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Ricki Yasha TarrAwww yes, journalism...
🇺🇦 Johnydon 
he/him@RickiTarr
The other side of this convo should be Katie Porter.
EarthlingYeah, the Washington Pest!
\u1f0a1@RickiTarr Why did they put all those facts in the Opinion section? 🙃
LeisureguyI was just reading this https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/31/caitlin-johnstone-it-rarely-looks-like-this/
And now I see it everywhere I look.
Update: BTW, you can follow the author on Mastodon: @Caitoz
Caitlin Johnstone: It Rarely Looks Like This
It is more like water for fish. And when you are swimming in it you can't see it. Only by stepping way, way back is it possible to get a perspective on the way it surrounds you. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. People in the English-spe
Extinction (our fate)@Leisureguy @RickiTarr When people say "mainstream news media" I think "corporate propaganda."
I find ProPublica - @ProPublica - good, though perhaps they are not "mainstream." Probably not, in terms of corporate footprint. And Judd Legum's Popular Information - @juddlegum - is excellent but very much not mainstream — although the mainstream media often pick up stores that he (and ProPublica) break.
sewstars@Leisureguy @RickiTarr @[email protected]
The @Caitoz has been "suspended" ??
BadWoof
PeachMcD
McNulla@RickiTarr
Ignore all opinion news. Only pay attention to fact news then make your own opinions.
Ignore all opinion news. Only pay attention to fact news then make your own opinions.
StarkRG@mcnulla @RickiTarr I wouldn't say you should ignore the opinions because it gives you an idea of what kinds of biases might exist in the actual reporting.
sub_o@RickiTarr he owns Washington Post. And it was supposed to be a stupid purchase for Bezos at the time, but eventually it's not, because it's a propaganda machine that helps him sell to investors and customers.
Similarly, people are mocking Elon of his purchase of Twitter, but that's his bet. If DeSantis wins the election, he will keep having subsidies, and not paying tax. And that's only for the US, not to mention other countries where he helps prop up the corrupt governments.
Kamikater@RickiTarr That added "really" in the last opinion takes the cake. Really.
kampfschwaetzer@RickiTarr By chance, Jeff Bezos did not influence this. So let's take it seriously. If this is true: Why this is only true for billionaires? Shouldn't taxes be cut for the poor for the same reason?
Maybe. And as an result, we find out, why they were invented ages ago: We need them to finance common goods. And by the way: The rich also would become poor without them: No educated workers means no business for them.
Maybe. And as an result, we find out, why they were invented ages ago: We need them to finance common goods. And by the way: The rich also would become poor without them: No educated workers means no business for them.
OtownKim@ralph @RickiTarr the mega Rich are a disease!
@otownKim @RickiTarr
I agree. But maybe the possibility to become one of them is the point to tackle the problem.
I agree. But maybe the possibility to become one of them is the point to tackle the problem.
L0v3l4c3 🌹@ralph @RickiTarr I thought that the origins of tax systems stem from the need to pool resources at mass scale, in a systemic manner. Hunter Gathers didn't need them as they did not require such large scale resource pooling. Chiefdoms tended to require some sort of systemic resource pooling but not at the large scale of states so they tended to opt for informal taxation. States, on the other hand, needed resource pooling in both a systemic way and at mass scale. Henceforth, what pretty much all states have tax systems, barring very few exceptions, and these few exceptions would have very specific reasons to not have taxes.
newsorpigalThe Washington Post is a propaganda outlet for the billionare class.
Deborah MacPherson@RickiTarr the once great @WashingtonPost has taken a hard jerky turn to the right.
stux⚡️@RickiTarr Holy shit...
TWP doesn't mean a thing anymore ✅
Sue Cohen
Botahamec@RickiTarr For the record, they do have more than one writer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/26/wealth-tax-constitution-supreme-court/
Kerri LevineI'm sure Jeff owning the WaPo has nothing at all to do with their take on guys like Jeff.
Christo@RickiTarr
Ah the man who.laughed at the fact his employees and customers were funding his space trip
Ah the man who.laughed at the fact his employees and customers were funding his space trip
John Colagioia@RickiTarr I think of it as "Extreme Access Journalism." If they don't get the story right, they lose access to their source, their desk, their income, their ability to access Whole Foods...
El Vector ⁂ 🐸🐌
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱@RickiTarr Could I find the counter arguments in the Post? Yes, I could. After the Post was bought. I mean, come on. You get all sorts of stuff in the Opinion section.
gavinisdie 
@RickiTarr the bezos post
MxhradTo be honest, Washington Post and other media organizations have always been pro-billionaire.
Jordan (Damn Good Tech)@RickiTarr I actually agree with the first 2. We spend so much time trying to take down the super-wealthy instead of bolstering competition and alleviating the economic burden so we're all super-wealthy.
But the headline about the space race...yeah...dubious.
Dale@RickiTarr but, as their titles say, those are opinion pieces, I don't think anyone assumes that full journalistic rigor is ever applied to the opinion pages. Bias is expected.
CalebThis would be much more nefarious if those weren’t all Opinion pieces.
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey@RickiTarr Does anyone have a bucket?
Alan Rycroft 🇨🇦
Hubert Figuière@RickiTarr ah yeah the "leftist media".
Gregory Hays
sorry 🇵🇸☭
Dudula the Dud@RickiTarr "Citizen Kane", anyone?
esa@RickiTarr @Vebby
Always get this stuck in my head when he gets mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8iaViNIy3U
Always get this stuck in my head when he gets mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8iaViNIy3U
Bo Burnham - Bezos I+II [HQ Extended Mix]
steven@RickiTarr It's rough because WaPo has great subscription prices. I'm not sure how they can put out these editorials and even feel like there's some kind of credibility running through them.
They don't have to advocate for a turn toward socialism, but they could also refrain from calling for state-sponsored oligarchy.
They don't have to advocate for a turn toward socialism, but they could also refrain from calling for state-sponsored oligarchy.
Amanda Hugankiss@RickiTarr I’ve unsubscribed from Washington Post. Thanks for this.
Aviva Gary@RickiTarr The best he can buy
Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦@RickiTarr Brilliant meming. :)
Quenby@RickiTarr I have multiple accounts and I wasn't seeing your posts very often and I just realized I hadn't followed you on this one yet and was only seeing people boosts.
I fixed it. You're back on my feed! Huzzah!
Michael@RickiTarr @fsinn Will no one speak for the billionaires?
MikeZilla Minus One@RickiTarr
nicely done
nicely done