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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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 6 points 4 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 8 points 6 hours ago

they're the stenographers for the rich

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 5 points 6 hours ago

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