Poll: Which Story Should Vancouver Province Do on Stagnant Wages:
The Province Newspaper today posted a story it picked up from AP that indicated wages have been stagnant for the past year. I had a twitter exchange with @TheProvince pointing out that wages for the average Joe have actually been stagnant for 30 years – average real income has increased just 10% and, since this average is skewed higher by including the top earners, this means median wage (the wage of the person in the middle of the population) has actually been flat, all figures adjusted for inflation. Meanwhile, incomes for the 1% have increased 180% since the late 1970s, a triple! See the following study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a think tank/research organization:
The Rise of Canada’s Richest 1%
But I’m asking you, the reader, to vote and indicate which story you would like to see The Province cover. The short term story in The Province is typical of mainstream media, which increasingly seems to have no historical memory and which has few resources to undertake independent analysis. When the MM do undertake an analytical piece, they frequently turn to right wing “think tanks”, like the Fraser Institute, which is in reality a lobbying and propaganda organization for big business neo-liberal policies. Please vote
