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It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

Part of the problem today is how badly funded real journalism is.

You'll notice people are doing both though.

Frankly, those subs were pretty cheap, the monthly donation will catch up and exceed the sub costs within the same durations.

 

[~Kinggi~]

It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

i am donating to charities as well. thanks for the thread contribution.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

Without the sub money, they can't do investigative journalism. Journalism is considered by some as the 4th branch of power, that should tell one how important is its role in society. I'm glad people in this thread are contributing to both.

 

[Macam]

The bad thing about Mother Jones though is that their agenda gets in the way of objectivity. If I wanted reporting that's guaranteed to reinforce my world view, I wouldn't be much better than the jackasses watching Fox.

They're not hurting for funds though. If you're looking for organizations that need your real support, look elsewhere.

Depends what you mean by agenda. If you like Citizens United or think climate change is no biggie, then yeah, ain't for you. It's opinionated, investigative journalism.

I don't agree with them on everything, but, on the whole, it's solid and I'd much rather have more quality, investigative reporting in this world, not less.

 

[Macam]

It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

You can do both, folks. Let's not go down this path of choosing either the fourth estate or charities.

 

[EviLore]

On the newspaper side of things, do keep in mind:

-NY Times has an enormous unadvertised student discount. Digital subscriptions are $1/week for students (and $1.88/week for faculty) instead of $3.75/week standard,

-Washington Post new subscribers w/ Amazon Prime get their first six months of WaPo free and then $3.99/month thereafter, instead of standard rates of $9.99 per four weeks or $99/year.

I subscribe to both NY Times and WaPo and consider them leaders in investigative journalism and an important check on government power. There are very, very few such organizations remaining in 2016 and it's crucial that they continue to exist, now more than ever.

As far as charitable contributions, phew, that's gotten pretty intense since election day. Since the 9th I've donated around $1000/day to various civil rights and environmental protection organizations, depending in part on which specific unthinkable horrors get announced by the new administration that day.. My core recipients so far are: ACLU, Sierra Club, NRDC, Planned Parenthood, and SPLC.


Doing what I can.

 

[jerry113]

For the uninformed, what's so special about The New York Times and The Washington Post specifically right now that should make us want to subscribe?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Pissing off the Washington Post seems like a historically bad thing for presidents to do.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

Donating $25 a month to Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, the Sierra Club Foundation, and the Trans Lifeline. Every month. For the next 4 years. And in those next 4 years I'm going to back to school, and am seriously considering a career in education to help inform and educate our future voters as well as challenging them and push critical thinking.

 

[God Dayumm]

It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

Nothing wrong with it, it is like paying for Netflix. Probably even more worthwhile. Hey, at least it is not like donating to a failure of a presidential campaign

 

[Codeblue]

I set up a recurring donation with the ACLU. Gonna see if I can afford $100 monthly in charitable donations. I want to give to Planned Parenthood and an organization that'll fight for the environment.

 

[Austriacus]

For the uninformed, what's so special about The New York Times and The Washington Post specifically right now that should make us want to subscribe?

People are not reading print anymore, and newspapers are having a hard transition to digital media.
The world likes to think they are either corrupt, on someones pocket when dealing the news , or purposely feeding people lies.

Theres been a recent surge of "fake news" in the last years and that is a real problem in society.

This doesnt just apply to the two you mention, the wall street Journal is having similar issues and are prob gona cut a lot of staff. Its affecting all printed media regardless of their political leaning.

So if you have a favorite news site that produces quality content and has a good track record of bringing truth to their readers, i would advise you to find some way to support them financially.

Investigative Journalism aint cheap.

 

[EdibleKnife]

A Gaffer compiled the list of donations one should consider making mentioned in Last Week Tonight:



I'd consider PP and the NRDC as high priority, considering they want out of the Paris agreement and judges will probably gut Roe v. Wade.

This article has some dupes but several more links to orgs that need donation & support

 

[John Harker]

On the newspaper side of things, do keep in mind:

-NY Times has an enormous unadvertised student discount. Digital subscriptions are $1/week for students (and $1.88/week for faculty) instead of $3.75/week standard,

-Washington Post new subscribers w/ Amazon Prime get their first six months of WaPo free and then $3.99/month thereafter, instead of standard rates of $9.99 per four weeks or $99/year.

I subscribe to both NY Times and WaPo and consider them leaders in investigative journalism and an important check on government power. There are very, very few such organizations remaining in 2016 and it's crucial that they continue to exist, now more than ever.

