Remember when Keck got perturbed about how pro-$15 wage the Stranger was, and then suddenly all the writers were talking about how unfair it was to small business and stressing that maybe we should slow down and think about some concessions?
Not to mention inviting restaurant owners (whose businesses were advertised in The Stranger) to lie about the whole thing without any editorial oversight, or any corrections of their admitted lies?
(You're soaking in it.)
At the point people are willing to pay for content, then maybe there can be journalism.
But they don't want to pay.
Not to mention inviting restaurant owners (whose businesses were advertised in The Stranger) to lie about the whole thing without any editorial oversight, or any corrections of their admitted lies?
Readers aren't stupid, right?
And The Stranger doesn't run splashy best-of articles promoting restaurants ("Go see these great outdoor decks!") and other advertisers?
I cancelled my subscription back in the 20th century, and it looks like I've missed precisely nothing.