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Re:Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s P... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:41PM (#16379717)
> And no, bloggers and other hobbyist cannot replace The New York Times.

...because?

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Re:Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s P... by dlp211 on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @10:23PM (#16381677)
Because quality investigative journalism costs a whole lot of money and time and we need more of it.
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Re:Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s P... by tomc1985 on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:49PM (#16379783)
At minimum, they probably aren't trained in journalistic integrity?
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Re:Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s P... by CaptSpify on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @07:51PM (#16381034)
Looking at most of the popular ad-based news sites today, I'm not sure that I can say they are either.
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Re:Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s P... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @06:19PM (#16380488)
Would you be more worried about whether a reporter was formally "trained" in journalistic integrity, or about whether their reporting was accurate?
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Re:Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s P... by tomc1985 on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @11:09PM (#16381842)
The former helps ensure the latter (minus the quotes, of course)
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