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Within hours of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death by a gunman in Midtown Manhattan, the major media went full North Korea, lavishing praise on the sainted business leader. The Washington Post reported that the “smart and affable” Thompson had a “focus on keeping premiums low,” citing an unnamed company staffer who we’re to believe “spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their job.”

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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 115 points 2 weeks ago

It is so rediculous the fbi and police were brought out with what appeared to be unlimited funds. Im pretty sure some other folks were shot dead in new york. how much money was spent finding their assailents.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 108 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 24 points 2 weeks ago

I doubt it even then with the all important ceo that all resources must be used for.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

moist.catsweat.com

Just... why?

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

I liked the guys about and faq so I made my account here after kbin imploded (still owrry about elmer). His explanation was its comedically unmarketable in the faq.

[-] Earflap@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

As far as I can tell. Earnest had finally began handing some things off as something or things in his life was not doing well but I have no details. Seems like he had not transfered enough to get by without him or something though as kbin.social gives 500's and I could not find any other kbins that work. mbin is the fork and that is what I moved to. it had been forked actually because he would not let people work on kbin.

[-] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Important to remember the race hierarchy is as below

Black < Latino < White < Rich

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile I guess my place in the hierarchy is "None of the above", haha

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Asian? It depends on skin color and bank balance.

Arabic... Isn't on the chart.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Wow! So wealth transcends racism?! We've done it boys! 😜

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

If those were legitimate murders the body politic has ways of shutting that down.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

AFAIK, NY has a little north of 1 murder a day, so, yes, it matters who you are :/

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 68 points 2 weeks ago

Premiums low, denials high

[-] WatDabney@fedia.io 42 points 2 weeks ago

Of course they did - the MSM is the public relations arm of the ruling class, and a significant part of their job is ensuring that the peasants don't revolt.

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 weeks ago

they aren't doing this to convince us, the proles. they're doing it for their corporate masters. it's a sign to them that they will cower and comply in advance to make sure that we, the not wealthy, won't be given any more ~~ammunition~~ reasons to start going after any more of them.

it's not going to work, the corporate media not only ripped any credibility they had during the last 16 years, they decided to go for broke and nuked it in the last 3 months. does anyone really believe anything anyone associated with a major media outlet has to say about anything related to people who are at least millionaires?

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I just don't believe anything the media says whatsoever. If anybody in the media opens their mouth, it's likely a lie.

[-] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 40 points 2 weeks ago

Media is one of the key gears of the regime.

I never understood why working class took them at face value.

These people are enemies and should be treated as such.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Lots of them grew up before Clinton got rid of all the laws requiring the media to be honest.

It's crazy how much of our fucked up shit in 2024 can be traced back to 1994 Clinton shenanigans, especially since that's still the same wing running the party

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

Go back further than that to Reagan and you’ll see even more.

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Nixon started the culture war bullshit that eventually resulted in the anti-woke and anti-trans bullshit. Reagan started the economic insanity that gave us our current massive wealth gap and is driving the popular support for deregulation and tax breaks for the wealthy. Clinton and Bush cemented our corrupt media and the domestic spying programs.

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The communication ideological state apparatus, in Althusserian terms, a form of violence and repression in a kinder, gentler package.

[-] half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I saw one quote praising his "deep sense of empathy" and claiming he had a "clear passion for improving access to care" .....lol. I took a screenshot because of just how absurd that is. I mean, I expected plenty empty talk about what a great guy he is, but COME ON. At least try to make it sound grounded in reality.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Thompson had a “focus on keeping premiums low,”

Lol premiums are literally their entire source of revenue. The CEO of an enormous publicly-traded company had a focus on keeping revenue as low as possible? If this were actually true, the people most likely to have killed him would be everybody on the board and everybody else in the c-suite.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's not true. They gain revenue by fucking over many parties in many ways beyond just premiums

[-] ssladam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. The more claims you can deny the lower you can make premiums appear because you're not actually paying out.

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