Yes actually, lite.cnn.com.

It looks like the only scripts it loads are scripts to set up a single analytics provider. F5 results in only 6 network requests, the page, the favicon, a stylesheet, two js requests for the previously mentioned analytics provider, and a request for a tracking pixel for the previously mentioned analytics provider.

text.npr.org is excellent as well.

A true inspiration for web design.

This is what every news site should strive towards. Instead of getting clunkier like Reddit.

I'll forever use old.reddit.com

Between that subdomain, RES and a custom userstyle, Reddit is quite a pleasant experience.

Even better! 2 requests, the html and a favicon, both first party!

136 requests to load this page, according to my Chrome debugger. This has got to end one day, but today is not the day.

(please downvote my comment as it is absolutely off-topic, thanks!)

Thanks for the warning about the page, I found your comment helpful and no more off topic than countless other tangential comments that get made on HN.

Disable JavaScript. Most stuff works fine.

This is one reason why we use adblockers (malware distribution aside).

Not many, if any.

It's why I browse without JS, and use third-party archiving tools to view content like this site, which is blank without JS.

http://archive.is/KtNNE

You don't need a third-party tool.

Firefox + NoScript + Page Style->No Style

Fixes many many sites including this one.

Many sites are just fine without that final No Style step. It fixes many of the most recalcitrant sites. If that doesn't work I usually don't bother reading the article.

Similar trick for Safari. Just enable the Develop menu and you can check Disable Styles and Disable JavaScript and you get both the text and the pictures.

You can probably do the No Style thing automatically with Stylus:

https://github.com/openstyles/stylus/

But I'm not using Firefox...