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A large portion of the Americans who will pay for news are rich
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supersquirrel lemmy.ca supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-07
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calliope retrolemmy.com calliope@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2025-09-02
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This has been the case for as long as I can remember.

This was how newspapers worked when they were actually paper. Wealthy people got the big papers and regular people got the local town.

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Jimbabwe lemmy.world Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-18
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I bought a subscription to The Onion in print. Have I made it?

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CoconutLove lemmy.today CoconutLove@lemmy.today
Joined: 2024-03-23
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150k isn’t rich.

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Turret3857 infosec.pub Turret3857@infosec.pub
Joined: 2024-10-09
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150k isn’t rich.

it is to me

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ToastedRavioli midwest.social ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-04-26
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150k isn’t rich.

3x the average salary in the US isnt rich lmao

Its not wealthy but its definitely rich by a long shot

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calliope retrolemmy.com calliope@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2025-09-02
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3x the average salary in the US isnt rich lmao Its not wealthy but its definitely rich by a long shot

What’s funny is, the author probably chose $150k as the cutoff for “rich” because it’s quite close to the top 25% of households.

A household with an income of $150k+ is in the top 27.6% of U.S. households according to 2025 census information if I copied and pasted right.

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CoconutLove lemmy.today CoconutLove@lemmy.today
Joined: 2024-03-23
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3x the average salary in the US isnt rich lmao Its not wealthy but its definitely rich by a long shot

When you consider that wages have stagnated for decades it’s not that crazy

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/home/pineapplelover lemmy.dbzer0.com pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-30
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I donate to pbs, does that count? I get the pbs shows and get to support their programming

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Ophrys lemmy.dbzer0.com Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-23
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150k isn’t rich.

Yes it is

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