Anyone else think that in times of national crisis, legitimate media sources should drop their freaking paywalls so they don't lose viewers to conspiracy-pushing right-wing sites that don't have such paywalls?
I mean, leave it up for the sports section if you want, but c'mon!
@zorinlynx @haskal reminds me of this piece https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/
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