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hunter

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4. Having no cable or satellite television, I can easily afford electronic newspaper subscriptions.

Tue Sep 1, 2020, 10:54 AM

Sep 2020

My wife and I subscribe to quite a few, from our local newsprint paper delivered to our driveway to the electronic edition of the Washington Post.

I'm always surprised when people tell me how much they are paying for cable television. We watched cable prices rise from $19, to $29, then $39 when we quit. We now pay $8.99 a month for Netflix over an inexpensive DSL internet connection.

Before this awful covid crisis we were frequent visitors to our public library. They have a good selection of newspapers. Our library offers many online digital services as well, including movies and periodicals. All free.

The resources are out there, people just don't know how to find them.

One service our library subscribes to is this:

https://flipster.ebsco.com/

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The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free [View all] Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP

I never say this, but intrepidity Sep 2020 #1

It is not the job of the news media to be the alternative voice to Breibart and the Daily Caller... brooklynite Sep 2020 #2

Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #3

Having no cable or satellite television, I can easily afford electronic newspaper subscriptions. hunter Sep 2020 #4

Our library doesn't have ebsco, unfortunately. Looks awesome. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #5

The problem is that sites like the NY Times are attempting to keep alive dead tree and ink operation Klaralven Sep 2020 #6

I've blocked HuffPost. hunter Sep 2020 #8

Because It Is Propaganda! Real Journalists Need to Make a Living TomCADem Sep 2020 #7