Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers who try to form unions

Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by rmrfrmrf on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:59AM (#25291097)

One of the common threads in media critiques like Manufacturing Consent and Hate, Inc. is that direct editorial control is not necessary in order to promote your agenda. Control of money and access, along with ideological indoctrination of journalists at elite universities, is all that's needed. See also my comment below about NPR listenership and trust in Amazon as an institution.

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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by jmcgough on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:15PM (#25297803)

Semi-off-topic but Manufacturing Consent really changed the way I see the world and think about media. As a kid I never questioned that Iraq War-era Time magazine article with diagrams of a mobile nuclear weapons facility. It should be required reading.

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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by mleonhard on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:45AM (#25299698)

Same for me. Unfortunately, I found it hard to get along with some close relatives after my change in perspective.

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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by Aerroon on Thursday December 03, 2020 @03:17PM (#25294141)

You just need to have influence over who hires the journalists. If they like you then they'll hire people who will probably also like you.

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