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Screenshot of a website called The Soapbox with a purple header. The headline reads "Liberals Are Losing the Journalism Wars". The subhead reads "As major media outlets erect paywalls, conservative publishers are flooding the country with free, right-wing propaganda paid for by Republicans." A yellow pop-up covers the page with three dots, two filled and one empty, and a close X. It reads "This is the last of your…

Liberals Losing Journalism Wars Behind Paywall Pop-Up

An article about paywalls and free right-wing propaganda gets blocked by a paywall pop-up, the irony of it. A bit of modern media-landscape humor for anyone who grew up with free news.

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Screenshot of a website called The Soapbox with a purple header. The headline reads "Liberals Are Losing the Journalism Wars". The subhead reads "As major media outlets erect paywalls, conservative publishers are flooding the country with free, right-wing propaganda paid for by Republicans." A yellow pop-up covers the page with three dots, two filled and one empty, and a close X. It reads "This is the last of your…

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