CNN (Capitalist News Networked)- Ellisons Playing Media Monopoly, The Tooth About Fluoride, and More
Communities here in Michigan, where water fluoridation began, are beginning to stop the public health measure amid misinformation and conspiracies about what fluoride does to our precious bodily fluids.
We look at an article from GRIID that examines how local news outlets often prioritize billionaire backed fluff stories over community organizing and stories about state violence.
The struggle against the genocide in Gaza continues at the University of Michigan and the recent purchase of TikTok by Larry Ellison continues an alarming trend of the mainstream corporate media being consolidated by the far-right.
Trump declares anti-fascists terrorists, union leaders in Italy are using the power of labor to force their government to send naval protection to the aid flotilla sailing towards Gaza, and we look at an open letter from recently departed revolutionary Assata Shakur to the U.S. media.
01:50- 19:20 The Tooth Hurts- Fluoride Misinformation and Oral Decay
20:00- 30:00 GRIID Examines How Local Media Prioritizes Billionaire Fluff Over Community Organizing
30:50- 41:00 The Struggle Against Gaza Genocide Continues at U of M
41:45- 55:20 Capitalist News Networks- Larry Ellison, TikTok, and the Consolidation of US Media
56:25- 1:05:45 Trump Declares Anti-Fascists Terrorists
1:06:30- 1:12:15 Labor Unions in Italy Force Their Gov't to Protect Gaza Aid Flotilla
1:12:15- 12:23:30 Assata Shakur's Open Letter to the Media (1998)
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
Amid rise of RFK Jr., some Michigan communities ditch fluoride https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/amid-rise-of-rfk-jr-some-michigan-communities-ditch-fluoride
Local commercial news agencies prioritizes stories about new billionaire-owned soccer team name over how immigrant families are being terrorized by ICE https://griid.org/2025/09/28/local-commercial-news-agencies-prioritizes-stories-about-new-billionaire-owned-soccer-team-name-over-how-immigrant-families-are-being-terrorized-by-ice/
Resistance at the University of Michigan was supposedly dead — In fact, it’s spreading https://michiganadvance.com/2025/09/29/resistance-at-the-university-of-michigan-was-supposedly-dead-in-fact-its-spreading
As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media https://fair.org/home/as-ellison-buys-out-tiktok-us-moves-toward-one-party-media
Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be. https://theintercept.com/2025/09/19/trump-charlie-kirk-george-soros-antifa
Italian Unions Say They Are Ready to Strike After Attacks on Gaza Flotilla https://www.leftvoice.org/italian-unions-say-they-are-ready-to-strike-after-attacks-on-gaza-flotilla
Assata Shakur: An open letter to the media (1998) https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2015/01/02/assata-shakur-open-letter-media-1998/
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