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wlfa is a super local US news station. Why would they put any effort at all to be compliant in Europe?

Hell, they could be currently compliant and it still wouldn't be worth the effort to figure that out.

> It should not be this complicated to respect laws that just enforce minimal good practices.

It's not necessarily the compliance that's the issue, it can also be figuring out how to comply. IANAL, and I can't guarantee to myself that I can implement a site with policies that comply correctly. Better to just geoblock, because it's not necessarily worth the lawyer fees.

Or... like 2% of their readers are from Europe and the publisher is likely struggling for revenue so they’ve opted to focus on other things?

Multiple people already have posted alternative links in the comments. Use those, and note that this kind of complaint is off-topic according to the site rules.

I do the same thing on my business site.