June 06, 2002

Matt Welch delivers a spirited

Matt Welch delivers a spirited defense of the International Herald Tribune, which was recently trashed in Slate by James Ledbetter. I agree with Matt: the IHT is a great paper, and a godsend for an American travelling through Europe. Outside of England, newspapers in English are actually often pretty hard to come by in Europe: the only one other than the IHT that I've ever seen consistently available is USA Today (which will do in a pinch, but it's hardly the same kind of thing.) Ledbetter is probably right that an international New York Times would kill it off, but that would be a shame. The IHT is one of the things that makes touring Europe bearable. I've often wished it was available here: but then, I live in SF Chronicle-land.

Posted by Dr. Frank at June 6, 2002 09:19 AM | TrackBack