A Dr. of Librarians, a dear friend for many years, who is receiving an award in DC in June had this to say this morning. I found it a valuable perception from someone on the front lines of information and wanted to share our conversation:
"Most libraries offer access to articles through their portal's. However, this is kind of clunky and you have to be really determined to work through the hoops. I have to admit it was so tedious even for me, I just subscribed when I hit the paywalls.
While I am still working I am paying for my journal subscriptions, every time I hit the 'pay wall'. When I retire I won't be able to do that anymore.
Realize this generation will have very few newspapers or sources that we want to read. Twenty five years ago, The New York Times, WaPo and The St. Petersburg Times were good newspapers, now they are not but even it they were, you can't read it unless you pay for it. Young people don't pay for these services so their reading and understanding is curated by Maddow and Cooper.
I think the removal of the gender over the last few years has had a very peculiar affect on the way people perceive themselves. I see this in my students. It has replaced passion with whining."
THE BIRTH OF THE SNOWFLAKE GENERATION.
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[–] indeknow ago
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Clear history/cookies to bypass all PAYWALLS.
Read FREE.
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[–] Nonymous608 ago
Not all news is hidden behind a paywall though - most is disguised as "free" for giving them your personal information. Others freely distribute what they've already paid for to others by sharing snippets here and there or creating their own news site that also shows the information - which is much like leaving the newspaper in the bathroom stall for the next 'reader'.
Although this generation, and ones to come, will have far less access to newspapers to read, they'll also have access to unimaginable amounts of that very same news via online sources - all faster and cheaper than it is today even.
As for the coming generations maturity level...that's a concern...and that's what happens when nobody is ever allowed to learn from a mistake because mistakes are as rewarded as successes are.
[–] onelson1 ago (edited ago)
I will not pay for MSM. Lots of great info on the web and if you don't mind looking, real world news. Sad that (some of them) people(college,HS,uninformed) just don't want to look. Blinders anyone?
[–] WhyAserverWasBuilt [S] ago
So many independent blogs and good information sources, when you google them they say "far right bias' or far left bias, or conspiracy topics". Then you here back from others to not send that stuff. Even with supporting docs...they google them and then the source is tainted. Awful. Google American Thinker....I see that a lot here.