That was truly awful. Couldn’t get through it.
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Democratic funders could set up new local papers
The idea of ‘print only’ is a good one, we subscribe to print for all of the reasons given. Perhaps a matching, robustly moderated, low-pester-factor, on-line presence is required in any case.
I think the point of owning, rather than renting, the media outlets is key. It’s probably time here in 
that we got more aggressive with supporting local newspapers, and putting the CBC in more local centers.
You’re also never going to pull the hard core right-wing from their platforms, nor is there really any merit to giving a platform to their simplistic and failed reasoning and economic policies: we’re living it. Let them stew in their own juices.
ThinkProgress was shut down in 2019 because the leaders of CAP got sick and tired of progressive reporters annoying Democratic elites.
Kind of like how student Communist movements in 
were demanding a return to real communism, with social equality for all? President Xi didn’t like that one at all IIRC.
The proletariate are clearly in a mood for a revolt in the 
as well.
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The issue in the US is that zone has already been flooded with sh*t, just like popular social media outlets. They’re full of articles and/or videos that might seem legit at first glance, but they only exist to push right-wing narratives:
This report started in 2019:
Here’s a more recent report, where the use of AI to churn out more outlets and disinformation were mentioned:
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Is there a way to see the entire article without subscribing? I tried archive.is but that didn’t work.
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Try ublock origin with the Anti-Paywall filters. I didn’t have any problem in firefox
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I don’t have a paid sub, I just get the free newsletters. So if you want to sign up to them…
PS: Erica Jong’s daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, writes for VF.
(mutters please know who Erica Jong is, please please…)
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I suspect I would know if I didn’t have such a strong fear of flying.
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Just turning off javascript worked for me.
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I do know who Erica Jong is!
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As do I, to my cost.
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Is that the Phantom Stranger? Have I asked you that question in the past? Will success spoil Rock Hunter?
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I felt I was rather reaching too far for a joke, but there it is if you want it.
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I had to look that up. Now I understand the joke, but not the original phrase.
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I suppose you had to be there.
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Great, what joke did I miss? EDIT: Oh, I didn’t see that. I presume it’s worse that falling on a bike cross bar, kinda like this past US election cycle?
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Having a little trouble negotiating a “zipless fuck.”
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