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Sheril Kirshenbaum Aug 26, 2023

I understand that newspapers need support through subscriptions, but I often worry about about how this makes reliable information a luxury for those with the means to afford it.

Meanwhile misinformation & disinformation are widely accessible & free. #news #journalism

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TheCityDweller

Aug 26, 2023

@Sheril That is exactly the problem. The #farright and #rightextremist folks pour billions of money into propaganda so all their "information " is free to read but serious newspapers and portals have paywalls.

That's another reason why "Conservative" propaganda has such a success.

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BeBo

@toor @Sheril As ever, you get what you pay for. Journo Lewis Grizzard once took issue with someone who challenged the quality of the news published by the Atlanta Constitution-Journal by patiently saying, ”Hey, it don’t cost but a quarter — you want the REAL news, you have to pay $5 for that!” He said it then in jest, nearly 50 years ago, but that seems to be where we are.