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Where art thou media?

I saw Capitalism A Love Story last week and one part of the movie keeps nagging at me, and has me pondering why have we not heard the story of the judge sending kids to Juvenile Detention, aka kiddy jail, because he was getting kick backs from the private juvenile detention facility? Where is the media? Is this not the type of story that the American people, the American tax payer that foots the bill for such a disgusting travesty of justice needs to know about? Can they not fit this story in amongst the Balloon Boy and Swine Flu hysteria? The scars those kids that were sentanced unjustly have must be deep and long lasting. I hope the judge and the Juvenile Detention Facility that was in cahoots with this judge apologized to the individual kids, their families, and the community. Where is the media? Oh right, the media is structured within a capitalist system where the corporations don’t report on what we the citizens SHOULD know, but what makes them the most money. They report on what will increase ratings while at the same time making sure not disrupt or piss off the rich and the bosses that right the paycheck.




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