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I live in Portland and I've chosen not to read my daily paper for a couple reasons:
-the journalism and commentary from the Willamette Weekly is of a better quality (ie, N. Jaquiss)
-the Oregonian's international news coverage is definitely lacking, so I look to online sources for this type of news
-the Oregonian's coverage of non-political issues are incredibly one-sided (ie, coverage of public safety)
-I tend to enjoy my news with a some humor mixed in...it's a nice way to stomach much of what is going on in US politics, etc. So I turn to The Daily Show, etc to get by.

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