to read or not to read?
April 1, 2009 by Betmo
that’s the question. folks around the blogosphere are asking whether or not people are going to be willing to pay for a subscription to a major newspaper online. my answer for myself- hell no. if i didn’t pay for it when it was in print, why would i pay for it going online?
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i refuse to pay for propaganda- not when i can get it for free right now 
anyhoo, here are some links i ran across in my google reader- that i doubt very much that the corporately owned main stream propaganda machines would touch:
senate committee passes landmark credit card bill
drug induced dementia and delirium common in seniors but often undetected
pharmaceuticals found in fish across america
blue gold: have the next resource wars begun?
americans not falling for media’s misleading account of economy
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I’ll miss my paper if it goes under, but I have a subscription so I can hold the paper in my hands and read it.
Don’t you live in a fairly liberal area of northern Cali Robb? Your daily rag might be a little bit better than the Bako Californian.
The Times Standard out of Eureka. I’d say it does endorse a few more liberal stances in its editorials, but otherwise, it’s very much like the Californian. Both run the same bunch of AP stories, so the news is no different outside the local stuff.
I like these types of small newspapers compared to the LA Times I was weaned on. Letters-to-the-editor are much more fun, especially the religious ones that have to be dictated by extra-terrestrials. More hilarious typos too, making you wonder if you should apply for their vacant proofreading position.
We live in Humboldt County, ten miles up the road from Arcata, which put the ‘L’ in liberal. When Arcata holds elections for the city council, they have TV debates where locals are invited to submit questions via the phone. My “Should national issues be a concern of city council meetings?” always gets the incumbents squirmming in their seats!