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What Magazines Do You Read?

Posted by Cliff on from the gotta-read-something-other-than-Slashdot-right dept.

Osgyth asks: "Everyone is quick to complain about a magazine when the author makes a mistake or a stupid comment. Wired and PC Magazine are only some that have fallen to this attack. Which 'PC related' magazines does the Slashdot crowd read? Are they informative and accurate? Or merely read for their entertainment value?" Why limit the topic to just PC Magazines? What other periodicals do you all read that you find interesting?

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  1. Re:Read Something Different Every Month. by suso · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I did that once with a CD. I walked into BestBuy, walked into the classical section and just made a random selection. It turned out to be a pretty cool album. And trendy too because the following summer the Caviliers Drum and Bugle Corps played music from that album. Wow, this is way off topic. Sorry.

  2. Re:Read Something Different Every Month. by nanosmurf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great advice.

    On a bit of a tangental subject: Does anyone know of a good site that lists the general political slant of a variety of magazines? For example (IMHO) that POPULAR SCIENCE tends to lean a little to the right or that WIRED used to be quite left leaning and now is only moderately so.

    I'd be interested to see something like this...

  3. "site that lists the general political slant?" by nusratt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Better to just sample the mags and reach your own conclusions.
    After all, how many parties can you name whose categorization (of others' writings) you would trust as not being biased themselves?

    On a related subject, risk getting addicted to "World Press Review". It's a real eye-opener, especially if you're in the USA.
    Also, "Foreign Affairs", if you've *lots* of time to spare.

    1. Re:"site that lists the general political slant?" by gujo-odori · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Funny you should mention that, I picked a copy of "Foreign Affairs" a few months ago doing just what the OP suggested: grabbing an interesting magazine off the rack on a topic outside of my usual area (I was there to buy a Linux Journal; I now save a lot of money by subscribing to it).

      You do need to dedicate some time to it, but FA is filled with long, very interesting articles on foreign affairs, written by well-known people from all over the political spectrum. Highly recommended.

      I haven't seen WPR, but I'll keep an eye out for it.