Freedom of the press, true freedom, is worth fighting for.
We are at war.
There is no two ways about it. You can sugarcoat it, but facts are facts.
On one side sits giant media conglomerates that want you to pay for each and every morsel of info they are willing to dole out to you.
On the other, the few idiots willing to raise two middle fingers and use them to point, while screaming, “Free news for all!”
I believe in a free press, a truly free press.
The world has changed. The internet has opened things wide open.
Knowledge is power and no one should be prevented from soaking up as much knowledge as possible.
Here at Coupeville Sports, we don’t nickel and dime you.
We don’t offer a few stories for free, then slap a pay wall down and insist you pay for the rest.
We don’t have annoying pop-up ads you have to click through.
The giant, wheezing media conglomerates among us, however, the interlopers who have descended into our waters and plucked up the once-independent newspapers, want you to pay and pay again, for articles that come late or not at all.
I say no thanks.
So I offer my stories completely free. If you want to donate to the cause, good on you. If you don’t, read away and then never think about it again.
Your choice.
So, it’s in that spirit I offer the following tip, which I picked up recently.
If you’re using Firefox, Chrome or Safari and find yourself on a newspaper web site that tries to throw up a pay wall on you, try this little trick. You’d be surprised how often it works.
Right click.
Click on Inspect Element.
Hover over the element and delete the nodes that are highlighted.
Read away.
Power to the people. Freedom of the press, free for all!
Coupeville Sports 