How do you expect the New York Times to pay its reporters if they do not charge? Internet advertising is not a large money maker for a lot of sites. Also, if people will not pay for news, unethical corporations and unethical governments will, and our "free" news will be propaganda. My main point is people on the Internet cannot have it both ways. We either pay for high quality content or we accept we are going to get clickbait, astroturf, propaganda, fake news, etc.