As far as charitable contributions, phew, that's gotten pretty intense since election day. Since the 9th I've donated around $1000/day to various civil rights and environmental protection organizations, depending in part on which specific unthinkable horrors get announced by the new administration that day.. My core recipients so far are: ACLU, Sierra Club, NRDC, Planned Parenthood, and SPLC.


Doing what I can.

Thank you

 

[my name is ed]

Donated to Planned Parenthood and set up a monthly donation to ACLU as well as NPR. Thinking of grabbing a Washington post sub and a Propublica sub as well. Maybe I should add a monthly donation to the southern poverty law center and make that PP donation to a recurring one

 

[rdytoroll]

On the newspaper side of things, do keep in mind:

-NY Times has an enormous unadvertised student discount. Digital subscriptions are $1/week for students (and $1.88/week for faculty) instead of $3.75/week standard,

-Washington Post new subscribers w/ Amazon Prime get their first six months of WaPo free and then $3.99/month thereafter, instead of standard rates of $9.99 per four weeks or $99/year.

I subscribe to both NY Times and WaPo and consider them leaders in investigative journalism and an important check on government power. There are very, very few such organizations remaining in 2016 and it's crucial that they continue to exist, now more than ever.

Can I subscribe to either of those with a german student email (ours don't end on .edu) or with my german Prime student account?

I'd love to read one of them

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

i am donating to charities as well. thanks for the thread contribution.

It's almost as if my comment wasn't directed at you. I thank you for the hostility though. It's even more interesting given your thread title.

Part of the problem today is how badly funded real journalism is.

You'll notice people are doing both though.

Frankly, those subs were pretty cheap, the monthly donation will catch up and exceed the sub costs within the same durations.

You can do both, folks. Let's not go down this path of choosing either the fourth estate or charities.

Without the sub money, they can't do investigative journalism. Journalism is considered by some as the 4th branch of power, that should tell one how important is its role in society. I'm glad people in this thread are contributing to both.

People can do both, it's just surprising to me the percentage who have posted who have only subscribed to a newspaper which has been the majority. I didn't say journalism isn't important, I'm just more always surprised how much people look over charities. I'm not sure if they think all are corrupt or something but just interesting. I'm some there's a specific issue many are bothered by since Trump was elected but many haven't posted that they donated to that cause.

 

[Boney]

Why not donate to actual corporate interest free media like Democracy Now!

There's no news media and discussion forum that is as good as DN and it falling to deaf ears here on GAF is so dissapointing.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Why not donate to actual corporate interest free media like Democracy Now!

There's no news media and discussion forum that is as good as DN and it falling to deaf ears here on GAF is so dissapointing.

Thanks for mentioning this, I'll take a look.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Why not donate to actual corporate interest free media like Democracy Now!

There's no news media and discussion forum that is as good as DN and it falling to deaf ears here on GAF is so dissapointing.

I was about say to the same, Democracy Now is easily one of my favorite media outlets.

 

[andythinkpad]

Traditional media is dead.

You are better off do your part and start a political youtube channel.

 

[ZackieChan]

I never do this type of this stuff but i've had it with this crap. They gonna try and shut off the media when the heat gets too hot. No access if there isn't acceptance.


http://www.nytimes.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/


I did a 15$ a month deal at times and 9.99 at Post. Once i figure out more of the devastation next year will donate to institutions that's relevant with my reduced tax earnings, if that even still exists.

What does the bolded mean?

 

[Desi]

Subbed to the NYT once for a class in college and they literally never leave me alone.

Also I got the paper for way longer than I paid for too which is nice I suppose.

Yeah I still have my subscription from college. Read quite a bit of it a month though. Lots of stuff besides the political portion.

The New Yorker is magnificent but can be pretty steep.

Edit: looks like they are much cheaper now. Subbed

 

[mcfrank]

I started recurring donations to:

Local Homeless Shelter
The ACLU
The Southern Poverty Law Center
The Environmental Defense Fund
Running Start (charity which encourages more young women to enter politics)

and subscribed to the Washington Post. Now I am looking for local in person volunteering opportunities. If people are following through on what they are saying, then Trump has galvanized the left like nothing I have seen in my lifetime.

 

[Bam]

On the newspaper side of things, do keep in mind:

-NY Times has an enormous unadvertised student discount. Digital subscriptions are $1/week for students (and $1.88/week for faculty) instead of $3.75/week standard,

-Washington Post new subscribers w/ Amazon Prime get their first six months of WaPo free and then $3.99/month thereafter, instead of standard rates of $9.99 per four weeks or $99/year.

