News paywalls should be illegal during times of global crisis

or just dont go to fake news sites

Agreed. At least for anything related to the critical story. Seriously.

so journalists should only get paid if they report unimportant stuff??

Partially true, but not all news is "fake news". Some things are what they are and people need to be able to be informed with the basic knowledge.

FTA:
"C.D.C. Confirms First Possible Community Transmission of Coronavirus in U.S.
A case in California may be the first infection without a known link to travel abroad."

Being from California, I would like to know what the details are without having to pay them first.

No different than saying..The bomb goes off in 10 minutes...pay me and I'll tell you where to avoid! LoL

No, they just shouldn't be able to charge for emergency news that pertains to a crisis that can directly save lives.

You would think

protip: the paywall often comes down if you are referred from twitter. Just tweet the link, then click on it, or search for the article through twitter.

most paywalls can be easily defeated .

In the website address bar while on site paywall blocking and left click on symbol next to the webaddress . Usually a lock .

Then go to site settings .

Then find Javascript and change from allow to block .

then reload the pay wall website a voila you should be good to go .

Some websites have a trick defeat the tactic but it works on most.

easy to bypass

f2p gamers can really annoying sometimes.

Thanks for the info! I'm glad I know how but I feel bad for those who don't. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

Why would anyone want to read the NYT anyways, it's trash.

But illegal? Come on, this is the US, capitalism, all of that, remember?

Now, even small town news outlets are using paywalls for pertinet news. This is how they control information and ultimately, you.

Why do we allow this a free and just society?

Checkout the firefox extension bypass paywalls clean. Been using it a long time.