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- From: interran@uluru.Stanford.EDU (John Interrante)
- Subject: Re: Which newspaper to get?
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- Organization: Stanford University
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- Date: 24 Jul 92 22:59:18
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- >>I've narrowed my choices to the SF Chronicle
- >> SF Examiner
- >> SJ Mercury News
- >> Argus
-
- > If given a choice, I'd read the NY Times, but since you want one of those
- > listed, (and because the NY Times has no comic section), in terms of
- > "reporting quality," I think the Mercury News is best, then the
- > Examiner/Chronicle (they're owned by the same people... What's the diff?)
- > I have no experience with the Argus. Also, you get the Fusco Brothers with
- > the Chron, which is the big reason I read it. The Chron is also a big
- > "republisher," which to me is the fact that a lot of their stories come from
- > wire feeds and the LA/NY Times. Frequently, I see articles in the Times,
- > which are reprinted later (and also on Sundays) in the Chron/Examiner.
-
- I've been a Chronicle reader for several years, but my eating club
- recently stopped its subscription to the Chronicle after some
- persistent delivery problems. As a result, I've been reading both the
- Mercury News and the Chronicle for over a week to decide whether I'll
- read the Mercury News in my eating club or the Chronicle in my dorm's
- lounge. This discussion couldn't have started at a better time since
- I can add my impressions while they're fresh.
-
- I find that I don't like the Mercury News' layout since it has a lot
- of pages with just one or two columns of news and the rest of the
- space occupied by advertisements. Since I believe in turning every
- page (except for sections which are all classifieds) to make sure I
- don't miss anything interesting, it seems like the newspaper takes
- longer to read while it's easier to miss something interesting.
-
- I also feel that I don't get as much substance out of the Mercury News
- as I do with the Chronicle. This is especially true for national and
- international news; it seems like I find more one-paragraph stories
- and feature-length articles about what's happening overseas, say in
- Yugoslavia or Singapore, in the Chronicle than I do in the Mercury
- News.
-
- However, I'm not entirely happy with the Chronicle either. I think
- the Mercury News's reporting on the Democratic Convention and the
- subsequent Clinton/Gore bus trip through middle America was better and
- more informative than the Chronicle's reporting. As Richard said, the
- Chronicle reprints many stories from the NY Times so the Chronicle's
- political viewpoint seems to be very close to the NY Times' viewpoint.
- If I wanted the NY Times' political viewpoint, I would read the NY
- Times. I wish the Chronicle would take a more independent viewpoint,
- but I'm resigned to having to look elsewhere for some alternative
- political viewpoints.
- --
- John Interrante / interran@uluru.stanford.edu
- Computer Systems Laboratory, Stanford University
-