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hlthe2b

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3. Market Watch reports on business like the most clueless form of Downton Abbey...

Reply to KY_EnviroGuy (Original post)

Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:31 PM

Aug 2019

I could not wait to hit the mute button during the last recession. It is as though the main host was beyond oblivious about the suffering--or just didn't give a damn-- as he gleefully reported on the latest downturn and what employee-destroying tactic Big Business was doing to save themselves.

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Got a chuckle over seeing these two headlines.... [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 OP

Typical Market Watch Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #1

1)So wait, folks file and then lose jobs(?); 2)Didn't know jaguars breathe fire; Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #2

Thanks. So much meaning and depth in that photo. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #4

Market Watch reports on business like the most clueless form of Downton Abbey... hlthe2b Aug 2019 #3

Yes, nowadays it's all about corporate success and power. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #5

I was referring to the public radio show... Is that likewise associated with WSJ? hlthe2b Aug 2019 #6