Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

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  • Just what this news junkie needs

    Jul 14 '00
    Pros: Great editorials, good local reporting
    Cons: Excessive Iowa stories

    Summary: I am one of those news junkies that has to get her fix of news each day. I enjoy watching CNN and MSNBC for the video/audio part of receiving news but for the most part my information comes from the Des Moines Register. I grew up in Des Moines but left...

  • A strong paper, but not without its flaws

    Mar 19 '05
    Pros: Strong Iowa coverage, excellent investigative team, wide range of columnists, generally strong writing.
    Cons: Stronger on Des Moines metro than rural coverage, some drift toward more frivolous topics.

    Summary: The Des Moines Register is a well-organized, easy-to-read paper that, so far, has resisted the temptation to dramatically dumb down its coverage to meet the expectations of the television generation. It has a strong investigative department, and isn't ...

  • What You'd Expect

    Jul 06 '00
    Pros: Well laid out, good coverage
    Cons: sometimes slanted coverage

    Summary: The Register is what you'd expect from a newspaper in the largest city in a state, as well as its capital. The Register covers the national news very well, and state and local news tends to center around Des Moines. Being a subscriber in the...

  • Great coverage/layout

    Apr 25 '00
    Pros: layout, writers, coverage
    Cons: a sometimes liberal slant

    Summary: The Des Moines Register has been one of America's leading newspapers for over a century, and its is the paper I read daily because of that coverage.

    The Register's news coverage is always comprehensive and well balanced. There team of...

  • What a newspaper should be

    Jan 28 '00
    Pros: Plenty of news
    Cons: Less State Coverage

    Summary: The Register handles the news well. It is well written, with a wide variety of news and features. The layout, which is very new, works well and looks good. Local, state, national and international news are handled in good proportions, and the paper is...

  • Daily Dose

    Jan 10 '00
    Pros: Easy read, wonderfully pieced together, and covers all that you could want
    Cons: too many advertisements

    Summary: The Des Moines Register layout is fantastic. Compared to many other newspapers that I have read, the paper is informative, the presentation is top notch, easy to read, and not mixed in a jumble.

    Normally, if you have a story that is too long...

  • From good to bad

    Jan 06 '00
    Pros: Sunday Paper Fair
    Cons: To liberal

    Summary: We have been subscribers of the Des Moines Register for many years, that is until a few years ago. This paper was locally owned by a Des Moines family until it was sold to the Gannet New Service, who own USA Today. We noticed the difference in the news...

  • Iowa Inside and Out

    Dec 28 '99
    Pros: Iowa's Best
    Cons: Unfocused

    Summary: Iowa's best daily newspaper, bar none. With excellent coverage of sports, news, and life around the state, and plenty of national news, the Register is worth every cent every day.

    The front page cartoons by Duffy, the excellent editorials by...

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