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Where's Our Outrage: Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights
ArtVoice (and Truthout)
(2012)
Abstract
Most editors chose to shorten the sentence, ignoring Romney’s outrage that people, the 47 percent or anyone else, would believe that they are entitled, as in having a right, to healthcare, food, and housing. Think about the concept: a right to healthcare, food, and housing. We’re not talking the McMansions, foodie epicurism, or elite health retreats that Romney’s donors have come to expect as class entitlements. No. This was questioning a more basic assumption, asking where people come off thinking they have a right to healthcare, a place to live, and food to eat.
Disciplines
- Critical and Cultural Studies,
- Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication,
- International and Intercultural Communication,
- Journalism Studies,
- Mass Communication,
- Indigenous Studies,
- Other American Studies,
- Other Film and Media Studies,
- Politics and Social Change,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology,
- Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance and
- Social Influence and Political Communication
Publication Date
October 4, 2012
Citation Information
Michael I Niman. "Where's Our Outrage: Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights" ArtVoice (and Truthout) Vol. 11 Iss. 40 (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/niman/135/