger's site (really "wicked local") is a nightmare.
> The Huffington Post looks is kind of ugly and is a bit liberal for my
> taste but I'm heading there now.  So what do you read?  Am I missing
> something good?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Eric Chadbourne
> 617.249.3377
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