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PatrickforO

(14,559 posts)
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 09:19 PM Sep 2017

For Labor Day: 15 things everyone would know if there actually WAS a liberal media.

This is a Daily Kos classic, and I thought it worth sharing on Labor Day here. Good piece.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/08/07/1229087/-15-things-everyone-would-know-if-there-were-a-liberal-media?detail=emailclassic

Read the article - it has some great graphics.

1. Where the jobs went.
2. Upward wealth redistribution and/or inequality.
3. ALEC.
4. The number of people in prison.
5. The number of black people in prison.
6. U.S. health care costs are the highest in the world.
7. Glass-Steagall.
8. Gerrymandering.
9. The number of bills blocked by Republicans in Congress.
10. The Citizens' United Supreme Court decision.
11. Nixon’s Southern Strategy.
12. Tax cuts primarily benefit the wealthy.
13. What is happening to the bees.
14. The effect of temporary workers on our economy.
15. Media consolidation (particularly in light of the huge Sinclair Media Group takeover)

Please enjoy and pass on, especially to those conservative friends and family members

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