We often assume biased media means false information.
More often, it means something subtler:
a narrowing of the conversation itself.

This essay explores how “reasonable” expert panels can produce consensus by defining the problem in advance.
Not by conspiracy —
but by structure.
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https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/we-dont-report-the-truth-we-manage

#MediaFraming #ManufacturedConsent #PublicDiscourse #MediaCritique #AgendaSetting #PolicyDebate #LaborShortage #WageDebate #NarrativeControl #CriticalThinking #Journalism #PoliticalEconomy

"Why aren't people returning to the workforce?" ~~Out of touch people

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/cgN9kCAeNyAf5GAMTYczRC

FIRE Retirees Lured Back to Work with Planet Naming Rights

Government's new plan: early retirees get to name a planet for full-time work. One recruit: 'I'll name it after my old boss and pray for asteroid strikes.'

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20260108-fire-stargazing-plan/

#FIRE #Reemployment #LaborShortage

Immigration: https://www.aurianneor.org/immigration-2/

#agriculture #art #asylum #aurianneor #decentwork #democracy #detentioncenters #developmentaid #environment #farmer #immigration #inequalities #insecurity #justice #laborshortage #laborer #law #medical #migrants #multinationals #worker #nononsense #Photomontage, #politics #pollution #prison #racisme #restaurants #social #unfaircompetiton #workinspector, #workers #workingconditions

#Iran faces labor shortages after deporting Afghan migrants. 🚨 Many employers preferred Afghan workers, but undocumented migrants are being deported. #Afghanistan #Migration #LaborShortage

https://kokcha.news/6756/iran-faces-labor-shortages-after-deporting-afghan-migrants/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Idk how I feel about this. Getting into a career type job at age 18 would have saved me from getting a cocaine addiction, probably, but here in the US we don’t trust them to drive rental cars until they are 26. So a train seems unsafe, or maybe not . . . it’s on a track at least.

Teenagers to drive trains due to concerns over labour shortages | UK News | Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/teenagers-to-drive-trains-due-to-concerns-over-labour-shortages-13362760

#ChildLabor #UK #LaborShortage (lol pay them more and you won’t have a shortage)

While you can’t control the labor market, you can control how you respond to it.

Practical ways you can navigate the labor shortage and build a strong, thriving team: https://www.careerreload.com/how-leaders-can-navigate-labor-shortage/

#LaborShortage #BusinessLeadership #LeadershipTips #TalentStrategy #EmployeeRetention