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NationalNews
Where
are you getting your national news? CNN? Oh, come on! And chances
are pretty good that your hometown paper is leaning one way or another,
too. Get the straight news from a very patriotic and yet pretty objective
source.
We
said pretty objective. That doesn't mean they don't accidentally omit
all kinds of stuff that's going on in the world. No sense in upsetting
the readership, right?
With
a long and colorful history dating back to World War I, the Stars and
Stripes is the hometown newspaper for millions of American troops, Defense
and State Department personnel abroad. The newspaper publishes approximately
80,000 copies in the Pacific and Europe combined, 363 days per year.
Unlike
its stateside counterparts, “Stripes” takes no editorial
position of its own, but strives to maintain a balanced presentation
of issues and opinions that shape the news. Their “letters to
the editor page” has always been a popular feature.
Stars
and Stripes has one of the widest distribution ranges of any newspaper
in the world. Between the Pacific and European editions, they service
over 50 countries where there are bases, posts, service members, ships,
or embassies. Today, Stripes' European and Pacific daily editions are
produced in Washington, D.C., and sent by satellite and internet to
print sites in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, Okinawa and South
Korea.
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