this is joe ricketts, who put dna info because businesses need to be economically successful is worthillion. that's from somebody on twitter. and somebody else said journalism isn't a hobby for rich people to experiment with and then abandon when it becomes inconvenient for them. i mean, it's like they don't get the free market. >> yeah, well, look cheryl, like this is what we call a basic failure to communicate. i mean, joe ricketts didn't become a billionaire by losing money and he may not have liked unions and so it was basically the new york office of these two publications that voted to unionize and it sounds like they had not been talking to mr. rick etts about whether he was going to be upset if they unionized so they just went ahead and did it. he acted and now they're out of work. in fact, the employees at the office in san francisco, chicago and washington had not voted to unionize so it's the new york office that has brought them to this point, and perhaps ricketts was a little abrupt but they didn't seem to talk to one other. >> cheryl: it's interesting, he had this to say

this thing down well the writers voted to unionize so it was good night and good luck for them joe ricketts hates unions more than he hates tax hikes. and sunshine. is it illegal to shut down a business in retaliation for workers' union no it's not it's illegal to threaten a shutdown which ricketts did but he's a billionaire it's only illegal if it angers the billionaires these were newspaper writers and they were at the bottom of the writer hierarchy you know how it goes it goes dead novelists living novelist screenplay writer female writers authors of nutrition facts whoever named my nail polish miami way amie. and then write underneath that local news reporting source. oh it what are we losing here with these wild local news las was the first to cover ice arresting a father when he was dropping his kids off at school and d.n.a. and folks covered the outbreaks of legionnaire's disease in the bronx but it'll be fine you'll hear about the next outbreak when you get the disease. you'll start coughing and that'll be local news. look there's growing news deserts in this country where that wher

were shut down by their billionaire owner joe ricketts at this rate at this rate we'll have to turn to social media for local news which is fine if all you're interested in is cupcake centric updates which of course i call cup dates to comment on this we have our mass media mogul naomi campbell annie. you. did. rick it struck this thing down well the writers voted to unionize so it was good night and good luck for them joe ricketts hates unions more than me hate tax hikes. and sunshine. is it may be illegal to shut down a business in retaliation for workers' union no it's not it's illegal to threaten a shutdown which ricketts did but he's a billionaire it's only illegal if it angers the billionaires. these were newspaper writers and they were at the bottom of the writer hierarchy you know how it goes it goes dead novelists living novelists screenplay writer female writers authors of nutrition facts whoever named my nail polish miami way amie. and then write underneath that local news reporting source. oh it what are we losing here with these wild local news las was the first to cover i

info and new york's the gothamist of joe ricketts was shutting the doors on the new sites in a move that looks directly motivated by as journalists having the audacity the odd death yesterday to join a union in a letter ricketts announced the end of the publication saying quote d.n.a. info is at the end of the day business and businesses need to be economically successful if they are to endure and according to ricketts they also had better not be unionized in september he penned a blog a very subtly entitled why i'm against unions at businesses i create and when she waxes poetic leave that i believe unions promote a corrosive us against them dynamic that destroys the spirit decor businesses need to succeed so while more and more news outlets are failing due to the whims of billionaires and not enough advertising dollars a journalist popularity in politics is winning the fight over truth and credibility thanks to social media platforms like twitter as glenn greenwald of the intercept points out that one of the least talked about ways social media is harming democracy is the way they are u

info and new york's the gothamist of joe ricketts was shutting the doors on the new sites in a move that looks directly motivated by as journalists having the audacity the awed death yesterday to join a union and a letter rickets announced the end of the publication saying quote d.n.a. info is at the end of the day a business and businesses need to be economically successful if they are to endure and according to ricketts they also had better not be unionized in september he penned a blog a very subtly entitled why i'm against union. was at businesses i create in when she waxes poetic leave that i believe unions promote a corrosive us against them dynamic that the strong is the spirit decor businesses need to succeed so while more and more news outlets are failing due to the whims of billionaires and not enough advertising dollars a journalist popularity and politics is winning the fight over truth and credibility thanks to social media platforms like twitter as glenn greenwald of the intercept points out that one of the least talked about ways social media is harming democracy is the wa

. >>> a bay area news website was shut down, joe ricketts suddenly pulled the plug on sfs. and a network of other sites across the country just a week after they voted to unionize. in a statement he said reaching the decision was not easy and it wasn't one i made lightly. according to the new york times 115 employees across the network will lose their jobs. >>> if you use google or facebook, alexa or seery you have artificial intelligence at your fingertips. the technology makes us more productive and efficient for -- some belief but experts warn it will destroy some jobs. >> reporter: from howell in 2001, a space oddity to ava, in the movies artificial intelligence goes haywire, runs amok or spells doom for mankind. science fiction, right? not if you ask you line musk. -- elon musk. whether or not ai will terminate humanity -- he seery? is ai going to kill my job. within 40 years it will transform jobs. killing some, creating others and disrupting the current livelihood of millions of americans. >> these technologies will affect everyone. >> reporter: michael mccue is a pa

joe ricketts the owner he's a billionaire if that name sounds familiar he used to be the ceo of td ameritradeily owns the chicago cubs. they shut down operations after reporters a the other sites in new york city decided to unionize so a lot of sadness tonight. checking the tweets already. >> certainly our thoughts go out to them because this is a tough position to all of a sudden find yourself out of a job like that. we'll keep you posted. >> more important fewer voices is never a good thing. to our friends we wish you all the best. m mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. john adams: wrong for women's health. wrong for virginia. >> ♪ >> all right, so started a go fund me for fairfax county public schools. >> the northern

billionaire joe ricketts, who is also the owner of the chicago cubs, fired all 115 workers at gothamist and dnainfo. he's long been an opponent of unions, even posting on his personal blog a commentary entitled "why i'm against unions at businesses i create." both gothamist and dnainfo have been important local news sites in new york for years. among the final articles to be published at gothamist were an investigation into prison labor in new york and an article about rise of anti-semitic attacks in new york city. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in puerto rico, where six weeks after hurricane maria devastated the island, millions of residents are still living without safe drinking water and electricity. health experts say the storm's massive damage to puerto rico's water system is threatening a looming public health crisis, as more and more people are exposed to contaminated water. on thursday, the white house finally agreed to release fema disaster aid with more flexibility

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