David Steury

Politico and its general approach to stories is useful to me but I would never recommend that any layperson, even a sophisticated one, regularly consume it

You wouldn’t expect a layperson to pick up a medical journal and take valuable insights from it. That’s why it’s important for mainstream journalism to filter and translate. Politico is the same—even if it is regrettably marketed more broadly, it’s really for a specific, professional audience

The best way to consume news unless you work in politics/policy is to read the economist every week and otherwise go touch grass

I obviously don’t post on here really but this is a take I don’t see often but strongly believe

Politico is, at its heart, a trade publication. It shouldn’t be consumed by anyone—anyone!!—who doesn’t work in politics. It’s not the same as the Times or the Post or your local paper. Even if it pretends it’s for a mass audience, it really shouldn’t be consumed as such