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In reply to the discussion: A shout out to "social issues" [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)"It's your tough luck being born gay, female, non-white, becoming poor, or elderly, or any other condition other than being so privileged, so white and so male that it makes no difference if Democrats or Republicans control the White House and congress. So if you're one of the many Americans who worry about issues that don't matter, like how to pay for heat or whether you can get married or have access to reproductive health care, I'm giving you a shout out."
Unfortunately your description also applies to most of the pundits, news people, and media personalities who decide what is truly newsworthy. Given how perception and opinion is heavily shaped by what people see, and hear, and read, the 1% who own and control the corporate media have the ability to decide what matters to the American people. And what does not matter.