tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post5413497008895893294..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Looking At Media Past and Future - Ron Rosenbaum and Journalism After SnowdenStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-6956321945716327042017-02-10T08:49:20.284-09:002017-02-10T08:49:20.284-09:00I don't see a problem. My guideline says &quo...I don't see a problem. My guideline says "Ads disguised as comments, unless closely related to the post and of value to readers (my call) will be deleted." This is NOT disguised and 'my call' agrees it's of value to my readers. Even better would have been to make this pitch on a post citing the Guardian (which I do now and then) and suggesting that if my readers and I don't contribute, we should. :) Thanks for the suggestion. Readers, here's one more way to effectively resist. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-22983577360038135352017-02-09T23:32:08.403-09:002017-02-09T23:32:08.403-09:00Okay, my post will likely trouble your commercial ...Okay, my post will likely trouble your commercial speech proviso but here it goes...<br /><br />Important as your post is today, there is the other danger of not being able to pay the bills. The Guardian, a UK-based newspaper that I see more and more American readers posting on Fb and other sites, ran a £69 million deficit last year <a href="%5Bwww.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/27/guardian-losses-members%5D" rel="nofollow">[guardian-losses]</a> on accumulating losses of £179 million. <br /><br />Even with its growing international readership, subscriptions aren't offsetting lost print ad revenues. Fortunately, this critical progressive news-gathering agency has a foundation that carries over £600 million in assets that can cover these losses.<br /><br />There is something you can do as a progressive: Guardian newspaper can take one-time donations and it's easy enough to do, if you don’t wish to take out a subscription. Please consider it. I am not related to the paper in any way other than being a reader and donor.<br /><br />We who are pushing back against the new right-wing nationalism, internationally, need this paper.<br />Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com