King Coal
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:41 AM
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If Will Pitt had any gumption he would organize his fellow reporters. |
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Just kidding, Will. But seriously, if the reporters were unified, they wouldn't have to be bullied by the Rove machine. If they all stood together what could happen to them? They couldn't fire all of them. Do you think it's possible that they could rebel?
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:48 AM
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1. not if they still wanted "access" which is a code word for |
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saying they want invitations to cocktail parties.
If they could get together en masse, they'd be much more effective, sure. I'm not sure how possible it is that they will all get the guts to do it, though.
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:49 AM
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2. It wasn't the reporters per se |
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It was/is the corporate ownership of the news media that contributes heavily to the Repubs in order to get favorable legislation/deregulation to help their bottom lines....
In short, there just aren't that many places for reporters to work that aren't controlled from corporate front offices.
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King Coal
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:53 AM
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4. Right. But if all of the reporters unified, not only couldn't theycome up |
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Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 08:53 AM by King Coal
with enough scabs to take over, but the publicity would be to overwhelming for the corporations too justify firing them.
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:58 AM
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:53 AM
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3. The task is equivalent to herding cats |
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and don't forget that reporters can only report what the people that write their paychecks are willing to report.
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Mon Jul-18-05 08:55 AM
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5. Organizing labor is always tough and first, and them amazingly simple |
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in the end. The reporters collectively have much more power than they may percieve.
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