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Re:I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I... by readflaggedcomm on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:37PM (#27934749)
I saw no requests for payment, i only saw a headline without a story. I have no patience to assume why a web site is broken.
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Re:I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday July 25, 2021 @05:17AM (#27947858)
>I saw no requests for payment

It was published in the Boston Globe, a commercial organisation. I think it's a reasonable conclusion that the author gets paid for their work. He has been at the paper at least since 1979 according to the article.

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Re:I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I... by readflaggedcomm on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:23PM (#27952108)
It's not reasonable to conclude that going out of my way to pay money will make a page suddenly populate with a story. If there's no offer for more content, I don't assume it's there.
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