New York Times Boycott


Billionaire, Rupert Mudoch, recently announced that he intends to start charging fees to access news and editorial content on all of his websites. This is a very bad idea and here's why:

Most of my liberal friends don't realize that it was yours truly who ran a successful boycott of the On Line Editorial Page of the New York Times after they started charging a fee to read many of their best writers. Now, what part of the phrase “FREEdom of the press” don't these people understand? Not only did I refuse to pay, I stopped reading the Times entirely and did my best to avoid their advertisers' products and services—except for those that were fairly low-priced. I forget how long they continued this unfortunate practice, but eventually, in large part due to the economic pain of my boycott, they realized that they had been acting stupidly. (Did I just say that?) Well, thanks to me, you can now enjoy the musings of Tom, Frank and Maureen, on line, without spending a nickel. I know they are all tickled to have me back as a reader.

On second thought, maybe Murdoch's plan will work, since conservatives seem to enjoy helping billionaires add to their bulging coffers—Halliburton, the health insurance and pharmaceutical companies come to mind.

Terry Tynan

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