{"id":4491,"date":"2009-05-12T12:52:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T18:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2009-05-12T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T18:52:31","slug":"sunfiltered-story-of-stuff-deemed-anti-capitalist-and-biased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/sunfiltered-story-of-stuff-deemed-anti-capitalist-and-biased\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNfiltered: Story of Stuff Deemed &#8220;Anti-Capitalist&#8221; and &#8220;Biased&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dz3tPxUFGbY&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1]<\/p>\n<p>[social_buttons]In internet time, Annie Leonard&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storyofstuff.com\/\">The Story Of Stuff<\/a><\/em> is relatively old. 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