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  • Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 16 11:36:11 2024
    The case for making journalism free---at least during the 2024
    election
    ...
    How many times has it happened? You're on your computer, searching for
    a particular article, a hard-to-find fact, or a story you vaguely
    remember, and just when you seem to have discovered the exact right
    thing, a paywall descends.
    ...
    According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, more
    than 75 percent of America's leading newspapers, magazines, and
    journals are behind online paywalls. And how do American news
    consumers react to that? Almost 80 percent of Americans steer around
    those paywalls and seek out a free option.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/paywall-problems-media-trust-democracy/678032/

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Apr 17 11:34:44 2024
    On Tue, 16 Apr 2024, JAB wrote:

    The case for making journalism free---at least during the 2024
    election
    ...
    How many times has it happened? You're on your computer, searching for
    a particular article, a hard-to-find fact, or a story you vaguely
    remember, and just when you seem to have discovered the exact right
    thing, a paywall descends.
    ...
    According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, more
    than 75 percent of America's leading newspapers, magazines, and
    journals are behind online paywalls. And how do American news
    consumers react to that? Almost 80 percent of Americans steer around
    those paywalls and seek out a free option.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/paywall-problems-media-trust-democracy/678032/


    That's why god created archive.is! ;) I use it very frequently to get
    behind paywalls. On a more analog note... do libraries still have most mainstream newspapers for free?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Wed Apr 17 07:29:25 2024
    On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:34:44 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    do libraries still have most
    mainstream newspapers for free?

    Unknown, but libraries with larger budgets may have newspapers
    available. Years ago, I was aware of libraries with newspapers.

    Libraries in US may have computer subscriptions....each library has
    its own policies.

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