Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing

Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by dec0dedab0de on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:03AM (#19054602)

This is what I had always heard, that the price of the paper just covered the printing and shipping. It seems like all these papers already have advertiser contacts and should have been able to easily transition into an online advertiser only model.

and as far as paying for ads, I find it absurd that anyone pays for cable tv anymore.

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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by max76 on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:01AM (#19055159)

I'm not a cable subscriber but I don't think it's a bad deal for the average American, especially families. DVRs have allowed cable subscribers to skip ads with a bit of planning and a slight delay in viewing for over a decade. This allows for unlimited viewing of the newest content on demand without advertisement. Basic cable seems to start at about $40/month which is about 2x more than having a Netflix and Hulu subscription while offering more movies, the latest season of every show, cable news, and sports.

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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by LocalPCGuy on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:54AM (#19055081)

I still pay for cable TV because

1) its my cheapest option to have local channels

2) of the DVR options (so I don't deal with those ads), it still has the best experience (tried Hulu, DirecTVNow, YouTubeTV) - YouTubeTV was the closest, but they inject ads you cannot skip in on demand programs and replace your "recordings" with on demand programs as soon as the network makes them available.

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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by dec0dedab0de on Friday February 01, 2019 @03:18PM (#19058074)

1) its my cheapest option to have local channels

cheaper than an antenna? Do you live somewhere with too much interference?

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