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#Democracy Dies Behind #Paywalls


Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/paywall-problems-media-trust-democracy/678032/

This is satire, isn't it?

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Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls

The case for making journalism free—at least during the 2024 election
Richard Stengel (The Atlantic)
#economy #money #News #problem #capitalism #politics #media #freedom #journalism #press #democracy #paywalls
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Noam Bergman
Noam Bergman
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To be fair, they acknowledge this:

Now you’re faced with that old dilemma: to pay or not to pay. (Yes, you may face this very dilemma reading this story in The Atlantic.)


The Atlantic paywall is basic, even a Luddite like me can get around it. It's an OK piece.

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Kenny Chaffin
Kenny Chaffin
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cut and paste the original url in the form on the archive.org page hit enter and then copy the url at the top of the browser window..
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt
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On archive.org I just searched the original article URL and it was already saved without the paywall.
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