I think the New York Times is absolutely right to charge for online content.  They attract the best journalists in America.  I am willing to pay to support great journalism.  We have lost most of our journalistic fire in this nation of once-great muckrakers.  Sigh.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/talk-to-the-times-answers-about-charging-online/