This might be a mildly infuriating moment
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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Ummm... That's the wrong freedom for them to be trying to invoke. They have their own. It's called Freedom of the Press. But they don't seem to want to invoke that one when they know it is bullshit.
Free speech also entails how willingly you are to put that speech out there. If you want to cover it with a paywall of any sort, you are most welcome to do that. Keep in mind that free speech and its actions also have consequences. If your content is good enough, people might pay to see it. Free market and all that.
If you don't read our ads you don't believe in free speech?
Literally asking you to pay for free speech jfc
Paid speech!
biggest bullcrap seen until now
It's a false dichotomy to manipulate users, they're so dumb lmao.
Good Independent journalism requires money. You can't have everything for free you know. If you want to keep your privacy then you should pay for the news sources that you read.
Edit: I'm not american I do not know if USA today is good journalism or not. I am speaking more generally
Advertisements are pretty specifically not free.