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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Information is free, it's the transmission medium (paper printing or webservers) and the journalist's wages that you should pay for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That doesn't really address their point, that's simply a motte and bailey. Limiting access to information (knowledge/education) on a basis of payment is a hindrance of lower classes not upper classes. We especially see this with academic publishing and the people writing those papers aren't even paid for it usually.

You shouldn't have to pay for the journalist or the transmission, similarly to education it is best for a society (especially a democracy) if information is freely accessible regardless of one's finances.