Common Deams:
"Just ahead of the 125th anniversary of the creation of Labor Day as a national holiday, a Gallup poll published Wednesday showed support for unions among the American public is at a near 50-year high despite the best efforts of corporations and right-wing politicians. The Gallup survey found that 64 percent of Americans approve of unions, up 16 percent from 2009. ...
The survey comes after 2018 saw a record-breaking number of work stoppages as teachers, healthcare workers, and others walked off the job to protest poor benefits and low wages.
'The number of U.S. workers involved in a strike in 2018 was the highest since 1986," Time reported in February.' "
-->Guess who hates union activism so much that it didn't cover this story? Yes, the NYT doesn't like spreading this anti-corporate message.
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Common Dreams:
"Months after the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) formally announced it would blacklist consultants who work with primary challengers against incumbent Democrats, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—controlled by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer—is reportedly taking the policy of its House counterpart 'one step further' by undermining progressive candidates attempting to flip Republican-held seats.
The Intercept reported Thursday that Andrew Romanoff, a Medicare for All and Green New Deal supporter running for Sen. Cory Gardner's (R-Colo.) seat, has had 'multiple consultants' turn down offers to work on his campaign due to 'pressure from the DSCC.' ...
'Shameless, but not surprising,' Romanoff said. 'I support a Green New Deal and Medicare for All. Those priorities don't sit well with the party bosses and powerbrokers in Washington—but I'm not running to represent them.' "
-->So tell me again how the Democratic corporate stooges are different from the Republican corporate stooges. The NYT didn't cover this 'shameless" story.
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Bloomberg:
"U.S. Unleashes Military to Fight Fake News, Disinformation. ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants custom software that can unearth fakes hidden among more than 500,000 stories, photos, video and audio clips. If successful, the system after four years of trials may expand to detect malicious intent and prevent viral fake news from polarizing society. ...
The algorithm testing process will include an ability to scan and evaluate 250,000 news articles and 250,000 social media posts, with 5,000 fake items in the mix. The program has three phases over 48 months, initially covering news and social media, before an analysis begins of technical propaganda."
-->The NYT didn't carry this story. The danger of the Pentagon deciding what is fake news apparently didn't occur to our preeminent newspaper. In fact, the danger didn't even register with Bloomberg, the news outlet that published the story. Bloomberg limited itself to how the military will search stories and how necessary this government intervention is.
