Our free press vs. Pay Walls to view our media A Dr. of Librarians, a dear friend for many years, who is receiving an award  in DC in June had this to say this morning.  I found it a valuable perception from someone on the front lines of information and wanted to share our conversation: "Most libraries offer access to articles through their portal's. However, this is kind of clunky and you have to be really determined to work through the hoops. I have to admit it was so tedious even for me, I just subscribed when I hit the paywalls.  While I am still working I am paying for my journal subscriptions, every time I hit the 'pay wall'. When I retire I won't be able to do that anymore. Realize this generation will have very few newspapers or sources that we want to read. Twenty five years ago, The New York Times, WaPo and The St. Petersburg Times were good newspapers, now they are not but even it they were, you can't read it unless you pay for it.  Young people don't pay for these services so their reading and understanding is curated by Maddow and Cooper.  I think the removal  of the gender over the last few years has had a very peculiar affect on the way people perceive themselves. I see this in my students. It has replaced passion with whining."  THE BIRTH OF THE SNOWFLAKE GENERATION.