An Ethical Quandry
By Ed - Last updated: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - Save & Share - One Comment
The Los Angeles Times has been laying off staff over the past few months. Several of my favorite commentators and bloggers have been axed, including Steve Harvey and Veronique De Turenne.
I’m struck by the fact that I can’t complain about this. Why?
- I don’t pay for a paper every day. I read it on the web.
- I don’t even pull down the ads on the website. I use an ad-blocker.
So given that I’m not a “customer”, I have no right to b*tch.
How do I expect to continue to receive valuable content, if I don’t support it?
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Comment from angel
Time October 31, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I feel your pain. Hubby loves Steve Harvey.
We pay for the paper, even though we could probably get it much cheaper then we pay. My brother in law has shown us cut rate subscriptions are out there for us, but we don’t do it, just for this reason. I think we pay about $20 a month and since I can currently afford that, I let it go. There have been other times in my life, where that money would not have been there, so I can totally understand people reading for free.
I don’t know what the answer is. They are not an nonprofit, so begging would not be allowed. :-)