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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by beowulfey on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:59AM (#26180530)
Highly recommend getting news through either AP news or Reuters. Both are non-profit journalism groups and I find that the headlines that pop up from those apps are straight up boring (and I mean this in the absolute best way possible).
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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by zo1 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:50AM (#26181240)
I just pulled up two Reuters articles to look.

First article had 12 paragraphs, and a grand total of 12 sentences. 7 of those are quotes/paraphrases of what people said/claimed. Oh and the page had 20 ad images.

60% of the article is "s/he said X". The remaining 40% are low-fat versions of something one can find on Wikipedia.

Another one:

10 paragraphs, 11 sentences. 5 are quotes/paraphrases. 15 (fifteen) ad images!

That is not journalism, that's Twitter with extra steps, masquerading as news. At this point, if I didn't know any better, I'd call Reuters a glorified ad farm!

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