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lef aligned text is easier to layout. You just click 'no hyphenation' which is easy for designers.
It's true that not many people know how to do proper H&Js. It can look good and not be hard to read if done properly.
If you use left aligned text be sure to check your 'ragging' This basically consists of bring small words such as 'to' or 'as' down from the end of a line to the next line. Your aim is to get a consitent 'in and out' look to the right side of the collumn.
The main reason for using justified text is to save space. In newspapers it save loads of space.
Most magazine don't need to save that much space (in fact normally the opposite!) so they use left aligned text.For good grids check out the obvious Joseph Muller Brockmann
or rober bringhust, Jan Tschichold.