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Re:It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News H... by beardyw on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:53AM (#36322815)
I come from an era when free news was the BBC news broadcast on the radio. Some had TVs but the same applied more or less. Otherwise you bought a newspaper.

I am also getting Samuel Pepys diary from 1660 in my daily feed, who had news only through his contacts.[1]

If free news is a right, it is new thing, and maybe not a permanent thing.

[1] https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/13/

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Re:It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News H... by kjs3 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @12:11PM (#36328096)
BBC news is free worldwide on-line[1]. It's usually the first news site I go to in the morning (from the US). Obviously, elsewhere for my local news, but it gives me a good overview of what is going on big picture.

[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk

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