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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 [View all]

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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