Hey, Gary (and the other quick-to-judge naysayers) here’s a reminder that I’m entitled to my opinions and that the sky isn’t going to fall because I criticize MTN. Perhaps you should reevaluate my statement because you’d discover that I wasn’t asking for anything free from MTN. You’d also discover that I’m a dedicated follower AND subscr…
Hey, Gary (and the other quick-to-judge naysayers) here’s a reminder that I’m entitled to my opinions and that the sky isn’t going to fall because I criticize MTN. Perhaps you should reevaluate my statement because you’d discover that I wasn’t asking for anything free from MTN. You’d also discover that I’m a dedicated follower AND subscriber to their YT channel. Moreover, I clearly stated that, as a low-income senior follower of MTN news, I’d appreciate a DISCOUNT to access a great deal of their SubStack content that’s inaccessible to readers like me. MTN claims to be a champion for marginalized American citizens, and yet, every day I receive notifications for SubStack content I don't deserve to read because I’m a marginalized low-income citizen. It's a bad look for a news agency that claims to be a leader of democracy.
BTW, I do know how businesses work, unlike you who can’t imagine the revenue that’s left on the table because MTN doesn't consider the thousands of low-income readers who would gladly pay a few dollars a month to keep up with the facts and opinions posted by Ron Filipkowski, etc whose SubStack content has seemingly (overnight) become accessible to “subscribers only.”
In closing, I’ve been a follower of MTN long enough to fondly recall Ben’s simple and genuine request for the “Meidas Mighty” to keep building our pro-democracy community. Now, there are so many commercial sponsors paying for MTN “space” that I’ve lost count…and a major message for the Meidas Mighty has become a show and tell about how MTN viewership is beating out bigger corporations (e.g.. Disney, Fox, etc). My generation (the children of staunch Kennedy Democrats) remembers when a mission statement represented the cause that was being fought for. So if every member of the Meidas Mighty doesn't have the same rights…then none of us do.
Hey, Gary (and the other quick-to-judge naysayers) here’s a reminder that I’m entitled to my opinions and that the sky isn’t going to fall because I criticize MTN. Perhaps you should reevaluate my statement because you’d discover that I wasn’t asking for anything free from MTN. You’d also discover that I’m a dedicated follower AND subscriber to their YT channel. Moreover, I clearly stated that, as a low-income senior follower of MTN news, I’d appreciate a DISCOUNT to access a great deal of their SubStack content that’s inaccessible to readers like me. MTN claims to be a champion for marginalized American citizens, and yet, every day I receive notifications for SubStack content I don't deserve to read because I’m a marginalized low-income citizen. It's a bad look for a news agency that claims to be a leader of democracy.
BTW, I do know how businesses work, unlike you who can’t imagine the revenue that’s left on the table because MTN doesn't consider the thousands of low-income readers who would gladly pay a few dollars a month to keep up with the facts and opinions posted by Ron Filipkowski, etc whose SubStack content has seemingly (overnight) become accessible to “subscribers only.”
In closing, I’ve been a follower of MTN long enough to fondly recall Ben’s simple and genuine request for the “Meidas Mighty” to keep building our pro-democracy community. Now, there are so many commercial sponsors paying for MTN “space” that I’ve lost count…and a major message for the Meidas Mighty has become a show and tell about how MTN viewership is beating out bigger corporations (e.g.. Disney, Fox, etc). My generation (the children of staunch Kennedy Democrats) remembers when a mission statement represented the cause that was being fought for. So if every member of the Meidas Mighty doesn't have the same rights…then none of us do.