The Democracy Project is behind a Paywall.
Most journalists worth anything are behind a paywall.
Stuff has just gone behind a Gated Community Wall.
TVNZ is about to begin their user pays Paywall.
The Daily Blog will never, ever, ever be behind a Paywall.
We believe passionately that Paywalls create two classes of information citizen, those with the money to read what is going on and those who don’t have the money and so don’t see it.
At The Daily Blog we believe passionately that you the citizen should have access to Fourth Estate Journalism that isn’t locked behind a Paywall, what is the point of a Guard Dog for Democracy if it’s only locked behind a wall?
We stand with the ordinary average citizen who doesn’t have the money for weekly Paywall subscriptions. We will never be behind a paywall, but we will occasionally pass the plate around to keep us doing what we do.
Our pledge to you as New Zealanders and our pledge to Fourth Estate Journalism is that we will never go behind a Paywall.
You as Citizens in a liberal progressive Democracy deserve better than a User Pays Fourth Estate.
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Martyn – Good on you. My guess is that media groups behind paywalls are dying.
Thanks Bomber you’re a champion for free speech
Hahahahahahahahaha!
I’m regularly censored. And the general commentary section disappearing after a day or two amounts to the same. So much for ordinary citizens, no forum for the common folk here. Those pictorials are representative of the sheer hypocrisy.
Thank you Martyn. I hope you have enough resources to continue.
If writing is your job and you don’t want to work in the MSM you would need a paywall to get paid.
I simply deleted the Stuff app. So that sorts that.
Because people don’t pay for poorly written, biased nonsense… see NZ Herald etc.
They keep their opinions & rubbish fear-mongering gun control articles locked safely away behind paywalls where only idiots can see them.
Poorly written…and biased.
Mike Hosking
Barry Soper
Heather Du Plesis Allen
Richard Prebble
etc
Now you are talking Squeaky giving air to great journalism alive and well in New Zealand.
Most popular show in New Zealand for years and counting.
None of them are journalists. They just give right wing opinion.
I simply remove any site that has a paywall – but am very glad you currently have no plan to implement one as the voice of the poor cannot afford this luxury
Good on you.
I don’t agree with most of what you write and I am fairly sure it works back the other way too – ie you don’t agree with me.
However, it is always good to be able to access alternative points of view and people on all sides of Political debates should be able to accept constructive criticism and debate even if they do not agree with it.
” You as Citizens in a liberal progressive Democracy deserve better than a User Pays Fourth Estate. ”
Amen to that.
Bomber without the work you do we would be even more immersed in ignorance and denial at the onslaught of the right , and the corruption of the oligarchy that manages this tax haven in the South Pacific that is Aotearoa.
This work is not without challenges of publishing this site and the real threats you and the T.D.B are subject to should not be lost on anyone who contributes here whether that’s reading the content or posting a comment for no cost or a small donation if they see the value and need in the work you do and can contribute.
We need more Bomber Bradbury’s that articulate a strong left position and are heard loud and clear every day.
Democracy and freedom dies in darkness and ignorance.
Noone should pay the foreign controlled media a dime. If you must read an article in a zionist rag like the Herald, https://archive.is will get you past most of them.
Paywall=automatic fingers. Ditto subscriptions, cookies, etc. Thank you @ TDB.
I enjoy my daily fix and I’m happy to contribute.
I wish I could support more left wing commentators who have interesting points of view the msm never cover but their analysis and research must require a lot of time and energy (what good journalism should be about)
Keep up the good work.