With the independent shutting up shop I'm in need for a new newspaper for my occasional readings. I quite fancy a right-wing paper. When I started reading the Independent I had just voted tory and had returned from unsuccesfully defending invading Iraq at our university (someone had to - I hate a one-sided debate), and succesfully defending allowing the BNP come to campus for a debate (the fascists wanted him banned from uni)
However as I've grown older and wiser my views have shifted leftwards. (I'll still defend that BNP spokesman's right to make an idiot of himself though), so it's about time I fixed that.
So what newspaper should I start to read?
The guardian doesn't really help with my desire to get conflicting viewpoints
The telegraph isn't journalism, it frequently buries stories on behalf of it's owners
The mail is a hate rag
The other tabloids are unlikely to fill me
The last time I read The Times was on a plane to Washington the weekend before Marie Colvin died, was impressed by her article, but the fact it's owned by Murdoch makes my skin crawl.
Or should I just give up on the idea of a newspaper and instead subscribe to a periodical? The Spectator? The Week? The Economist? New Statesman?
Looking for indepth international news and lots of analysis across the piece.
Any suggestions?
However as I've grown older and wiser my views have shifted leftwards. (I'll still defend that BNP spokesman's right to make an idiot of himself though), so it's about time I fixed that.
So what newspaper should I start to read?
The guardian doesn't really help with my desire to get conflicting viewpoints
The telegraph isn't journalism, it frequently buries stories on behalf of it's owners
The mail is a hate rag
The other tabloids are unlikely to fill me
The last time I read The Times was on a plane to Washington the weekend before Marie Colvin died, was impressed by her article, but the fact it's owned by Murdoch makes my skin crawl.
Or should I just give up on the idea of a newspaper and instead subscribe to a periodical? The Spectator? The Week? The Economist? New Statesman?
Looking for indepth international news and lots of analysis across the piece.
Any suggestions?