Richard Stengel schreibt in »Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls« für theatlantic.com

According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, more than 75 percent of America’s leading newspapers, magazines, and journals are behind online paywalls. And how do American news consumers react to that? Almost 80 percent of Americans steer around those paywalls and seek out a free option.

Folgendes Zitat ist auch richtig stark.

Democracy does not die in darkness—it dies behind paywalls.