For Media, ‘Class War’ Has Wealthy Victims

Rich getting richer seldom labeled as belligerents

a new FAIR survey shows that within top national media outlets, “class warfare” terminology is almost exclusively employed to characterize as belligerent actions taken on behalf of the non-rich. The result is a biased national discourse that portrays “class war” as an ongoing persecution of the wealthy at the hands of the poor and working class and their populist leaders. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 6, 2009 - 5:28 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 6, 2009 - 5:28 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 6, 2009

The article presents a detailed study of class bias in the big corporate media. Thorough and convincing.

We do not have an informed democracy, we have a government propagandized and owned by the rich.

Using “class warfare” rhetoric to describe actions in favor of the poor and lower class, while using less pejorative language to describe top-down actions, raises more ... More »

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