Not technically plaintext (in the MIME type sense), but still very lightweight, especially when compared to other news sites.

Also:

I read these two all the time. I wish nytimes.com came in a text version, I hate the move to video. I was raised on newspapers not mtv...

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		As a long time subscriber the move to video has been pretty painful. In general the flow of stories has changed so much that I miss more news than I see in the NYT.