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I'd pay $5/month for a reputable news site to provide this all year long.

http://www.npr.org ?

It's not text only but it's considerably more minimal than most news websites, loads almost instantly, doesn't have auto play content, and is considered a reputable source.

The BBC used to be similar but their international website is awful now (slow to load, more adverts, and less emphasis on actual news).

It's text-only when you use http://thin.npr.org

Funny how the main site loaded much faster than this version for me. Wonder if it does reverse with a 2G connection.

The full npr.org provides transcripts for many or all of their stories. This site leads me to stories that only contain bylines and no other content. Seems like a bug to not include at least a link to the audio or the transcript.

Surprisingly long load times...

Just use ublock origin in advanced mode and disable third party everything. Most sites look completely broken until you find and enable their one cdn (and only that!), meanwhile 100 other requests stay blocked. Save those rules as you go and it's easy browsing from then on!

If you send me $5/month, I'll come over and turn Javascript off in your browser.

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