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First of all, I'm not sure what's your point. But... Why wouldn't a "partisan" substack count? What if I spend around 30 seconds a day on Google News, just to
by serial_dev 5y ago
First of all, I'm not sure what's your point.
But... Why wouldn't a "partisan" substack count? What if I spend around 30 seconds a day on Google News, just to see what the different propaganda machines try to push for today, so it's not something I would like to pay for, but I value and trust some "Substack" journalists and opinion people.
- WORMS_EAT_WORMS 5y agoSee my other comment. In most cases, you are probably not paying for the reporting of “new” news and instead paying for a filter of existing news. Substack is super great. Just paying for it is not the same as paying for a NYTimes subscription however people would like to spin it.
- andreilys 5y agoSubstack is super great. Just paying for it is not the same as paying for a NYTimes subscription however people would like to spin it. You're right, in a lot of cases substack writers can be more transparent about their conflicts of interest and aren't beholden to censors who kill stories that might upset NYT readers or writers.
- WORMS_EAT_WORMS 5y agoOof, you missed my point. I'm not debating that. Just saying it's different.
- aembleton 5y ago> In most cases Maybe. I pay for The Mill [1] which is published on Substack. The founder of it has written an excellent piece, explaining why he created it [2]. It is a local paper, that you have to pay for; which means actual journalism. It's still small but now has an office and one full time employee. I'm hoping that one day this model works for cities all over the world; because advertising doesn't work for local journalism. 1. https://manchestermill.co.uk/ https://manchestermill.co.uk/ 2. https://manchestermill.co.uk/p/the-case-for-a-new-newspaper-in-manchester https://manchestermill.co.uk/p/the-case-for-a-new-newspaper-...