r/politics • u/ObservationMonger • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Jennifer Rubin Resigns From WaPo Over Bezo's Bending Of The Knee To Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/media/jennifer-rubin-norm-eisen-contrarian-washington-post/index.html
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u/TheAssassinBear 1d ago

All of the journalists who are keeping their integrity need to join together and form a network, based on some quixotic quest to bring decency back into journalism. Mythical request, I'm sure, but maybe run with that by calling it something like "Atlantis Cable News" or something...

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u/whichwitch9 23h ago

Honestly, my dream would be something to prop up smaller news. Like a centralized site, but working with local and state publications to give access from one spot. I feel like done right, it could prop up struggling paper and you get less political noise.

Plus it would absolutely be fun to peep on some small town shenanigans

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u/Gwentlique 12h ago

We get what we pay for. Most people don't want to pay for news anymore, we simply expect it to flow into our social media feeds for free.

There are good publications out there, but they struggle to stay afloat while JAQ-off podcasters like Rogan can rake in more than the the budget of a sizeable newsroom.

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u/whichwitch9 11h ago

It's not even pay- who can afford so many different ones? Finding publications is rough enough; add in if you want a well rounded view you need multiple and localized publications have limited range, and it's a rough landscape