News Corp Charging for Online News

Toms....I see that smirk on your face. Don't be going and getting ideas from this article.

I used to work for newscorp, complete money grubbing company (and ive worked for several)....I know you are all shocked

^LOL

http://www.projectcensored.org/top [...] gally-lie/

"During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so."

Faux News can kiss my ass.

Isn't that what the ads all over the site is for???

Why don't they just use adverts for their revenue? Newspapers make no real money from the amount people pay them for papers, they make their money for the adverts.

Newspapers are really a dying concept. They talk about day old news and are under such pressure to produce newspapers full of adverts that if there's a "slow news day" then they have to create a big hooh hah about nothing just to create news.

news.bbc.co.uk beats any newspaper hands down.

dman3k: +1, nobody paid for news before the internet either, if their ad revenues are down(both for TV and internet), it's because nobody wants their lies and neocon propaganda. Only rednecks from the 3rd world parts of America are still naive and gullible enough to believe that shi.t, Faux news, The NY Times, other Newscorp companies, etc.. is the laughing-stock of news outlets

"Quality journalism isn't cheap" - Wow - so that means they must be making a killing on the cheap cut-rate trash journalism that floods the media, so why do they need to charge again?

That's funded by taxpayers.

@dman3k

NY Post not NY times is owned by Newscorp

Also you should get your facts right, Fox News is one of the most watched cable news channels. Personally I think all news organization have their bias. It is a form of entertainment and whatever floats your boat.

Who would really pay to read fox's news?

Considering that Fox doesn't have quality...well anything anymore, their profit margins should be huge since their not spending money on quality journalists.

FOX Sucks !!!
I say let em charge and the more the merrier cause the more they charge the less folks will use their arsehole lying news.

Some news agencies may be slanted, but Fox News is the least slanted of all. ABC, NBC, CBS, and other channels, along with the New York Times and numerous publications are severely slanted towards liberal ideology. They kiss the ass of the current president, with NBC being the worst violator. Of course, this is due to that piece of shit Jeffery Immelt.

This man is trying to get the government to fund more bullshit "green" technologies and push for more jobs to run the technology. Even though I defend Fox News on some fronts, I also believe that even they push agendas that I totally disagree with.

In the end, I believe the problem is the people judging the story. It cost money to run a corporation, so do not be surprised when they have to charge for things that were once free. I am concerned about their plans though.

If News Corp., along with all other news reporting entities, should look at their expenses in order to cut cost. Accessing a site to check news is not something I will pay for, and I am sure there are many other people who feel the same way I do.

Well BBC news is free and it's great! CBC is good too, though it carries less US news than BBC.

Hope you're having fun in fantasy land.

Montezuma: Not slanted my ass... Fox News was trumpeting every lie the Bush administration ever told, youtube is FULL of videos of BS Fox News pieces that have since turned out to be outright lies. Rupert Murdoch is a fascist, period.

Fox News is for the dumb uneducated racist homophobic right wing religious zealots of America. Fox had to ban the use of a fake news scroll in The Simpsons because they thought their audience wasn't intelligent enough to know it was fake. Fox News is owned bought and paid for by the extreme right. They are the direct propaganda mouthpiece of the fascist NeoCons. Only the truly sumb and ill-informed watch Fox for news. Fox News even has two WAR CRIMINALS working for them: Oliver North and Karl Rove!

All news agencies are slanted and have a bias, they are in the business of gathering ratings by giving out the news, not giving out the news so they can have ratings. I have heard plenty of garbage coming from ABC, FOX, CNN, NBC, etc.,

They all pander to their respective audience, the only difference is whether or not you are part of that audience.

"Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives away its content is simply cannibalizing its ability to produce good reporting,"

two things

1) Then start producing quality journalism

2) Have fun bombing.

Those who have internet already pay for exactly those services.
If they are going to ask to pay for something as simple as that, we might end up in MS asking for money for upgrades, and if you want to enter a forum,you'll need to pay a subscription pay.

If that is the case, then we are not to pay for our internet connection, because it will give us nothing on information!

they are right, but as long as there is free news they will fail

Yup, but I don't have to pay an individual subscription for the BBC News website as well as each individual TV channel. Besides which, the BBC news site *is* funded by adverts when viewed by people outside the UK since they haven't paid for a TV license. Either way, no one's having to take out a site specific subscription for access to news.

Well I do not have to pay for a TV license.

Also payed news on the internet will never fly unless you give specific news like the wall street journal. If Fox or CNN tried to do this they would fail because like you said I could go to BBC website, blog or multiple other websites.

Also do you still have to pay for individual tvs each year or have the moved it to one license per house. When I lived there is was about 119 pounds, what is it now?

You are the perfect poster boy for Fox News, dumb,racist, uneducated violent and vulgar! The army is socialism buddy!! It is run by the government. Health care for the troops is the same thing. US is ranked 39th for health care but is 1st in costs. You are a dumbed down inbred right winger that votes and believes things that are against your own self interest. Never underestimate a racist right winger, they always get dumber by the year. Bush destroyed America and America's image. The US is now a torturing terrorist state run by Corporations. That is what you call corporatism and it is right wing and fascist! Many more soldiers will die and the Empire will come crumbling down on your redneck ass!!!

Soldier37: I'm sure some of the Nazi's felt the same way about their "accomplishments". I used to be in the army too, you're obviously one of the dumb grunts, cannon fodder, etc... out on the frontlines risking your life for absolutely no good reason. Leave the thinking to smart people, OK?

Well there's the pot calling the kettle black. Put down the Kool-Aid and take off the tin-foil hat.

I dare you to debunk anything I have said. The US has tortured over 1000 individuals in the last 7 years and over 150 have died due to torture. You can google it if you want. It has been widely reported. As for the corporations running the show, this is basic US Political History 101.

VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT AT TAMPA TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE
Protesters Say They Had Been Spurred On By Conservative Activist Group, Fox News Host
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009 [...] 53478.html

Fox News is a Fraud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmC [...] annel_page


Glenn Beck and Frank Luntz Shill for the Corporations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0r [...] annel_page

You can literally debunk every single minute of Fox News. 99% Lies!

It wasn't bush who destroyed the nation. It was the gov/feds who tried get into the economy that destroy the nation. We're been on the road to fascism since Lincoln's time. Go study more. (I could detail shit load of history but this pretty much sums it up)

I read nothing from the lies factories of criminal Rupert. So, charge all you want, see if I care!

Fuck Fox news.