Please Pay for Your News

Post by sukilot » Mon, Jun 01, 2020, 12:50 AM UTC

Terretta wrote: post #43

mey wrote: post #25

I tried, except, everywhere I looked, they promoted Op-ed pieces with equal billing and authority as traditional investigative reporting. Washington Post, NY times seemed liked the "best" based on track record for investigative reporting on politics and international coverage (with a US focus) but I cancelled both after a year. Open to suggestions... Edit: Also NYTimes cancelation process is AOL levels of hostile. Th…

If you’re going to encounter opinion-based editorializing anyway, there are probably worse sources than one with an overly well informed investigative journalism editorial board.

Post by sukilot » Mon, Jun 01, 2020, 1:03 AM UTC

egonschiele wrote: post #18

daenz wrote: post #2

If a business has to beg customers to pay, maybe they should step back and re-evaluate the value that they are purporting to offer and the methods with which they are offering it.

You are so right. Charities have to beg customers to pay too. Maybe they should step back and re-evaluate. Actually, here's an even better idea -- let's just kill the poor. Think of how much money that would save.

Post by egonschiele » Mon, Jun 01, 2020, 1:18 AM UTC

0goel0 wrote: post #85

na85 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I choose option 1 of course. That is objectively the best choice. The news orgs that will survive are the ones that secure arm's length public funding such as NPR, CBC, BBC, et al. If Fox or CNN goes bankrupt nothing of value will be lost.

You are mistaken and are myopic. Fox or CNN are not the ones at stake here. The local newsroom that do the important work of disseminating disaster information, local election information are what's at stake. 40-some millions US residents still don't have reliable or fast Internet. Millions don't have any Internet at all. How do you expect to keep up with their own community and the world?

Post by na85 » Mon, Jun 01, 2020, 2:40 AM UTC

0goel0 wrote: post #85

na85 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I choose option 1 of course. That is objectively the best choice. The news orgs that will survive are the ones that secure arm's length public funding such as NPR, CBC, BBC, et al. If Fox or CNN goes bankrupt nothing of value will be lost.

You are mistaken and are myopic. Fox or CNN are not the ones at stake here. The local newsroom that do the important work of disseminating disaster information, local election information are what's at stake. 40-some millions US residents still don't have reliable or fast Internet. Millions don't have any Internet at all. How do you expect to keep up with their own community and the world?

Post by perilunar » Mon, Jun 01, 2020, 3:36 AM UTC