tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33619889.post117546864418075089..comments2007-04-06T20:27:53.622-04:00Stine Bauer Dahlberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13515567117019741086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33619889.post-1175822571140807142007-04-05T21:22:00.000-04:002007-04-05T21:22:00.000-04:00All the wonderful content whereof you speak needs to be paid for somehow. Three ways exist to do this:<BR/><BR/>1. Advertisers pay for commercials.<BR/>2. Customers either pay where they didn't before or pay higher prices.<BR/>3. Government coerces people into paying.<BR/><BR/>I think some ads are a small price to pay for saving money on subscription and ticket costs and for less government confiscation of hard-earned cash.<BR/><BR/>Also, regarding trustworthiness of the news: Why would you trust a government-funded news source any more than a privately-funded one? Of course, private citizens lie, but so do governments.<BR/><BR/>We need to be skeptical of everything. :PJasonnoreply@blogger.com