For quite some time now, I have been a moderate fan of MSN News. I say moderate, because while it’s definitely not the the best news portal on the internet, it’s one of the easiest to navigate. It is certainly better than the BBC news service, which seems to be quite biased in it’s reporting sometimes. I decided this morning that MSN News no longer offers what I like to read about. It’s not so much the actual news that’s the problem though.
Recently the comments has been restored and although I like to read comments (some of them are laughable) there seems to be a hard core of commentators that express their opinion on every story, regardless of the topic. They seem to range from hard right wing extremists to conspiracy theorists to simple sales pitchers, all hiding behind pseudonyms. Comment moderation appears to happen only when some reader reports the comment, even when the comment is blatantly offensive to a section of the community.
So it has to go. For now, I have replaced my news digest portal with the online version of The Huffington Post. Most of the big national UK newspapers require to ‘subscribe’ to their website/newspaper in order to read full articles and I for one am not prepared to do that. It is simply a matter of cost. The average price is between £6.00 to £18.00 per week.
From the keyboard of Tony 
If I had to pay 18 pounds per week, I’d at least expect someone to visit me in the morning, get me a cup of tea and read the paper to me (is it The Times)? That is super expensive! Most of the German newspapers have the same feature here, and so I’ve decided to read the Tagesschau website and be done with it.
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Have you tried The Guardian? The site looks as if you have to register but you can just pick ‘I’ll do it later’. I agree about comments sections.
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I’ll give The Guardian another look. I’ve been told that it’s a voluntary contribution and a free subscription.
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