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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Wed Apr 9, 2014, 05:22 AM Apr 2014

Eight Headlines the Mainstream Media Doesn't Have the Courage to Print

1. U.S. Wealth Up $34 Trillion Since Recession. 93% of You Got Almost None of It.

2. Eight Rich Americans Made More Than 3.6 Million Minimum Wage Workers

3. News Sources Speak for the 5%

4. TV News Dumbed Down for American Viewers

5. News Execs among White Male Boomers Who Owe Trillions to Society

6. Funding Plummets for Schools and Pensions as Corporations Stop Paying Taxes

7. Companies Based in the U.S. Paying Most of their Taxes Overseas

8. Restaurant Servers Go Without Raise for 30 Years

The following are all relevant, fact-based issues, the "hard news" stories that the media has a responsibility to report. But the business-oriented press generally avoids them.

Details and documentations at the link

https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/07-0

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Eight Headlines the Mainstream Media Doesn't Have the Courage to Print (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 OP

K & R ctsnowman Apr 2014 #1

K&R.... daleanime Apr 2014 #2

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Apr 2014 #3

du rec. xchrom Apr 2014 #4

We watch local news only. 99Forever Apr 2014 #5

I get my news HERE. Ferretherder Apr 2014 #7

K&R pangaia Apr 2014 #6

Nice to see them here Blue Owl Apr 2014 #8

K&R for more Sun... nt Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #9

ctsnowman

(1,904 posts)

1. K & R

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 06:47 AM

Apr 2014

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

2. K&R....

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 07:23 AM

Apr 2014

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

3. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 07:44 AM

Apr 2014

I want to hear someone defend this bullshit.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

4. du rec.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 07:49 AM

Apr 2014

99Forever

(14,524 posts)

5. We watch local news only.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 07:55 AM

Apr 2014

Mainly for the weather. Th national lying propaganda system is a waste of time.

Ferretherder

(1,450 posts)

7. I get my news HERE.

Reply to 99Forever (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 08:16 AM

Apr 2014

I know that some would say that this is wrong, in that I am sourcing all of my news from just one outlet, but, I just don't believe a fucking thing I read in the unfiltered corporate bird cage liner press. I HONESTLY feel that news is disseminated here in a way that lets me weigh the pros and cons of arguments for and against the veracity and/or impartiality of the source/reporter.

By dog, I just don't trust mainstream media, anymore. It's fuckin' sad.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

6. K&R

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 08:09 AM

Apr 2014

I don't have the courage at this hour to even read it.

Thanks for posting, ich.

Blue Owl

(59,626 posts)

8. Nice to see them here

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 04:52 PM

Apr 2014

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

9. K&R for more Sun... nt

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 06:52 PM

Apr 2014

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