Journalism costs money. That has always been true and it will always be true. The question is who pays, and what they want in exchange.

When a press baron pays for it, the journalism answers to him. When a broadcaster pays for it, the journalism answers to the minister, the regulator, the legal department and the advertiser. When a hedge fund pays for it, the journalism answers to the hedge fund.

Hunt & Gather is built to answer to the people watching. That is not an accident. It is the point. Every funding arrangement Hunt & Gather enters carries an unconditional editorial independence clause. Nobody buys the journalism. Nobody edits the journalism. Nobody spikes the journalism. And all the people paying want in return is the truth.

We don't believe the truth should ever sit behind a paywall. But if you watched something, buy us a pint of diesel for the van. Bitcoin preferred.

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