On: New York Times paywall goes up January 2011

[barnaby]

I'd pay for information that helps me make money... I don't think I'd pay for information that's just a different presentation of the same news that everyone else is covering.

I WOULD however pay a subscription for Glenn Beck to be TAKEN OFF the air, and the threat of having him come back on would be enough to keep me paying regularly.

[natrius → barnaby]

"I don't think I'd pay for information that's just a different presentation of the same news that everyone else is covering."

The New York Times does plenty of original journalism.

[potatolicious → barnaby]

> "just a different presentation of the same news that everyone else is covering"

I think this sentence betrays a severe misunderstanding of both the intent and the power of journalism.