I used to subscribe to the New York Times, but their policies became so openly transphobic that I dropped their subscription. After that, I subscribed to the Washington Post, until this past week, when they let their billionaire owner dictate their content, and became, thus, no better than Fox News. I cancelled my subscription and told them why.
Now I have subscribed to The Boston Globe and The Star Tribune. I also read The Guardian, mostly for what it has to say about international events.
If democracy is to survive, the nation needs reliable, trustworthy, non-partisan journalism. That doesn't come free. People have to be willing to pay for it. But also, the newspapers themselves must be willing to stand up to billionaires and wanna-be fascists.
As I said in 2020, I didn't think the downfall of America would be quite this boring and depressing. But here we are.
I have given money to the Guardian. Currently subscribed to the Atlantic and one of the important newspapers for my state. Forced an early cancel of my WaPo subscription last week (it was already set to cancel in December).
ReplyDeleteI should probably also give money to the Guardian -- I read it every day
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