Utterly Free

 

“The political and social divides that so many decry may begin between those who can and those who can't afford access to a wide range of fact-checked, accurate information.

 

“Newspapers and magazines often got ink on your fingers. But they were cheap. Anyone with pocket change, rich, poor, students or job-seekers, could buy a copy of a magazine with Princess Diana or Oprah Winfrey on the cover or headline that said MAN WALKS ON MOON, or, yes, HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR.

 

“The internet has made news and views of all kinds, from all over the world, available on screens we can keep in our pockets. But so many paywalls have pulled costly shades over those screens.  

 

“Disinformation, of course, is utterly free.” 

 

—Scott Simon, radio host, “Opinion: Remember Reading the Paper?” Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, Feb. 5, 2022.

 

  

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism