For those of you who are from outside the US, this is a Fox affiliate, which is a pretty conservative news source, but less conservative than Fox News proper, since it’s for the MSP area specifically. Still an indicator that we’re likely to see very good participation.
KMSP is owned by Fox Television Stations, LLC.
So it is operated by Fox directly, as opposed to explicitly hard conservative groups like Sinclair or Nexstar.
Thanks!
this is a Fox affiliate, which is a pretty conservative news source, but less conservative than Fox News proper,
That’s not really how it works…
If it was an affiliate someone like Sinclair owns it and operates under Fox, like a franchise.
Fox still owns this one, so the Murdocha control it directly. But the level of influence exerted varies.
Feel free to elaborate further here; I was just going for a quick one-line summary. The finer points of American media ownership are truly Lovecraftian.
It’s one company masquerading as several. It’s an as close to an absolute monopoly as you could get. It might even beat out Nestle or Pepsi co
Feel free to elaborate further here
There’s not really anything else, or I’d probably have said it already…
Just weird to have someone ask me if they have any more questions. Like, if you want to learn about stuff, asking questions is a pretty important part of the proces
I have already asked you all the questions I have regarding the contours of the American media landscape. Thank you for offering your time and expertise.
Alright man, you’re welcome I guess
The rest of the country should join
I am. In solidarity with my home state of MN. Feels small, but it’s what I’ve got to give.
I’m in from MT
Thank you buddy.
There are multiple solidarity marches near me, one in SF and 1 in Oakland.
I’m on a 9/80 schedule now and Friday is my off day. I’m already not working that day.
Same here but in solidarity with MN we’ve just decided to refuse to spend any money anywhere, whether locally or online. It’s what we can do, and we’re doing it.
If everyone in the US (or elsewhere and doing business with US companies, if you feel so inclined) who is pissed about this simply does what they can, Friday will be a great start.
This needs to be a national strike not just Minnesota.
You are welcome to join us from anywhere. Workers of the world unite.
I will doing my part too from my small northern Nevada town. We are all in this together. We have to be the ones who will save us.
Are you a Marxist-Leninist or a libertarian socialist?
Good for the lawmakers here.
Might be too cold for the march but cold enough for any excuse to not go outside for work or school
Yeah for sure. Probably the video call on Tuesday is more realistic.
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It’s also not helpful that this happens to coincide with an extreme cold snap that has shut down schools and businesses anyway. No way to tell the actual effect from the incidental effect due to the weather.
It’s -20F outside here. Pretty easy to take part in the strike today.
It’s the least they can do. And a one day strike is useless AF. General strike is no one works until demands are met.
These one day strikes and protests do Jack shit. The whole point of a strike or protest is to stop economic progress until demands are met and that takes way longer than a day. Has the current administration ever bothered to listen to these weekend protesters even once? Step your game up.
Right, we should never even start anything until any suggested plan meets with your full approval first, and only then if it is 100% guaranteed to hit the goal in one shot.
Fuck that. Shitting on a small start is just another way of saying you hate that anyone is trying to do anything. Like how the very same people who bothered to go to peaceful protests over the summer – “that’s not good enough! that’ll never do anything!” – are the ones now organizing direct action in their communities: I bet you think that’s coincidence.
Yeah, no. But thanks for letting us know what side you’re on.
Me, I stand with MN. If this is where they wanna start, I’ll start there too. There will always be plenty like you to judge helplessly from the sidelines.
That’s not what I’m saying at all, I’m also with MN. I am 100% with you that something is better than nothing but you’ve had year of small starts. I’m also not saying to attempt to overthrow the government with guns. Those fuckers only understand one language, money, and they won’t give a shit until you strike for long enough to hurt their profits. One day or weekend ain’t gonna cut it.
You need to get people on board first, these small protests show people they arent alone in what they are feeling and that there are people in their area who would be there to help and support for larger events. It allows others to organize and share contact information and grow the movement. Considering almost all social media which has the saturation needed to even allow this to be done online are coopted and owned by the opposition, we need these slow burn style events to make people acclimated to doing this for one and also to help grow numbers to a point bigger more successful action can be effective. While media may misrepresent these as general strikes a more apt description is these a like recruitment drives.
Ok fair enough. I still think that a one day strike is ineffective, even for recruitment. I really hope you guys gain traction soon. From the outside looking in it’s very alarming and the media makes it seem like not enough is being done.
