TS: LRB VS TLS

Those are good points and I agree with each of the impressions. Perry Anderson's essays are actually one of my favourite things about the LRB! As a side note, I'm waiting for the (eventual?) book, which will collect the ones on Brazil, China, Russia, etc. that he's published over the years. I'll have to see if I can find the essay online or a copy of Spectrum at the library - I'd love to read his thoughts on both.

I do wonder what the NYRB will look like when Bob Silvers hands over the editorial reins.

Maybe a better question is LRB personals vs NYRB ones...

I enjoy them both. Subscribe to the LRB, but the NYRB is reliably available from my local library via Zinio (and also easily found in pirate PDFs online if that's your thing).

Oh man, I never would have thought to check Zinio. I assumed they didn't go for that kind of thing, given how step their paywalls and digital access can be.

Amazing, thanks so much for mentioning that!

:)

The LRB published what seems like a dreck of a piece on Grenfell. Its 65K, a housing journalist politely picked it apart:

1. Thread on the Andrew O’Hagan Grenfell article in the LRB. Can’t say I’ve read every word but I’ve tried to pick out the key points and take them in the order they’re presented.

— Luke Barratt (@lukewbarratt) May 30, 2018

And a further takedown here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/08/fake-news-grenfell-fire-andrew-ohagan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet

I wish people would call it lying, shit journalism or something, anything other than "fake news".

That guardian piece is pretty reasonable although this is dumb and the answer is obvious:

But it’s simply wrong to claim that public, press and activists were united in their efforts to blame the council, and pin everything on its leader, Nicholas Paget-Brown, and his deputy, Rock Feilding-Mellen. If this were the case, how on earth did the Conservatives get re-elected to run the council only last month?

o'hagan's piece is far too combative, self-righteous, tendentious, and artistically licensed, which is a shame as he does make interesting points about the council's response vs. the visibilty & media picture of their response.