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 you are truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine the l. A. Times the nation true dig 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 our 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 eyeballs were
Globe actually banks reports from minneapolis to tell us more about the moral and the community in which floyd lived actually please tell us what youre seeing. There sara so im here at North Central university located in Downtown Minneapolis where the Memorial Service for george floyd is that were wrapping up just moments ago rubber nose in our been delivered to these eulogy and he stated keep going until we change the full system of the trust has now he had everyone stand for about 8 minutes to represent the amount of time that george was payment to the ground the rights leader he spoke to the president earlier today and he said as a community we will bring up from the funeral to the funeral of africanamericans who have been killed by Police Officers is an unknown is unknown sara now for those who are unfamiliar with reverend al sharpton he also deliberate the ulu g. s of Michael Brown and. Garner an air of one who died in a similar function wait i do want to mention that eric garner
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 true to guy now i have sure 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 a contest and imus n. B. C. And these i want to ships as if they have no politics but the fact is you know theyre the people who dont want the extra net to be free
Passes a controversial law making it a crime to insult chinas National Anthem meanwhile thousands defy the ban to hold a vigil in tenements where its time to boost your news i q. A massive Memorial Service was held earlier today in minneapolis minnesota for george floyd and right after the protests continue you can see there live scenes from washington d. C. But theyre not alone there are similar scenes in other places like new york where a sea of police earlier today crossed the Brooklyn Bridge these protests are all taking place after 3 former officers now charged along with the former officer derek sjodin appeared in court where a bail was set of a 1000000. 00 the officers are all being charged for 80. And abetting the murder of george floyd there are as you probably know now facing charges of 2nd degree murder the news was received well among some of those attending floyds memorial ashley banks is in minneapolis and filed this report. I am in front of North Central university locat
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