For my money there is no more convenient way to getting the news
than the Wall Street Journal online. I am a big fan of the Wall
Street Journal because it is an outstanding publication. So much
more than just a paper about stocks, companies, and economics,
the Wall Street Journal has some of the best Op Ed pieces I've
ever read. It may be just about the least biased and most
objective news publications that I have ever read. So many of
the newspapers out there now seem to have their own political
and social agendas. It's really gotten to the point where it's
become ridiculous. I've long since noticed a faint liberal bias
in most newspapers, but under our current republican government
it has become blatantly obvious, and I myself am what most
people would consider a liberal. On not president Bush is most
ardent supporter, but he is our president and I appreciate
fairness and the test those individuals would impose their
ideologies on me. The information most papers chooses to
present, the way it presents it, and the information most papers
choose to not present are all indicative of a motive behind the
print, and that bothers me. It doesn't really matter if the
right or wrong, or what their objective may be, that kind of
'news' just screams one thing to me - propaganda. Of the several
publications that I regularly read, the Wall Street Journal
online appears to be the most fair and balanced. The Wall Street
Journal online is a great way to get a relatively unfiltered
version of the news at a discount price and in a convenient
manner. The Wall Street Journal online is relatively inexpensive
and can be had for less than five dollars a month if you catch
the right special. It is virtually the same as the printed
version only course, delivered in an electronic fashion over
your computer. If you're like me, you do most of your news
reading on your computer anyway, so the Wall Street Journal
online is probably the way to go. Of course many still prefer to
have a traditional newspaper actually in their hands. That's
understandable, because it is so traditional. Maybe it's a tad
excessive, but I actually subscribe to both the Wall Street
Journal online, and the printed version. I don't know, maybe
that's a little weird. If you order them together, you'll get a
hefty discount over the regular subscription prices. While its
certainly amongst the more expensive newspapers, the Wall Street
Journal online and in print is just good news, and quality
journalism that allows me to draw my own conclusions without
trying to sway me makes it all well worth it.
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Nice review. You can actually get it for much less than $5/month. Becuase of competitive pressure like NYT.com going free, etc. The WSJ has resorted to discounting heavily -- e.g. http://1.wallstreetjournaI.googlepages.com is a great example -- their online WSJ.com subscription normally was $99/1 year and print subscription was $215/year. Now just look at that page -- they are combining BOTH for $125/year PLUS throwing in 2 more months. That's crazy promotional discounting, but will keep their subscription numbers up.
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