Wow, just read that first article then there is this great fundraising pitch at the end of that with prediction about ten years in the future this is great:
"The year is 2033. Elon Musk is no longer one of the richest people in the world, having hæmorrhaged away his fortune trying to make Twitter profitable. Which, alas, hasn’t worked out too well: only 420 people are left on the platform. Everyone else was banned for not laughing at Musk’s increasingly desperate jokes.
In other news, Pete Davidson is now dating Martha Stewart. Donald Trump is still threatening to run for president. And British tabloids are still churning out 100 articles a day about whether Meghan Markle eating lunch is an outrageous snub to the royal family.
Obviously I have no idea what the world is going to look like in a decade. But here’s one prediction I feel very confident making: without a free and fearless press the future will be bleak. Without independent journalism, democracy is doomed. Without journalists who hold power to account, the future will be entirely shaped by the whims and wants of the 1%.
A lot of the 1% are not big fans of the Guardian, by the way. Donald Trump once praised a Montana congressman who body-slammed a Guardian reporter. Musk, meanwhile, has described the Guardian, as “the most insufferable newspaper on planet Earth.” I’m not sure there is any greater compliment.
I am proud to write for the Guardian. But ethics can be expensive. Not having a paywall means that the Guardian has to regularly ask our readers to chip in. If you are able, please do consider supporting us. Only with your help can we continue to get on Elon Musk’s nerves."
Arwa Mahdawi
Columnist, Guardian US
If a media has to clamor and connive for readers, what does that say about the publication and readership? Ad revenue is based on readership.
It’s pretty much the same with ALL publications, no matter what “side” they’re on.
They all must have those funds to publish.
The U.K. Mail has been utter crap for years and now they are blaming Russia…
They’re ALL crap and blaming someone else.