I subscribe to both NY Times and WaPo and consider them leaders in investigative journalism and an important check on government power. There are very, very few such organizations remaining in 2016 and it's crucial that they continue to exist, now more than ever.

As far as charitable contributions, phew, that's gotten pretty intense since election day. Since the 9th I've donated around $1000/day to various civil rights and environmental protection organizations, depending in part on which specific unthinkable horrors get announced by the new administration that day.. My core recipients so far are: ACLU, Sierra Club, NRDC, Planned Parenthood, and SPLC.


Doing what I can.

Had no idea about the Prime discount on WaPo, so thanks for the info.

 

[JackDT]

I would really recommend giving monetary support to Mother Jones. That the publication that does the long form work like the undercover prison guard:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics...tions-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/08/whats-missing-from-journalism

This June, we published a big story—Shane Bauer's account of his four-month stint as a guard in a private prison. That's "big," as in XXL: 35,000 words long, or 5 to 10 times the length of a typical feature, plus charts, graphs, and companion pieces, not to mention six videos and a radio documentary.

It was also big in impact. More than a million people read it, defying everything we're told about the attention span of online audiences; tens of thousands shared it on social media. The Washington Post, CNN, and NPR's Weekend Edition picked it up. Montel Williams went on a Twitter tear that ended with him nominating Shane for a Pulitzer Prize (though that's not quite how it works). People got in touch to tell us about their loved ones' time in prison or their own experience working as guards. Lawmakers and regulators reached out. (UPDATE: And on August 18, the Justice Department announced that it will no longer contract with private prisons, which currently hold thousands of federal inmates—a massive policy shift.)

...

Shane's prison project took more than 18 months. That included four months in the prison and more than a year of additional reporting, fact-checking, video production, and legal review, including work by more than a dozen other people on the MoJo staff. And that was the only way we could have gotten that story: By definition, incarceration is invisible to most people, and that's doubly true for private prisons. Recordkeeping is spotty, public disclosure is limited, visits are difficult. The only people who can describe what really goes on inside are prisoners, guards, and officials, all of whom have a strong interest in spinning the story. To get at the truth, we had to take time, and go deep.

And we had to take considerable financial risk. Conservatively, counting just the biggest chunks of staff time that went into it, the prison story cost roughly $350,000. The banner ads that appeared on the article brought in $5,000, give or take. Had we been really in your face with ads, we could have doubled or tripled that figure—but it would have been a pain for you, and still only a drop in the bucket for us.

MoJo did have support from three foundations for our criminal justice reporting. That’s amazing—but foundation grants only go so far. They are typically limited in time (a few years, tops) and scope (focusing on a particular issue or initiative). And they are finite: All of our foundation support put together accounts for roughly 15 percent of MoJo’s annual revenue.

 

[Messofanego]

Traditional media is dead.

You are better off do your part and start a political youtube channel.

Bumping uglies with conspiracy and alt right channels with no standards in reporting or fact checking or have any credentials? LOL

 

[Futureman]

Bumping uglies with conspiracy and alt right channels with no standards in reporting or fact checking or have any credentials? LOL

seriously, what a ridiculous claim. Between my full time job, working on side projects, hanging with friends and family I'll spit out some great YouTube investigative journalism... not.

thinking of doing NYT and WashPo with my GF. Is there any issue with these subscriptions with us both logging in on multiple devices? Both our phones, computers and work computers we would ideally like access.

 

[LifEndz]

I just watched LWT and John really lifted my spirits with that final segment. I always got by on the dailynews and the free allotment of Times articles, but I'm going to subscribe. Also going to look into doing some pro bono representation for minority groups that otherwise couldn't afford representation.

Everyday I will do my best to remember this is not normal.

 

[Terrorblot]

I just subscribed to the Fri-Sun for New York Times. It isn't cheap but I think this will be a fun little thing for me.

 

[Piano]

On the newspaper side of things, do keep in mind:

-NY Times has an enormous unadvertised student discount. Digital subscriptions are $1/week for students (and $1.88/week for faculty) instead of $3.75/week standard,

-Washington Post new subscribers w/ Amazon Prime get their first six months of WaPo free and then $3.99/month thereafter, instead of standard rates of $9.99 per four weeks or $99/year.

I subscribe to both NY Times and WaPo and consider them leaders in investigative journalism and an important check on government power. There are very, very few such organizations remaining in 2016 and it's crucial that they continue to exist, now more than ever.

