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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

5April 30, 2020The unbearable Whiteness of Protesting: Commercial news coverage of the April 30 protest at the State Capitol in Lansing

5April 20, 2020Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Mackinac Center for Public Policy & West MI Policy Forum think 75% of businesses could re-open now throughout the state

4April 13, 2020Michigan lawmakers are frustrated with extended stay-at-home order, think the economy is more important than people dying from COVID-19

1April 5, 2020Acton Institute Founder wants a Tax Holiday for businesses, while an Acton writer tells the Governor that golf courses should stay open

1March 24, 2020Xenophobia and anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 crisis: Acton Institute perpetuates hate

0March 18, 2020Neo-Liberal Capitalist project Grand Action makes a comeback

1March 4, 2020MLive only asks the Mayor of Grand Rapids if there has been progress made after her first term

0February 14, 2020MLive celebrates the new Amazon distribution center, omits the company’s exploitation of workers and profits from oppression

0February 10, 2020Journalism to inform or journalism to make West Michigan seem appealing?

0January 27, 2020Acton Institute writer puts faith in the market to solve the housing crisis, is dismissive of rent control as a solution