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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

this makes me sad because newspaper people are not rich at all

city desk editors and reporters and photojournalist and fact checkers are poverty wage jobs.

they are not the rich.

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 10 points 12 hours ago

It's almost like wage labor is a form of servitude to the owners of the means of production under capitalism.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 14 hours ago

they're the stenographers for the rich

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 9 points 14 hours ago

Dosn't matter, they have to do what the people who own the newspaper tell them to do. And those are rich.