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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Bro not to say this really applies to the NYT (probably one of the most establishment newspapers in existence), but if you want journalism you genuinely should pay for it.

Obviously paywalls are annoying and I'm not going to subscribe to every site I happen to click into, but I think we should be careful about normalizing this kind of behavior in a time when the industry is struggling as much as it is.


To be clear, journalism is also incredibly flawed and at times has been downright evil. But it's important to remember that journalists are basically the only ones who have an ethical/legal obligation to stick to a generally true retelling of events when addressing the public. 


Social media, especially sites like Twitter and Reddit, are massive drivers of misinformation because they have no such responsibility (at least in terms of the individuals using the platform excluding fringe cases.)
gpt
Counterpoint: information that affects me personally shouldn’t be behind a paywall at an institution with which I have not entered an agreement. Secondly, I agree with the principle about an obligation to objectivity, but that’s pretty close to out the window now that major media outlets are a tool of capital. The people that find the information are not the ones that make the money off the of number of readers, that’s the publisher. Thirdly, on a more petty point nearly all sites are also selling a shitload of ad space in every major outlet that makes it nigh unreadable. So I’m to pay for this information and then get pimped out to advertisers? No thanks. Fourth, readers don’t get their money back when outlets publish misinformation and the outlets never face much recourse, even in the major cases.

If journalism is fixed, I’ll consider it. But I’m not paying out quadruply for a shittier ad-filled experience because former newspaper publishers don’t want to pay their good people and haven’t figured out how to survive in modern times. 

Love your username though, just noticed that.