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Off topic, but on one hand you all want quality, independent news sources. On the other, you don’t want to pay the 5 dollars or so per week for one, and go above and beyond to practically pirate them...

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I pay for news, but not all news. It's hard to discuss an article that isn't available to a reasonable number of people.

It's impossible to discuss an article that is never created because there was no money to create it...

I empathize with your need to have easy access to information, and I hope you can empathize with journalists and news media needs to make a living wage.

I personally don’t give a damn about the financial viability of the New York Times, but the paper still wields so much cultural and political influence that I feel compelled to read some amount of what they publish just to keep current. If their power wanes, so will my interest in proportion.

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