New York Times

Pros: Lots of articles and deep coverage of important issues
Cons: Costs a bit more than local papers

I hate to be negative, but let's face it. Most American newspapers today stink.

All too many American papers today are simply formulaic cookie-cutter publications from mega-news corporations like Knight-Ridder and Hearst. These conservative...

Pros: A lot of news for a paper
Cons: A little more costlier than the others

The media has played an important role in the lives of people today. It has given us information on happenings all over the world that may or may not affect us. It has come in the form of television where we can watch clips of what happened, the radio...

Pros: excellent journalism, diversity in articles/topics
Cons: pricey

I'm a student at Hunter College High School in Manhattan, and reading the New York Times has been personally one of the best tools in my education. It has provided me with a tremendous supply of vocabulary and reading comprehension, requisites in SATs...

Pros: well written, nicely laid out, best advertisements.
Cons: smudgy ink, some non-vital sections are eliminated for out of area deliveries.

I grew up in the sleepy little "bedroom community" of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, a 30 minute train ride north from Grand Central Station (42nd Street).

I'm embarrassed to write that I took much of what the locations had to offer for...

Pros: They do most of their reporting
Cons: The New York Times can be biased at times. Horrible Omaha delivery

Introduction: Ever since I started High School, I have been interested in politics and current events. I was one of those weird kids that instead of reading sports magazines or Maxim, subscribed to Newsweek, Time, USA Today (when I didn't think of it ...

Pros: Great way to pass the time on the subway
Cons: You might miss your stop

Fear and Loathing

"I don't know how to do puzzles!" "Why bother?" "I don't know all those funny little words!" "I'd never try the puzzle in the Times -- it's just too hard."

These are...

Pros: In-depth features, comprehensive national and international coverage, consistently interesting special sections
Cons: Features are becoming a bit uneven

The New York Times is not perfect, but when it is good, it is very, very good. It's coverage of the death of Charles Schulz, creator of Snoopy Charlie Brown and their wonderfully quirky friends, is a prime example.

On Monday morning I was...

Pros: News and Reviews are Insightful, Entertaining and Interesting to Read
Cons: Expensive

It's Authoritative. It's Complete. It's the Best.

The New York Times has always been the leading national paper for one reason: simply put, it has given a forum for top-flight reporters and writers to express their insights on everything...

Pros: award winning, superb writing
Cons: business and sports section are not as strong as other sections

The New York Times is perhaps one of the most comprehensive, well written news publications out there. Period.
PROS
The award-winning newspaper not just reports daily news, but it reports it with a bang.

Front...

Pros: Well written, well edited articles written by well respected journalist's
Cons: Plan on devoting a couple of hours to the Sunday Edition

What is there not to like in The New York Times? A journalistic class act, with the finest writers in the field, this newspaper is comprehensive, literate, and finely edited.

Covering local, national and breaking news with grace and...

Pros: Most of the news is there, and it defines what is news
Cons: It is the establishment. It is a monopoly on the news, and it's assumptions of the roles of people and government are not necessarily correct

As a long time newspaper man, I have extremely mixed feelings about the NY Times. All newspapers are judged by their approximation of the times - it is the standard. In my professional opinion that's too bad. Because there are many things that the NY...

Pros: In-depth coverage of news, excellent designs, overall one of my favorite papers.
Cons: Editorial content is sometimes weak, and stories can liberalized slightly.

One of the oldest and most respected of the nationwide newspapers, the New York Times is my second-favorite newspaper on the planet; surpassing it is the Chicago Tribune, but they are a local paper for me. When it comes to national coverage, in-depth...

Pros: This is the Benchmark for all other Newspapers
Cons: No comics

The Old Grey Lady used to be the nickname for the New York Times, one of the most venerable publications in the nation. Up until recently, the paper was printed exclusively in black and white (hence the nickname) but the times began printing with color...

Pros: crammed with detail
Cons: crammed with detail about merlot and satin

Newsday and USA Today are the top priorities for the day - but if there are many train rides, then the Post may get a spin, and if I exhaust those three papers in a day, the top contenders are the Jersey Journal, Bergen Record, Star Ledger, Village...

Pros: appeals to every reader; great reputation; different headlines
Cons: sometimes biased; tough Arts reviews

The New York Times is one of the most famous papers in the world. People everywhere can get subscriptions to it. Even friends I had in Alaska had subscriptions, and I know someone in England who reads it religiously. My grandparents had a...