Build the Wall

Section 1:
This section of the article is about how newspaper institutions must find a way of charging people for content as print sales decrease. 

Section 2:
This section is  about how the online websites that provide news have caused print newspapers to be a less relevant method of receiving news.

Section 3:
This section is about how news used to be provided such as through papers delivered to houses and how a subscription model could be used to make audiences pay for their content online.

Section 4:
This section is about what would happen if The Times, and The Post, put up a paywall for audiences to pay for their content. 


I will never pay for “news” again. Most news is not truly news - it is sensationalism, hype and deception. Most news is not balanced - every editor is biased. And it is not just that - I truly can not afford to pay for news. Academics, especially with tenure, got it made in the shade and may be able to afford to follow the “news” as they are funded and it does not come out of their pockets. The question comes down to this - do we want an informed public or not. The answer, at least right now, is no. If the public were truly properly informed the American people would not allow Wall Street to gut Main Street, would not believe the lies of “the terrorists are going to destroy our way of life” and would understand that it really makes no difference - except in perception - of who holds the title of chief cheerleader - oops I mean Commander in Chief, President, which should be renamed CEO of America Incorporated. 

This comment disagrees with David Simon's idea of people paying for news and believes that news is not necessarily news due to the fact that 'every editor is biased'. In my opinion to an extent this person does have a point as we would be paying for somebody's opinion on a story; although it may not be obvious or present within the article, but it still is based on the editors views. 

Brilliant analysis! I now understand why radio and TV news charges money: If they gave it away for free, they'd go out of business!

This person agrees with the article as he understands that in order for institutions to continuously produce content for its audience, they need to make money. Therefore a paywall would seem like a relevant business proposition for the newspaper institutions as if news was given for free, they would eventually go out of business.