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In reply to the discussion: Making $7.75 an Hour, and Figuring There’s Little to Lose by Speaking Out [View all]Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)But these articles fall outside official narrative. And the official narrative is the one that matters. Or the only one that has impact.
If you want to know what the official narrative consists of turn on the Sunday Morning political talk shows. You know, the ones with a two or three to one Republican advantage over a middle of the road Democrat.
That's the media.
Most people do not read..............at all. They rely on simple memes and slogans like, "They hate us for our freedoms." They watch NBC, ABC and CBS news and mostly believe anything Scott Pelly tells them.
What the TV viewer will not hear is much about the wealth disparity or the working poor. That is only barely talked about on "liberal" MSNBC.
I know how the media characterized Occupy Wall Street. It was ugly. I know the MSM didn't inform the people of how widespread systemic fraud led to the crash of 2007.
We didn't need a dummied down media. We were already a poorly informed electorate. And I don't know what to do about it.