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A lot of ppl are sharing this article & questioning the journalistic integrity of @HorsleyScott. And they should. Because this is the shittiest phone-in piece I& #39;ve ever seen. Want to hear the real story? /1 https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1252590195687460875">https://twitter.com/NPR/statu...
The owner in the article is one Sky Marietta of Harlan, KY & she runs Moonbow Tipple Coffee & Sweets. It& #39;s a quaint little mom & pop coffee shop, not unlike the one I frequented in my own small town before COVID19 hit. /2
Sky & her husband opened that coffee shop w/cashed in retirement accts & advertised for 5 jobs AT LIVING WAGE. Yep. In Harlan, KY. They had 96 applications. Now we all know that 2020 is a karmic bitch & nothing good can last, so of course a pandemic comes along. /3
They did keep the coffee shop going w/curbside orders but here& #39;s where the NPR story just drops the ball. Sky talks about the FPUC + UI payments far exceeding what most Harlan residents would make. She also talks about how issues w/PPP & EIDL have compounded a tight economy /4
And yet none of that makes its way into the overall tone of the NPR article. It& #39;s all framed in a "Employees paid to sit on ass will never work" sort of way. As thought the cafe& #39;s employees just up & quit to collect this sweet payday. /5
Which is weird, bc you have to be fired or quit for good cause to collect UI. So guess why Sky did? An owner who believes in a living wage in KY? She laid off her baristas so they could collect the FPUC. Even though it meant closing her cafe & losing her own income. /6
And that& #39;s a boss ass move right there. To see your employees as ppl deserving of compassion & dignity. I& #39;m a little pissed that the NPR piece missed it. Especially when it was so fukn easy to find. https://www.kentuckymoonbow.com/blog/url-9wj2b ">https://www.kentuckymoonbow.com/blog/url-...
Like, this cafe owner managed to write a more complex & moving piece on the impact of hastily thrown together legislation & shitty govt services than a seasoned NPR reporter. When something is this big & affects us all this way maybe take the time to do it right. /end.
