I avoid reading them as well. Generally if you wait just a short time someone else will cover the same material and publish it on a non-paywall site. When I s

I avoid reading them as well. Generally if you wait just a short time someone else will cover the same material and publish it on a non-paywall site. When I see people on HN (or other sites) post a Washington Post or NYT article that I am interested in and that is behind a paywall I just google the title and generally some other news source has it covered so I can get the basic details.