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Spin Meets Reality: UHC CEO Coverage
How the Media’s Corporate Allegiances Backfired Spectacularly
When UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated, the media had a predictable playbook: spin the narrative, protect their billionaire sponsors, and ensure the public stayed divided. They framed the backlash as a fringe leftist reaction, tried to stoke partisan outrage, and glossed over the systemic issues that people were angry about. But something happened that they didn’t expect: the public wasn’t buying it.
Instead of outrage at the act, the public united in fury at a system that allows corporate elites to profit while the rest of us suffer. Desperate to steer the narrative, the media did something unthinkable: They exposed their allegiance to the billionaire class. It was a tipping point for a public already fed up with the status quo.
Public Rage: Class Consciousness Goes Mainstream
Let’s clarify: the real story isn’t the assassination itself. The public’s response, a seismic wave of bipartisan outrage, rattled the very foundations of the narrative machine. Across social media, people from all political stripes came together to call out the system. No one was mourning Thompson; they were mourning decades of unchecked corporate greed.
“I’m no lefty, but we have a…
