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A magazine dangling this important humanitarian story behind a “soft” paywall to sell subscriptions, no less. Imagine the reaction if they had done this with t
by guscost 5y ago
A magazine dangling this important humanitarian story behind a “soft” paywall to sell subscriptions, no less.
Imagine the reaction if they had done this with their COVID collection.
- SamBam 5y agoIf you think they published an important story just to sell more copies... well then you'd be right, of course. That's how every single publication in the country works, if they're not scraping by on ads. But what a silly way to look at it. "The Times and Post are publishing this Watergate thing, and they expect me to pay for a paper??? They're only publishing it to sell more copies."
- benrbray 5y agoThat's just capitalism for you. The same happens with all important news stories, including about covid and active warzones. It's a problem, sure, but it doesn't invalidate journalism entirely.
- robertlagrant 5y agoIt's not capitalism. Everything needs funding. Capitalism just means it's voluntary funding instead of mandatory funding.
- lupire 5y agoIf you cared enough to finance open access to the article, I'm sure they'd be amenable.
- guscost 5y agoI would also be financing the rest of what they publish, so it’s a non-starter for me. This journalist should quit and go to Substack.