Reply #123: But see here's the thing

[redqueen]

If people quit buying it, that just increases their motivation for getting money from advertisers.

Wouldn't it be wiser to threaten to quit them, since it seems that despite the ads, their articles are still at least more responsible than those in most other publications?

I think the cutting of public funding for PBS/NPR is at least part of the reason for their decline. If consumers bail out instead of fighting corporate cash will take over everything. I don't have the disposable income to spend on subscriptions & memberships, but if I did I think I would use that power rather than give it away.