On June 20, Mr. Cohen stepped down from his position as the Republican National Committee’s deputy finance chairman and tweeted his first public criticism of his former boss: “As the son of a Polish holocaust survivor, the images and sounds of this family separation policy [are] heart wrenching.” The tweet no longer appears on Mr. Cohen’s Twitter account.
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Mr. Cohen’s father urged him not to protect the president, saying he didn’t survive the Holocaust to have his name sullied by Mr. Trump, according to a person who was told about the conversation. The elder Mr. Cohen couldn’t be reached for comment.
Thanks to @Ivona for pointing out that excerpt to me, and this entire article to begin with.
Oh no! Maybe they are getting the hammer from copyright holders... was wondering when that would happen. @Deimos, or anyone that might have that power, would you please replace it with:...
Oh no! Maybe they are getting the hammer from copyright holders... was wondering when that would happen.
No problem, I was still able to read it through Outline, but I'm not sure why it was missing the first section. I'm still not really sure what we should do with paywalled articles in general,...
No problem, I was still able to read it through Outline, but I'm not sure why it was missing the first section.
I'm still not really sure what we should do with paywalled articles in general, they're becoming pretty widespread now.
Great topic for a meta-thread. I think it's pretty obvious that a site where discussion assumes you read the content first would disallow paywalled content. The areas for discussions are how to...
I'm still not really sure what we should do with paywalled articles in general, they're becoming pretty widespread now.
Great topic for a meta-thread.
I think it's pretty obvious that a site where discussion assumes you read the content first would disallow paywalled content.
The areas for discussions are how to deal with metered paywalls and forced-logins/accounts for free access.
Why not just post a summary or excerpts when content is paywalled? A blanket ban seems to be using a sledgehammer to kill a fly. Metered paywalls like the NY Times and WaPo are easily circumvented...
Why not just post a summary or excerpts when content is paywalled? A blanket ban seems to be using a sledgehammer to kill a fly. Metered paywalls like the NY Times and WaPo are easily circumvented with incognito mode.
A summary is still somebody else's interpretation. I feel like it would be more honest to leat people read the article and come to their own conclusions wherever possible.
A summary is still somebody else's interpretation. I feel like it would be more honest to leat people read the article and come to their own conclusions wherever possible.
If paywalled articles are accessible without JS or there are ways to get article content another way and outline no longer works well, could we have some article preview that would work similar to...
If paywalled articles are accessible without JS or there are ways to get article content another way and outline no longer works well, could we have some article preview that would work similar to Outline? Basically collapsed text of the article above the comments?
Yep! Good article, thanks for sharing. I didn't realize that he got pinched between legal fees and his taxi business. If President Trump goes down it will be 100% his own doing. It's like he can't...
Yep! Good article, thanks for sharing.
I didn't realize that he got pinched between legal fees and his taxi business. If President Trump goes down it will be 100% his own doing. It's like he can't help but screw people over that depend on him.
Original WSJ link
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Thanks to @Ivona for pointing out that excerpt to me, and this entire article to begin with.
What is outline.com exactly? I’ve never encountered it before.
They scrape the article content out of news sites, and present it with no scripts, fluff, or paywalls.
What's with that link? I can't see anything other than a vague ad for Outline.
Refresh and it should show.
https://archive.is is another option, though it retains original formatting.
Oh no! Maybe they are getting the hammer from copyright holders... was wondering when that would happen.
@Deimos, or anyone that might have that power, would you please replace it with: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-michael-cohen-agreed-to-plead-guiltyand-implicate-the-president-1534987372
It didn't work originally for me either, but it worked when I refreshed (@gksu). Note that it seems to be missing the first few paragraphs though.
Hmm, sorry for being too tricky and trying to screw over News Corp.. I guess the easy link sharing of Outline.com has come to an end.
No problem, I was still able to read it through Outline, but I'm not sure why it was missing the first section.
I'm still not really sure what we should do with paywalled articles in general, they're becoming pretty widespread now.
Great topic for a meta-thread.
I think it's pretty obvious that a site where discussion assumes you read the content first would disallow paywalled content.
The areas for discussions are how to deal with metered paywalls and forced-logins/accounts for free access.
Why not just post a summary or excerpts when content is paywalled? A blanket ban seems to be using a sledgehammer to kill a fly. Metered paywalls like the NY Times and WaPo are easily circumvented with incognito mode.
A summary is still somebody else's interpretation. I feel like it would be more honest to leat people read the article and come to their own conclusions wherever possible.
If paywalled articles are accessible without JS or there are ways to get article content another way and outline no longer works well, could we have some article preview that would work similar to Outline? Basically collapsed text of the article above the comments?
As nice as it would be, we can't do things like that. It would be copyright infringement to duplicate the content here.
I've linked pastes of articles before to help people who had hit a paywall, would that be considered out of line as well?
I don't think that's a big deal, it's mostly that the site doing it "officially" is very different than having it come from a user.
Ah, looks like uMatrix was blocking a script or redirect of some sort that kept the page from loading.
Oh really? That's good to hear at least.
Yep! Good article, thanks for sharing.
I didn't realize that he got pinched between legal fees and his taxi business. If President Trump goes down it will be 100% his own doing. It's like he can't help but screw people over that depend on him.