I gave up my subscription to the Economist after the '04 American election.  I'm self-employed, and it is useful for my work but I am not so involved with business that I need to read it.  At the time I made the decision because I wanted to be able to support progressive media.

Earlier this year I decided to renew the sunscription, but the very first issue angered me greatly.  The snide one-off comments, typified by Bagehot and Lexington, are too much for me so I've decided to cancel again.

The quality of their reporting is not the question.  The editorializing inherent in their view distresses me.  Their world is not mine.