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John Kerry

In reply to the discussion: The New Yorker on JK's French [View all]

beachmom

(15,239 posts)
7. Thanks MBS for the transcription.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 11:00 AM
Mar 2013

Can I just say, as a New Yorker subscriber, they have the worst paywall EVER. I just think all media everywhere should look to the New York Times in how to do a paywall correctly. (I'm talking to you, Boston Globe) I think sharing is a big deal, and the New Yorker should meter articles per month while letting sharing to occur. While I'm in complaining mode, I also hate the way they have these huge files I have to download to my iPad. They should just make it less a once a week publication and more just update it daily like the NYT, and allow us to "save" articles in the same way the NYT does. I mean, does this publication want to survive????!!!! Okay, off my soapbox now.

(Edit: oh, and how about allowing me to adjust text size??? This is not paper, it's on a screen! Okay, now I'm really done complaining.)

I also liked this line from the article:

"If Kerry was a modern-day Thomas Jefferson to the French, Cooper was the new Jerry Lewis"

Hey, I'll take a comparison to one of the founding fathers any day of the week!


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