A coming point in the medias attitude to the governments handling of the crisis in the u. K. The 1st one occurred in mid april where fast the Financial Times and then the sunday times over the course of one weekend subjected the government performance to some set showing analysis how crucial were lead supports and terms of affecting the the accent by which most of the media were covering the pandemic. I think the Financial Times and in particular the sunday times reports were very important this sunday times report something times report was very kind of him very give a little insight into the attitude of the government in the early days of the crisis the revelation that mr johnson had not attended the 1st 5 meetings 5 out of 5 meetings of cobra the Emergency Committee which coordinates responses to crises was quote he did suggest that he didnt grip the crisis with anything like the the energy which might be expected and the other thing was of course it came from Rupert Murdochs sunday
Various governments around the world are talking about using Smart City Technology to trace where infected people go and who they come in contact with well that sounds good right who doesnt want to end this pandemic but it turns out theres a problem with tracking every man woman and child and that problem stop me if you if youve guessed it is that theyre tracking every man woman and child. As was written in the anarchistic rag called Forbes Magazine the use of masses of connected sensors makes it clear that the corona virus pandemic is intentionally or not being used as a test bed for new surveillance technologies that may threaten privacy and Civil Liberties so aside from being a Global Health crisis the coronavirus has effectively become an experiment in how to monitor and control people at scale oh goody i love being a juror bowl for the ruling helmets maybe theyll give us one of those yummy treats like i can rick or i can come bird for me and its not just your phone theyre tracking
Joining me here to talk about i think this quite important topic are three fantastic historians, all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly gage of young university. Professor dirk of duke university. And professor michael j. Allen of northwestern university. Im going to set the stage for with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and will introduce each panelist individually before they speak for just 15, 20 minutes apiece. And then we will open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. So we are here today to talk about the origins and the effects of this thing we call the deep state. It is important to say at the outset what historians always like to say. This is not really new. Today, we call it the deep state. In earlier eras, activists talked about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms have varied throughout the ages, they usually share a lot in common.
Aaron owe control and teach at university of texas in austin. Im pleased to share this panel today on the deep state. Joining me here to talk about this quite important topic are three fantastic historians all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly gauge of yale. And balker of duke and p professor allen of Northwestern University. Im going to set the stage with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and then introduce each panelist individually before they speak 15, 20 minutes apiece and then well open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. Were here today to talk about the ore ethic origins and effects of what we call the deep state. This is not really new. Today we call it the deep state, in earlier eras activists spoke about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms varied throughout the ages they usually share a lot in comment so the arguments that typicall
A 1000000 infected with corona virus and more dead than during the vietnam war various governments around the world are talking about using Smart City Technology to trace where infected people go and who they come in contact with well that sounds good right who doesnt want to end this pandemic but it turns out theres a problem with tracking every man woman and child and that problem stop me if you if youve guessed it is that theyre tracking every man woman and child. As was written in the anarchistic rag called Forbes Magazine the use of masses of connected sensors makes it clear that the corona virus pandemic is intentionally or not being used as a test bed for new surveillance technologies that may threaten privacy and Civil Liberties so aside from being a Global Health crisis the coronavirus has effectively become an experiment in how to monitor and control people at scale oh goody i love being a juror bowl for the ruling helmets maybe theyll give us one of those yummy treats like i