As far as charitable contributions, phew, that's gotten pretty intense since election day. Since the 9th I've donated around $1000/day to various civil rights and environmental protection organizations, depending in part on which specific unthinkable horrors get announced by the new administration that day.. My core recipients so far are: ACLU, Sierra Club, NRDC, Planned Parenthood, and SPLC.


Doing what I can.

Thank you for this, saved me a bundle of money.

 

[RPGamer92]

Subscribing to loser magazines. Sad!

 

[Morts]

I donated to an organization called She Should Run, which encourages women to run for office.

Also Planned Parenthood.

ACLU is on my list for next month, and I'd like to find a legit organization to donate to that's trying to do something about climate change.

 

[droggg]

It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

Bingo. Very strange.

 

[Glass Shark]

I don't get the huge push behind subscribing to the NYT considering they practically apologized to Trump voters in their letter. Seems like capitulation to the winning side in my eyes.

But WaPo has done amazing work in this election season. Sadly, most of it got overlooked.

 

[leroidys]

It's been really bizarre to me how much people have been patting themselves on the back by buying a newspaper subscription instead of donating to a charity that helps a cause they care about.

Many are doing both, and for a strong civil society, we desperately need both.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Many are doing both, and for a strong civil society, we desperately need both.

agreed. im gonna do my part now. You people on GAF need to do the same. I know Evilore is doing it.

 

[Neoweee]

I would never subscribe to the NYT after how badly they threw the election to Trump over the email issue.

But I did just subscribe to the Post. I want to have a front row seat when they bring down their second president, and I want to know I helped fund the investigation into the scandals that bring him down.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Sad to see that NRDC is anti-GMO.
https://medium.com/natural-resources-defense-council/tortilla-reform-53117f2d96db#.h5ngn0pfw This is Food Babe levels of FUD. We cannot tackel climate change by picking and choosing technology on an ideological basis, but on the basis of sound science.

NYT also ran this anti-GMO editorial that pissed off a bunch of scientists.
Strawmen and selective statistics: Did The New York Times botch its critique of GMO crops?

Pro Publica is an amazing source and they collaborate with Frontline to make awesome documentaries.

 

[~Kinggi~]

I would never subscribe to the NYT after how badly they threw the election to Trump over the email issue.

But I did just subscribe to the Post. I want to have a front row seat when they bring down their second president, and I want to know I helped fund the investigation into the scandals that bring him down.

I will say i will consider un-subbing to NYT if they do more bullshit in the future. Im open for anyone worth it. Donated to Mother Jones also.

 

[Tansut]

Does anyone know or have a guesstimate of which organizations are getting the most attention, donation wise? I wanted to donate to ACLU and Planned Parenthood, but I feel like most people are donating to Planned Parenthood (which is great, to be clear) so it almost seems like it might be better for me to donate to an organization that isn't getting as much spotlight.

 

[Zackat]

The Amazon Prime discount for WaPo is amazing. Everyone should get it if they can afford the 4 bucks/month after the 6 months for free runs out. I am also subbed to NYT.

 

[boiled goose]

Washington post? No thanks. IMO WaPo has become largely a mouthpiece for the political and corporate establishment.

Nyt is better, but still dont have my complete trust after iraq.

I personally feel more comfortable supporting more independent and progressive outlets.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

I am going to be giving a monthly donation to the ACLU. I am a poor college student but it is important enough to warrant what little bit I can give. Currently looking at other charities/orgs that I can give to.

 

[giga]

The Amazon Prime discount for WaPo is amazing. Everyone should get it if they can afford the 4 bucks/month after the 6 months for free runs out. I am also subbed to NYT.

Whoa that's a sweet deal. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Neoweee]

I am going to be giving a monthly donation to the ACLU. I am a poor college student but it is important enough to warrant what little bit I can give. Currently looking at other charities/orgs that I can give to.

Your time is more valuable at your phase in life. You should look into ways to volunteer rather than put more financial strain on yourself.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Why the fuck does the WaPo Prime deal not work with Kindle e-readers?

 

[Damerman]

gonna try to subscribe to washington post. will definitely donate as much as i can to propublica. i had no idea what they were until now.

 

[anonymous_abc]

Not sure if this is frowned upon here or not.
Will remove if it is.

I have a digital WaPo subscription that I can share with someone, either for another shareable subscription (such as NYT) or for a share of the subscription cost.

 

[TyrantII]

While the NYT does good journalism, they were one of the biggest pushers of "but the emails". Can't support them personally untill they clear out the editing board that keeps getting it wrong.