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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

1March 10, 2021WXMI 17 talks to cops, museum curators, anybody but the people who organized/participated in the May 30th Rebellion in Grand Rapids

1March 2, 2021MLive perpetuates the same narrative from the May 30th rebellion in Grand Rapids, without ongoing reporting centering those most impacted by harm of policing

0February 25, 2021Far Right news platform Breitbart, posts about the group Defund the GRPD

0February 18, 2021Another DeVos investment venture: More for the Capitalist Class, to hell with everyone else

0February 17, 2021That’s 1 down and lots to go in the West Michigan Radio Market: On the Death of Rush Limbaugh

1February 15, 2021When the Grand Rapids news media doesn’t hold those in power accountable: A WOOD TV 8 fluff piece on the City Manager

0February 11, 2021Unelected Downtown Development Authority gives more public money to downtown businesses for outdoor dining in the middle of the winter and amidst the pandemic

7February 7, 2021DeVos controlled Amphitheater Project using public money will be voted on at the February 9th Grand Rapids City Commission meeting

0February 1, 2021Sponsored Content and Greenwashing: MLive provides a platform for Enbridge to promote themselves as sustainable

0January 26, 2021Nothing is as it seems: $6.3 million to connect trails along the Grand River, while racial and economic injustice consume this city