Jordan
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You have kind of substance level coverage of Flint, you know, interviews with the families, you know, spotlight on a kid suffering with learning disabilities and all those things are important, but not the deeper dive into the who, who knew what, when, where, you know, and things that could actually do damage to. special interests that fund the government, donate to politicians.
You have kind of substance level coverage of Flint, you know, interviews with the families, you know, spotlight on a kid suffering with learning disabilities and all those things are important, but not the deeper dive into the who, who knew what, when, where, you know, and things that could actually do damage to. special interests that fund the government, donate to politicians.
You have kind of substance level coverage of Flint, you know, interviews with the families, you know, spotlight on a kid suffering with learning disabilities and all those things are important, but not the deeper dive into the who, who knew what, when, where, you know, and things that could actually do damage to. special interests that fund the government, donate to politicians.
In my book, I reveal a media outlet in Flint, a local ABC station. They killed a story six months after the water switch on that deadly Legionnaires outbreak. They had documentation that one of the local hospitals had a Legionnaires outbreak at the same time residents were complaining about the water. They killed the story. I later learned that the hospital was one of their top advertisers.
In my book, I reveal a media outlet in Flint, a local ABC station. They killed a story six months after the water switch on that deadly Legionnaires outbreak. They had documentation that one of the local hospitals had a Legionnaires outbreak at the same time residents were complaining about the water. They killed the story. I later learned that the hospital was one of their top advertisers.
In my book, I reveal a media outlet in Flint, a local ABC station. They killed a story six months after the water switch on that deadly Legionnaires outbreak. They had documentation that one of the local hospitals had a Legionnaires outbreak at the same time residents were complaining about the water. They killed the story. I later learned that the hospital was one of their top advertisers.
So unfortunately, these stories are kind of getting swept under the rug or covered at the beginning, kind of artificially. Official narratives are put out about what happened that aren't the actual truth. And then they kind of slowly go away for the next shiny object. And I think until there's reform where media... media outlets aren't controlled by for-profit entities.
So unfortunately, these stories are kind of getting swept under the rug or covered at the beginning, kind of artificially. Official narratives are put out about what happened that aren't the actual truth. And then they kind of slowly go away for the next shiny object. And I think until there's reform where media... media outlets aren't controlled by for-profit entities.
So unfortunately, these stories are kind of getting swept under the rug or covered at the beginning, kind of artificially. Official narratives are put out about what happened that aren't the actual truth. And then they kind of slowly go away for the next shiny object. And I think until there's reform where media... media outlets aren't controlled by for-profit entities.
Whatever people's view on healthcare, for example, there's now a broader discussion about should healthcare be really a commodity and for-profit? I think the same thing needs to be said about the public airwaves because it used to be news outlets were a quote, lost leader for the parent companies.
Whatever people's view on healthcare, for example, there's now a broader discussion about should healthcare be really a commodity and for-profit? I think the same thing needs to be said about the public airwaves because it used to be news outlets were a quote, lost leader for the parent companies.
Whatever people's view on healthcare, for example, there's now a broader discussion about should healthcare be really a commodity and for-profit? I think the same thing needs to be said about the public airwaves because it used to be news outlets were a quote, lost leader for the parent companies.
You didn't make money off your news outlet, but it was part of your brand that you're doing a public service. Not so much anymore. So I think if there was...
You didn't make money off your news outlet, but it was part of your brand that you're doing a public service. Not so much anymore. So I think if there was...
You didn't make money off your news outlet, but it was part of your brand that you're doing a public service. Not so much anymore. So I think if there was...
If the corporate entities had less power or billionaires didn't own Twitter and Facebook, et cetera, you might have more room for journalists to actually do journalism and less conflicts of interest between the parent companies of these media outlets.
If the corporate entities had less power or billionaires didn't own Twitter and Facebook, et cetera, you might have more room for journalists to actually do journalism and less conflicts of interest between the parent companies of these media outlets.
If the corporate entities had less power or billionaires didn't own Twitter and Facebook, et cetera, you might have more room for journalists to actually do journalism and less conflicts of interest between the parent companies of these media outlets.
Because there's no reason in the world that a guy from New York should be having to travel to Flint over 20 times to cover an ongoing water crisis and cover up when there's the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News, the Flint Journal. People need to wonder, why did they stop?
Because there's no reason in the world that a guy from New York should be having to travel to Flint over 20 times to cover an ongoing water crisis and cover up when there's the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News, the Flint Journal. People need to wonder, why did they stop?