CFP: First step Gen Z should take to build an emergency fund (cnbc.com)

CNBC syas 56% of Gen Z does not have an emergency fund in savings.

Gen Z was born from 1997 (or 1998) to 2012. The youngest members of Gen Z are 11 years old. And we are surprised they don’t have an emergency fund?

Further,

Some 57% of Gen Zers said they would like to become an influencer if given the chance, according to a recent report from Morning Consult. 

The No. 1 industry Gen Z wants to work in, according to new research (cnbc.com)

No one wants to invent, design, or build or do something useful (e.g. services) – they want to talk about others doing real things. Unfortunately, we will have a problem if few people want to do actual stuff.

The reporter is an intern with a BA in journalism and political science, a study abroad in London, and is working on an MS in “Media Advocacy”. She attended and still attends an elite university with a non-discounted cost of attendance (tuition, fees and housing) of about $80,000 per year.

Media Advocacy is a graduate program in propaganda methods:

Strategic Communication for Social Change. Imagine that through one intensive degree program you could master the core skills of persuading an array of audiences to support public policies that would benefit your cause or organization. The MS in Media Advocacy is an interdisciplinary degree focused on the intersection of communication, digital media, law and policy. It is designed to teach strategic advocacy skills and prepare graduates to succeed as resilient, media-empowered citizens in a global society.

Media Advocacy, MS – Northeastern CAMD

Literally, this is a program training reporters on to be propagandists.

This is “journalism” now – producing propaganda and click-bait fluff pieces at content mills, written by the elite, who have little in common with the rest of us. Read: Who Reports the News?

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