I don't like the FT

The bus/international/national news coverage is fantastic, but the life/style sections irritate me like none other. It’s a certain tone of privilege that is grating. It’s the “How to Spend It” section that says (paraphrasing) “at 120 pounds per wineglass, this is not particularly expensive, but connoisseurs buy multiple sets…” Oh, of course, 120 pounds – pocket change. Or the smarmy “when Mr. M called me from Live 8 and asked me were I was, I told him that I at the Henley, where we had already made poverty history.” Insert snide laugh. Far be it for me to criticize coverage of expensive toys and desires, but the FT doesn’t cover that stuff the way the NYT/economist/Forbes/etc. do. Instead, the FT covers it with a certain conscious cultivation of ‘we are the wealthy writing for the wealthy’ attitude that is infuriating.

Also, this kind of coverage sells papers. The FT was losing money until ~2 years ago, when they launched a raft of such lifestyle coverage, and are now back in the black, with this stuff selling better than usual business coverage.