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by thinkharderdev 137 days ago
> Keep in mind, our parents (age specific) and/or their parents parents paid for news and didn't question that setup

I don't think this is quite right. Our parents paid for the newspaper but the newspaper was basically the internet of their time. That is where they got sports scores, movie/tv listings, etc. The fact that this was bundled with hard news was mostly a side-effect.