I grew up in a media saturated home. My Dad used to get out of jury duty simply by listing all of the newspapers and magazines he subscribed to and/or read because of his job. A typical newspaper pile on our coffee table would always include: The New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily News and when it became available the Washington Times. From time to time there were also exotic papers from London or even farther away (psychologically) like California. And then there were the magazines. All the newsweeklies, plus The National Review, New Republic, Economist, Commentary etc. But the center of everything was, of course, the Times.