I used to think this way, but the fact of the matter is that if you want to know what’s happening in the world, you’re going to need to pay someone to figure it

I used to think this way, but the fact of the matter is that if you want to know what’s happening in the world, you’re going to need to pay someone to figure it out. Those people (journalists) need to be paid because food and shelter aren’t free either. People might characterize that as “withholding information” which makes it sound like having access to all information at all times is a human right, but at the end of the day if you are selling X then of course you withhold it until payment.