US Corporate media isn't telling this story...the BBC is

[cynatnite]

Run time: 01:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnYSY_oxFc   Posted on YouTube: March 26, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 09, 2008 By DU Member: cynatnite Views on DU: 1304

 

[wildbilln864]

1. *k&r! nt

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. And this folks is a bushville

yes, it is starting to look more and more like the great depression huh?

[Double T]

3. At least the REST OF THE WORLD gets the straight stuff on the USA.

Looks like WE are failing and falling miserably.

[Jane Austin]

4. I'm almost positive

I saw that on Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS.

[FightingIrish]

5. Can you imagine W rolling up his sleeves and parading

through that tent city in the wake of the disaster that he can't blame on anyone else? Does he even know this is happening?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. Bushville USA....and they are only going to increase

[bananas]

7. What's it about?

A lot of us don't watch videos or click on links if we don't know what it's about.

[cynatnite]

9. Tent cities springing up as a result of the mortgage crisis...

It's a shocking video, IMO.

[ikojo]

13. I was in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago

and saw some tents set up under a bridge on Canal street. Sad.

[orleans]

8. so glad the "media" isn't talking about this. we'd all much rather

hear about mcfuck, hillary & obama.

i mean, if we started seeing this on the tv we might actually get depressed.

(K&R btw)

[my2sense]

10. Tent Cities

OMG - why is this not running on a loop on MSM? Tent cities....are we now officially a third world country?

I wonder what new market will emerge to make some money off of those already down. Why are people living in the streets while homes are abandoned and gutted? This is some straight up bullshit!

[Prophet 451]

11. why is this not running on a loop on MSM?

Answer - Because the American media has, for years now, been committed to projecting the image of American exceptionalism; the idea that America is immune to the problems of other nations (like getting tent cities during a recession). They're allowed to say things are tough but never too tough. They're allowed to say the economy is bad but only if they include lines about how the US economy is still the biggest in the world and so on. It's all intended to project the image of the USA as different and special.

Note that I'm not saying this is deliberate. It comes from two reasons. The first is that Americans are indoctrinated to this belief from birth (i.e. the daily recitation of the Pledge), leading to a sort of reflexive nationalism. The second is the concentration of media in corporate hands. The Beeb, which is under no pressure to make a profit and AFAIK never has, is able to report freely on US affairs.

[samsingh]

12. kick