Because historically this is how news were shared. People would pick up a paper in a grocery store or cafe, read some of it, and leave it behind. They might rip out a page and take it home. Only one person paid and tens or hundreds gleam for free. This idea of sharing the story to nonsubcribers is as old as printed news itself. Instead news agencies prefer we forget that aspect of history, insist on being the “paper of record” while charging more money for easier to distribute media that gets sold globally. Yes, I think we are certainly not in the wrong here when we read the news for free.