I hate to say it but this is really a rediculous view. As everyone is quickly finding out the Web cannot go on giving away the goods for nothing. (take a look at fuckedcompany.com lately?). Either you pay the subscription, help them defer costs by reading their ads, or get your news exclusively from slanted companies owned by Microsoft or AOL. As you said you "Liked salon.com's reporting". The journalism has not changed, just the business model. We all have to pay the bills.
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I hate to say it but this is really a rediculous view. As everyone is quickly finding out the Web cannot go on giving away the goods for nothing. (take a look at fuckedcompany.com lately?). Either you pay the subscription, help them defer costs by reading their ads, or get your news exclusively from slanted companies owned by Microsoft or AOL. As you said you "Liked salon.com's reporting". The journalism has not changed, just the business model. We all have to pay the bills.