Blog 11 The Yes Men

The Yes Men critique the media by exposing the options available to the people, especially when it does not align with the special interest and the corporations. For example, they pranked the Dow chemical company in front of a BBC audience of 300 million people. Many more heard that and the stock in the company fell by a massive 3 percent. This fall of profit occurred despite the illusion of change of heart. What is supposed to be an act of compassion and kindness did not work in the favor of the company. Why does this happen? There are fewer government regulations to keep the companies in check. The Free Market free of regulation, has been claimed for a long time to be the most desirable workable ways to do economics. That is because the free market "should" correct itself. All of these government think tanks have the media available to them to spread this word and the government elected by the people all eat this up. They do not know any alternative. The Yes Men are trying to expose the false consciousness generated by the corporations and all their decisions and dealings.