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It’s not free press as in zero cost, it’s press freedom.

• ineedasername 8y ago
  Yes, I get that, but by recognizing press freedom (free as in speech) they are providing free press (free as in beer), which rather conflates the two. By implicitly recognizing that the two are intertwined, it's a contradiction of their support of press freedom to charge the rest of the year. The conflict would be resolved if they kept the paywall and said something like "remaining solvent is a necessary requirement for press freedom. In honer of World Press Freedom Day, we will do X instead." Where X might be something like sponsoring independent journalists in areas of the world where press freedom is much more of an issue.