I absolutely agree with that sentiment. And if that only affected individuals, I would agree and accept that point. The problem is that it affects the entire s

I absolutely agree with that sentiment. And if that only affected individuals, I would agree and accept that point. The problem is that it affects the entire society. If a society needs to get information to form an opinion on something (say, breaking US Politics), and goes to Liberal or Centrist publications (New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal), the articles are behind a paywall. If they go check a Right publication (Fox News, Infowars), it's free and readily available. When one of our biggest issues is a lack of public knowledge, it's counterproductive to make that knowledge inaccessible, when the misinformation is not.