Guardian Media Group

I read The Guardian everyday and have done ever since I was about 15. I love it and every other paper I’ve read since has been faintly disappointing.
The paper has a left-​wing slant, there’s no use in denying it but that’s fine because I have a left-​wing slant too. It offers really great international coverage of politics as well as a long line of super investigative pieces like a recent one over about a month on corporate tax evasion. It’s in a handy Berliner format similar to the SF Chronicle a bit of a cross between broadsheet and tabloid. It’s also full colour and there’s a daily Eyewitness photo that takes up the middle page spread that makes awesome wrapping paper or posters.
As well as all this there’s the brilliant Opinion section with my favourite columnist Poly Toynbee and a host of others including guest sections from people like David Cameron and Gordon Brown. On a Saturday the paper comes with the indespensible Guide full of nationwide listings for both events, TV and radio. There’s also the daily G2 segment, half the size of the daily paper, with pieces on ethical living, women and a daily arts section (a real treat in an increasingly boring world) as well as TV and radio listings, a crossword and a comic.
If you’re in the UK and you’ve never done so before I urge you to go out and buy The Guardian as you’ll never go back. If you’re in the US seek out a copy of the Guardian Weekly (I got mine at Green Apple Books or the Booksmith on Haight).

I’ve been a daily reader of the Guardian for over five years, and it’s my primary source for an international perspective on world events. Writers like George Monbiot are very hard to come by in mainstream US media. My Conscious Consumption list was inspired by the «Ethical Living» section. Guardian Football is brilliant for the Minute-​by-​Minute match reports and podcasts alone. I appreciate the expanded coverage of the Football League, but it could still do with more frequent updates.