Within the last week or so the New York Times newspaper has started charging readers to access their website. Although I rarely had the time or inclination to read it that often, the Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, MA's public library) subscribed to the NY Times in print and on-line and enabled Norwood residents with a library card to access recent and old copies of the New York Times and the Boston Globe (owned by the New York Times) for free on their computer. As of last week that is no longer the case.
I will admit that I am an on-line news deadbeat. As long as it is free, I will read news on-line. However, I may be willing to pay to read the New York Times and possibly the Boston Globe if I need to do so to access their news on-line. A lot of the time I come up with ideas for this blog while reading the Times , but I would not pay to subscribe to the paper copy because I'd have to much clutter in my apartment. On the one hand, it is a shame that computer owners cannot get the best news without paying for it; especially with how lousy our public education system is. On the other hand, as a wannabe journalist or freelance writer, I would support that readers pay for access if this is what it takes for journalism to survive; particularly since some so-called news is corporate or other kinds of deceptive propaganda.
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