Gift articles previously were accessible just with the link. The latest article I attempted to read now requires me to first sign up

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The article in question https://wapo.st/4fp62oH

I am well aware of many work arounds. The point of this post was to show wapo has changed the way gift articles work, which previously didn’t require a workaround

  • TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I have some issues with WaPo’s reporting at times, but honestly, how do we expect to fund quality journalism if we never pay for news?

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      I don’t disagree, but ideally quality journalism should be treated as a public good, as it’s, well, a source of information about the world, an extention of education, you could say

      A lot of European countries have tax-supported independent news organizations

    • Flax@feddit.uk
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      5 months ago

      We just read free fearmongering content on right wing extremist websites instead, duh

    • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Publicly funded news corporations with journalistic freedom would be nice