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RecoveringJournalist

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18. Exactly

Sun Feb 13, 2022, 10:28 AM

Feb 2022

I'm no longer a print journalist because there wasn't enough money to keep paying me. Actual journalism IS a product that costs money. People who want to read newspapers for free are one of the big reasons newspapers are dying. And the death of local newspapers is one of the reasons misinformation is on the rise. If you want something for nothing, eventually you'll get nothing.

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How to get around the paywall at national newspapers [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 OP

Excellent! point! Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #1

I only pay Casady1 Feb 2022 #2

This. zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #6

+1 happy feet Feb 2022 #12

Amen. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #26

agreed, that's why I pay for NJCher Feb 2022 #33

I think the WaPo lets me "gift" six articles per month, maybe eight. I can't recall. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #43

Yep. IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2022 #35

Not for $17/month I'm not. AllyCat Feb 2022 #52

Exactly RecoveringJournalist Feb 2022 #18

Actually worse than "nothing" PatSeg Feb 2022 #27

Exactly. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2022 #59

Same here PatSeg Feb 2022 #23

Of course it's OK to support them.... paleotn Feb 2022 #30

Keep in mind... llmart Feb 2022 #38

You are correct. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #44

Yes, I saw that nasty rant. llmart Feb 2022 #47

Me, too. Grasswire2 Feb 2022 #58

Try Mercury Reader ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #3

Usually clearing the cookies in your browser works AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #4

No need to delete cookies ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #8

A lot of newspapers block attempts to read them via incognito browsers. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #20

Amen, amen, amen! zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #5

Thanks. It's as if a lot of DUers figured that, once they got out of elementary school, they didn't mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #7

It does feel good to sit and read at the library zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #9

A most excellent reminder. I love my local library for all the reasons that you niyad Feb 2022 #10

It's also where I update the OS on my mobile phone. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #13

+1 llmart Feb 2022 #40

Great idea! I paid for NYT and suddenly got billed $17/mo AllyCat Feb 2022 #11

that happened to me, too NJCher Feb 2022 #42

But...... frogstar0 Feb 2022 #14

I did that and it asks me to create an account bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #15

For me, it's my library card number, and then a four-digit PIN that mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #17

I'm a librarian and the default login intheflow Feb 2022 #48

Those alternatives don't work for me bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #49

Yes! My wife is a librarian in New City N.Y. (not to be confused with NYC) patphil Feb 2022 #16

I understand the desire to Old Crank Feb 2022 #19

Amen. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #25

your post pretty much describes my own stopdiggin Feb 2022 #34

Old school and cheap here. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #21

you should also be cherishing that $2.00 cup stopdiggin Feb 2022 #36

that sounds like a fun way to approach it NJCher Feb 2022 #45

I'd rather pay if I can. It funds good, professional journalism... paleotn Feb 2022 #22

True. Internet "journalism": free. Professional journalism: not free FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #28

Mixed feelings about this. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #24

Post removed Post removed Feb 2022 #29

You seem not to understand the concept of taxes. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #37

admirable rant. feel better? -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 2022 #39

I pay for newspapers because they are a vital aspect of a democracy. talking-liberally Feb 2022 #31

I'd buy you a dozen valentine hearts GarySeven Feb 2022 #32

I subscribe o two newspapers. I also pay taxes which support my library. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #50

My dad supported our family working for newspapers. He was one of the printers that put together.... usaf-vet Feb 2022 #41

I do as well DBoon Feb 2022 #57

I opened a Wa Post article, then used Tools - Web Developer - Page Source to read it and ... L. Coyote Feb 2022 #46

It worked! I have access to WaPo! Thank you for this idea! AllyCat Feb 2022 #51

Thanks, but don't thank me; thank your local librarians and your fellow taxpayers. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #53

I just never thought I could do this. AllyCat Feb 2022 #54

You'd be surprised at all the things you can do at the library. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #55

I am thankful for libraries I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #56

I always vote "yes" on the local library budget. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #60

A few years ago, here in NoVa, this county, when 'cons were in charge, they tried to privatize the empedocles Feb 2022 #61