ThinkProgress, the lefty organization which pushes for “living wages” and health care for all, seeks interns:
Come intern for us this summer! Info here: http://t.co/qvuXxvRuAs
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 3, 2014
Katie Pavlich noticed a piece of information missing in the ThinkProgress posting:
Excuse me, I don't see "paid" in this post. “@thinkprogress: Come intern for us this summer! Info here: http://t.co/R2ThtjzrLT”
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 3, 2014
Of course the positions would be paid, right? Unpaid or even low paid jobs are only offered by evil right-wingers, according to the liberal talking points.
Knowing that, Pavlich kept pressing:
No seriously @thinkprogress, will you be paying interns a living wage? DC is expensive!
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 3, 2014
Hmmm I sure see a lot of intern testimonials about how important the *experience* of interning is, nothing about money though @thinkprogress
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 3, 2014
Hi @JohnPodesta, just wondering how much you're paying interns these days? I can't seem to find it on the application http://t.co/Ft7evdcPvu
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 3, 2014
Hmm. Maybe they’re at lunch or something and aren’t available to give out the “living wage” they’ll be paying these interns.
Here’s another question that deserves an answer in order to prove how ThinkProgress is “leading by example”:
https://twitter.com/ElBuehn/status/430425733618343936
Surely ThinkProgress allows their interns to collectively bargain. Right?
@KatiePavlich @crousselle @thinkprogress @townhallcom @LeadershipInst Does Think Progress allow interns to unionize?
— Jack in the East (@talkradio200) February 3, 2014
So far the only response to these requests has been the sound of distant crickets.
Meanwhile…
Hi @thinkprogress, you know who does pay interns? —-> @Townhallcom and we're a bunch of mean conservatives!
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 3, 2014
! RT @crousselle: @KatiePavlich @thinkprogress @townhallcom when I interned at @LeadershipInst I got paid AND they provided housing & food.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 3, 2014
Somebody doesn’t seem to be following the instruction of their leadership:
Watch: President Obama is urging Congress to give America a raise. http://t.co/An5va81gek #RaiseTheWage
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 3, 2014
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