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Spegel Online also does "pay or okay" (pay or accept tracking), so maybe at some point it's time to re-evaluate their respectability.
by solarkraft 3y ago
Spegel Online also does "pay or okay" (pay or accept tracking), so maybe at some point it's time to re-evaluate their respectability.
- mschuster91 3y agoMany media do this these days, it's become an industry standard. And to be fair I do get the point why they are doing that, good journalism has to be financed somehow lest you end up with a situation like in Austria where corruption scandals involving government-paid ads wrecking the entire political establishment and media elites of the country [1]. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96VP-Korruptionsaff%C3%A4re https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96VP-Korruptionsaff%C3%A4r...
- fuzzy2 3y ago> good journalism lol I do agree though, on a more general level: it does take money to produce those articles, authors gotta get paid. However, IMHO, not at any cost.