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We want to hear from you on this topic. If you live in the east and central time zone and have an opinion on whether or not College Athletes should unionize. You can also contact us via social media. Should College Athletes be able to unionize . Joining us now on the phone is dave jamison of the huffington post. How did this issue get started . The way this got started was they said they wanted a Union Election. The National Labor relations oversees jobs in the private sector in the u. S. They had a hearing. It was to determine whether or not these players were actually employees and whether they would be eligible to have a union vote. This is basically standard procedure for any officer factor in the u. S. It is very unusual, because these are College Football players, but the regional director at the hearing and issued his determination. He believes that the layers are employees of the university. Host how is it that a regional director of the nlrb can make that decision . That is ho
Union. And trump tv across america. The sharing of bias and false news has become all too common on social media. The insidious propaganda on local tv news thanks to sinclair media. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today one of the Biggest Companies in the country lost more than 36 billion in market value thanks in part to a sustained attack from the president of the united states. Amazon. Com stock falling more than 5 today after donald trump renewed once again his Twitter Campaign against the company over the easter weekend. Amazon, of course is owned by jeff bezos, who also happens to own the Washington Post. Amazon itself we should be clear has no stake in the post. That does not seem to matter to trump who either doesnt know or simply doesnt care. To the president , its all, quote, amazonwashingtonpost. You see he is just conflating them all together. And trump, well, trump doesnt like the Washi
The insidious propaganda on local tv news thanks to sinclair media. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today one of the Biggest Companies in the country lost more than 36 billion in market value thanks in part to a sustained attack from the president of the united states. Amazon. Com stock falling more than 5 today after donald trump renewed once again his Twitter Campaign against the company over the easter weekend. Amazon, of course is owned by jeff bezos, who also happens to own the Washington Post. Amazon itself we should be clear has no stake in the post. That does not seem to matter to trump who either doesnt know or simply doesnt care. To the president , its all, quote, amazonwashingtonpost. You see he is just conflating them all together. And trump, well, trump doesnt like the Washington Post. It isnt always nice to him. So he is engaging in what certainly appears to be a proxy war designed to