"We've been locked in a classroom-We have seen our friends text parents goodbye-We are the experts."

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8. These kids show that our media is right-wing

It's hard to admit, but our media is effectively right wing. Yes, every bit of our mainstream broadcast and print/internet media.

We know this because the kids' simple message has never gotten through before. And that message is obviously true. That message - that kids are getting killed because of easy gun availabiity - never got through after Sandy Hook.

And we're watching these kids interact with the media and we're surprised that they're able to 'speak truth to power' and 'get their message through'. Their message is obvious!! Why hasn't the media transmitted it before? Because the right now has figured out ways to control our media, even the media that we think of as centrist or center-left.

I realize it sounds crazy, but I'm saying that on many topics the NYT is a right-wing outfit. Not intentionally, but they get manipulated by the right to transmit right-wing messaging. Does that make them effectively right wing? I think so.


p.s. I am so heartened by these students. They give me faith in the country again and I'm rooting for them.