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Seems fair to me. Eventually, freeloaders (myself included) will be relegated to reading al-Jazeera, BBC News, NPR, and some random combination of AP/Reuters/UP
by muhfuhkuh 16y ago
Seems fair to me. Eventually, freeloaders (myself included) will be relegated to reading al-Jazeera, BBC News, NPR, and some random combination of AP/Reuters/UPI via Google News.
Or, you know, some of us may pay.
- gaius 16y agoBBC is paid for by the British taxpayer. Al-Jazeera is funded by the Qatari royal family. Reuters news is a loss-leader for their financial services business. News is expensive! Don't be fooled that because commentary on news that others have gathered (e.g. HuffPo) is essentially free that it doesn't cost real money to send a reporter to some faraway place for 6 months to do some investigative journalism, then fact-check it and write it up...
- CallMeV 16y agoOne tiny modifier to your comment. The BBC is paid for by the British television license payer, not the taxpayer. Otherwise, spot on. Journalists need to eat, too.
- gaius 16y agoIn practice there is no difference between the license and a tax. It's like you can't own a car without paying for your MOT.