Truthdig and later in the show not only mcgill will also show us the Hidden History of the pledge of allegiance but 1st heres my talk with legendary journalist Robert Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show. Great to be here yet youve added a truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine and the l. A. Times the nation truthdig radio shows they have saved a lot over the years in some ways theyre actually fewer gatekeepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse we should not under and underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l a times it wasnt easy to fire me because there were lots of people want to r
So there was a marketplace restraint that is gone now they dont need eyeballs with the targeted advertising with the surveillance that is the norm to the internet they can get all the readers of the New York Times without putting an ad in the New York Times so the Business Model is broken and its just become a playground for the rich or for people who want to influence opinion they can buy the soul trash and newspapers and so thats thats the bad part of it theres absolutely no free market restraint there is nothing of that so on on the other hand as long as we have Net Neutrality the very instrument that killed journalism is a model the internet is also quite liberating and that you know i did have to dig i now i have sheer posts and im able to interview you for example at the modern Technology Gives us a lot of voices out there which is why they want to smash Net Neutrality and centrist saying everybody talks about contests and imus and b. C. And these i want to ships as if they have
A mother an activist a sexual sole survivor a mutual aid volunteer a former Bernie Sanders delegate and shes running for congress in california so many important issues to discuss with her also on this episode i talk about the drug Company Holding the country hostage and correspondent anders we will get into some mind blowing cold news about the greek revolution but 1st heres we cam with angelica take a look and jellicoe thanks for being here thank you so much for having me so youve got a lot going on right now youre the mother of 5 children your husband has been laid off due to the pandemic i think for Many Americans youre living the common American Experience right now loss of income and security watching trillions of dollars go to wall street and big banks while most people dont see a dime of it can you just start off by talking about what the experience has been like for you and your family recently. Well i would say that honestly its been a rough i have like you mentioned 5 kids 4
Of the pledge of allegiance but 1st heres my talk with legendary journalist Robert Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show. Great to be here yet youve added a truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine and the l. A. Times the nation true deg radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways there are actually fewer gatekeepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse we should not under and underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l a times it wasnt easy to fire me because there were lots of people want to read me so there was a marketplace restraint that is gone now they dont need e
A look at countries that dont have corn dog brains look at denmark denmark has had almost twice as much testing per capita as the United States and fewer than half as many deaths per capita that would mean around 40 or 50000. 00 extra americans have died in the past few months because we have not dealt with this as well as denmark that 169 elevenths that could have been stopped if we hadnt behaved like idiots but death is not the only problem caused by this pandemic theres also the economic collapse which is bad for everyone unless youre a day trader betting that everything will be awful for those people right now is like mardi gras with fewer naked but an equal amount of pissing in the streets so us lost a staggering 20. 00. 1000000. 00 jobs in april bringing the jobless rate to its highest level since the Great Depression 14. 7 percent and even steve menuhin our treasury secretary who has carnal relations with a roll of silver dollars every night under a framed portrait of Ronald Rea