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In reply to the discussion: An observation about the media response to the killing of UHC CEO Brian Thompson... [View all]It's not clear what if anything the sheriff's call on the judge's phone to his daughter was all about. But a pod cast today had a recording from the deposition the female inmate in the criminal case against the deputy/ civil case against the deputy & sheriff. She said that there are recordings of the judge participating in sex-for-favors with at least one female inmate. I'm sure that there is much more to the case.
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Jedi Guy
Dec 2024
OP
Ah, Terminator 2. One of the very few sequels that was superior to its predecessor.
Jedi Guy
Dec 2024
#5
Media responds to eyeballs watching. It's been an interesting, human interest
allegorical oracle
Dec 2024
#6
Not to be cheeky, but I choose what's in front of my eyeballs as much as possible.
allegorical oracle
Dec 2024
#55
Part of it is also is "proximity bias". It took place in NYC, against a very-high-on-the-social-totem-pole guy.
JHB
Dec 2024
#7
Assassinations, blood, police investigations, etc., sell. I've had CNN on in background today and that was
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#10
The media can, and does, deliberately create the public's interest by what the media pushes forward.
Think. Again.
Dec 2024
#15
On December 4, 2024, 41 other Americans died from gun violence. 42 total. Only 1 is getting widespread
Solly Mack
Dec 2024
#18
Only certain lives matter and I'm not in that club. The majority of us aren't.
Solly Mack
Dec 2024
#36
But a rich white CEO of a huge corporation is seen as perhaps 10,000 times more important than a "nobody" American.
DSandra
Dec 2024
#87
Wall Street and the billionaire parasites have declared war on the American working class.
PatrickforB
Dec 2024
#39
Generally speaking, the value that the corporate media; places on individuals is directly related to their wealth,
Uncle Joe
Dec 2024
#40
Agree...but, it's also the sensationalism of it that they think brings viewers. Legacy media is not the news
PortTack
Dec 2024
#41
He was no longer PM at the time, but still a public figure. And the shooting was at a public event.
Coventina
Dec 2024
#49
A lot of cyberpunk and futuristic science fiction deals with out-of-control corporate power.
Jedi Guy
Dec 2024
#67
The shooter must be caught, or our great healthcare system would be destroyed
dalton99a
Dec 2024
#73
Yep. That said, though, the US cares infinitely more about motherfucking CEOs than it does about kindergarteners...so
Karasu
Dec 2024
#82
There are many reasons why the media are losing their collective shit over this, but all of them are painfully obvious
Karasu
Dec 2024
#83
Slow down ... there's no conspiracy ... news editors have various criteria on which news is judged.
ificandream
Dec 2024
#85