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Enjoyed for the long form analysis until I found a quote in one of the David Frum shows that denied that Israel is committing a genocide...It has been defined as a genocide by the United Nations, leading worldwide human rights lawyers/experts/organisations and the international court of law; it's not a matter up for debate. The quote:"the message from the Democratic Party is, 'We are making it a litmus test that you say that Israel committed genocide in Gaza'. That is an intentional inversion of the truth of the Holocaust, a central event in modern Jewish history." How strange to say that calling something out for what is is (as legally defined, a genocide), is somehow denying the truth or taking away from the truth of the genocide (Holocaust) experienced by Jewish people in WWII. Calling it a genocide in Gaza, does not diminish/take away from the genocide that occurred to jewish people. Genocide is not something that has and can only happen to Jewish people. Very strange mental gymnastics to suggest otherwise, that appear to be rooted in victimhood rather than acknowledging that at this point in time, international consensus is that Israel is indeed committing a genocide.

I am a subscriber to The Atlantic. Online and in print. I find Adam Serwer closest to my belief system, calling out injustice to Women and people of color. Alexandra Petri makes me laugh. A few others bring perspective for me. But…. Jonathan Chait and David Brooks are infuriating, they walk that center lane, never veering left or right. Don’t make trouble they tell the Democrats. Stick with the center. The forever loyal opposition. Almost makes me want to resign my subscription.but…..

I have been a reader of The Atlantic for over five years, but I’ve sadly decided to end my subscription. Since COVID, delivery to Austria and Germany has become increasingly unreliable, and over the past 18 months I haven’t received any magazine issues at all. My emails to customer support have also gone unanswered. If The Atlantic cannot reliably deliver to these countries, I believe it should reconsider offering or charging for this service. It feels ironic that a publication which so often writes about the struggles facing journalists and the challenges of sustaining quality media seems unable to uphold basic standards of customer communication and delivery. Perhaps I’ll try again in a year or two if the international delivery situation improves.

I cancelled my subscription. The Atlantic used to be an honest source for unbiased news and fair opinions. They've now become another far left echo chamber that is engaged in virtue signalling and furthering a political agenda, rather than reporting the news.

I love The Atlantic and the journalism they do. I love their podcasts and newsletters a lot as well. But the customer service, God damnit. I ordered a print + online package. They charged me and I never got any print issues delivered. (I live in the EU.) I contacted the customer service who informed me that the US Postal Service just didn't deliver the issues into my region and they have no idea if they will ever be delivered and they can send some backup copies from the issues they still have in stock but they cannot guarantee those ever reach me. Basically, half of what I pay for is something I will never get and they are not at fault. Clearly they knew about the problem but didn't care to notify anyone affected. The customer service attendant was quite unhelpful and kept repeating the same lines about them not knowing anything, but she said she extended my subscription for the months I didn't get the magazines. I checked and she lied: my subscription was valid exactly the same amount of time as before. I ended up downgrading my subscription to online-only, and around Christmas I was surprised to see the July/August issue in my mail. To this day the only magazine I have received. I have no idea how The Atlantic can afford to have such scammer antics but it was extremely disappointing.