There's a big disconnect between the corporate media and working people.

[Uncle Joe]

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[Wounded Bear]

1. Yep! And that is basically what got trump elected...

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. So obvious to the observant, yes, sir. Not so much to the legions of disengaged or only

engaged with the cesspool propaganda of social media.

That it has become endemic is even more reason to report on and stay alert on the this cascading movement of corporate media towards support of the dismantling of democracy.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. 100% truth. Corporate media is becoming more and more fascist, a slow steady creep.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Remember the Labor section of your newspaper

There used to be a section in most newspapers that was devoted entirely to labor and stories about labor unions and workers. The back of it would be the help wanted ads. Then it changed to only being a section in the Sunday paper. And eventually it disappeared altogether and only the "business" section of the paper was present. Occasionally labor stories make it to the business section still, but they're usually outnumbered 40-1 by stories from the business owners/corporate perspective.

The perspective that matters most, the perspective of working people, no longer gets told.

[Tommymac]

5. Thank You for this.

Stored in my info bank now.

I do think that the Worker's perspective gets more eyes then ever before due to twitter and YouTube and TicTok and podcasts.

It's just the corporate owned MSM that is still a tool of the 1%. No wonder, they own it.

Those of us on sites like DU also keep the torch burning. No matter how small the site, we are like worker bees cross pollinating the online garden.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. Local news has always been more trusted

People read their local papers, and years and years of only getting 1 side of the story prejudices people towards that side. "See, look at these business leaders doing everything." When every story about business is how business leaders are creating revenue and jobs, you create an attitude about business leaders, that they are all that matters. That's how the idea that businesses owners "create jobs" out of thin air becomes accepted instead of the economic reality that demand is what creates jobs, and demand is best when workers are taking home more.

When a business is making some big decision, we never hear from their workers anymore. We used to, and it's a shame they no longer have much of a voice in the local newspapers. Often times unions and workers have a differing opinion on decisions that their managers have forced on them, often times the workers have a take that would help the business overall, but we rarely hear it anymore. Instead we've hero worshipped business owners and managers in this country to the point where they can do no wrong and helping them do whatever they want becomes society's only priority. Got to cut taxes to make the business owners come, got to cut regulations to make them stay, have to ensure cheap labor so they'll keep paying taxes. There's an attitude that the owner of a business matters more than all of his workers combined.

[Tommymac]

8. You are preaching to the choir my friend. Solidarity.

Been fighting for Union causes all my adult life.

I'm in the IT field and it pains me so badly that the workers in my field are so Libertarian and ignore the need for Unionization.

We get paid well, but the hours are hellish and the stress is debilitating.

They literally work themselves to death both mentally and physically. Not to mention the atrophied family and personal lives they seem to lead.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick