How do you choose a newspaper?

see guardian, buy it, easy.

I always choose the third or fourth one down in the stack, the news gets kept fresher that way.

I live in a one paper town. So there's no debate. Plus I work for them, so at least I don't have to pay for it. Though I do "PAY" for it.

They deliver it every day. I wouldn't wish them to wake me up to ask me which one I fancy today.

I live in a one daily town, so my choice is made for me. Of course, the free weekly isn't bad . . .

I once received the advice to always read the local daily when traveling, instead of insulating yourself with, say USA Today or the New York Times or your hometown daily, assuming you can find it. I have found it to be good advice. You get a different perspective and more particular flavor, even if the paper sucks and is wall-to-wall wire copy. And if you're in the newspaper business, you learn something from reading the sucky ones too.