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Ethics of Bypassing Paywalls on News
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<blockquote data-quote="AlexB23" data-source="post: 77644912" data-attributes="member: 450900"><p>I like your utopian ideals, but at the same time, journalists have to put food on the table. It would be great if all news websites had a donation run system (pay-what-you-want), but a lot of people would freeload. The Guardian has managed to keep up a donation run system, same with NPR. Now, if you want to bypass paywalls on your own dime (pun intended), you can (cos I am not Jesus or a cop), but from now on, I will be using my library card, as my local library has signed an agreement with the newspaper companies. I will also no longer provide summaries of articles that are blocked by a paywall, due to copyright legislation. I will only summarize articles from papers that are free to access from the get-go, or are free/optionally donation run.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the CEO of NYT makes <a href="https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/media/nyse-nyt/new-york-times/management" target="_blank">$10M per year</a>, yes the CEO of the Wall Street Journal and Fox (Rupert Murdoch) has a net worth of <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/21/rupert-murdoch-network-fox-news" target="_blank">$8 billion</a>. But, the thing is, most journalists only make $57,000 a year, according to the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/reporters-correspondents-and-broadcast-news-analysts.htm" target="_blank">US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>. That money can get you far in a small town, but in a big city on the West Coast or East Coast, $57,000 would barely get you by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlexB23, post: 77644912, member: 450900"] I like your utopian ideals, but at the same time, journalists have to put food on the table. It would be great if all news websites had a donation run system (pay-what-you-want), but a lot of people would freeload. The Guardian has managed to keep up a donation run system, same with NPR. Now, if you want to bypass paywalls on your own dime (pun intended), you can (cos I am not Jesus or a cop), but from now on, I will be using my library card, as my local library has signed an agreement with the newspaper companies. I will also no longer provide summaries of articles that are blocked by a paywall, due to copyright legislation. I will only summarize articles from papers that are free to access from the get-go, or are free/optionally donation run. Yes, the CEO of NYT makes [URL='https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/media/nyse-nyt/new-york-times/management']$10M per year[/URL], yes the CEO of the Wall Street Journal and Fox (Rupert Murdoch) has a net worth of [URL='https://www.axios.com/2023/09/21/rupert-murdoch-network-fox-news']$8 billion[/URL]. But, the thing is, most journalists only make $57,000 a year, according to the [URL='https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/reporters-correspondents-and-broadcast-news-analysts.htm']US Bureau of Labor Statistics[/URL]. That money can get you far in a small town, but in a big city on the West Coast or East Coast, $57,000 would barely get you by. [/QUOTE]
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