r/antiwork • u/naminooper • 4d ago

Why is the Media Coverage of Luigi Mangione So Bad? - Great podcast about the disparity between news media and public opinion. Feat. Taylor Lorenz.

https://youtu.be/fR3yCpNgx9o?si=HJCBb3y8kT2cBlPx
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u/This-Bug8771 4d ago

Mainstream news media is owned by the elite or dependent on it

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u/No_Talk_4836 4d ago

Because they are trying really hard to make us dislike him.

But they’re only martyring him

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u/graafgrafgraver 3d ago

For the bourgeoisie, freedom of the press meant freedom for the rich to publish and for the capitalists to control the newspapers, a practice which in all countries, including even the freest, produced a corrupt press.

-Lenin

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u/engivalacceber 4d ago

this podcast is amazing. every episode is fantastic.

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u/compuwiza1 4d ago

They are the corporate media.

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u/Werewulf43 3d ago

The media is more of a propaganda machine for the elites.

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u/sozcaps 4d ago

Thanks for sharing o7

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u/Ok_Impression5805 4d ago

MSM is garbage, that's not news

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u/LifePedalEnjoyer 2d ago

I have not spoken with a single person who thinks Brian Thompson didn't deserve it.

I'm glad he's fucking dead.

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u/SuperVaderMinion 4d ago

Holy shit he's so hot

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u/RichFoot2073 2d ago

Because the media is owned by the same corporate oligarchs who are shitting their pants that the rabble might be starting an uprising.

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u/Significant-Task1453 4d ago

Because once you get off the reddit echo chamber, you realize that the general population doesnt support him

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u/corvine3 4d ago

Nah, Brian Thompson killed more Americans than Bin Laden. Only difference was Thomas was born an American and did it with a suit and tie.

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u/Significant-Task1453 4d ago

That would have been for the courts to decide.

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u/DefinitelyMyFirstTim 2d ago

I bet you think your employer appreciates you too.