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Sure Fire Virtual Sessions On The Horizon
The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and Berkshire Bank as they will present a pair of
FREE virtual sessions as part of their series Bridging Divides: Healing Communities . These forums are designed to assist residents in building common ground and banding together in solving day-to-day problems within their vicinity.
The first session
(May 4th) beginning Alec MacGillis, The CEO and founder of Ground Truth Project and Report for America,
Charles M. Sennott and Berkshire Eagle President
Frederic D. Rutberg as they will discuss amplified narratives of discord within cable news and social media and what steps need to be taken in repairing any damage that has been done.
AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa
Insanity Wrap needs to know: When will woke corporations learn the wokeness is no good for the bottom line?
Answer: When normals stop buying their stuff, and not one minute sooner we’re still the majority.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
Lefty Bloomberg writer comes out against “politically guided science”
Brookline, Mass., denies the science, keeps outdoor mask mandate
If there’s one thing lefties hate, it’s people who take them seriously
And so much more.
This Is Not a Sane World, Exhibit #1,000,006
The Minneapolis Target store that was looted and burned during last year’s George Floyd riots now displays a mural that appears to celebrate arson. https://t.co/c4oiCDFbSR
Registration is open for the final two sessions of the Bridging Divides, Healing Communities Speaker Series.
The next session, titled âHow Modern Media Can Create and Bridge Divides,â will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The guest speakers are Alec MacGillis, politics and government reporter at ProPublica, and Charles M. Sennott, founder, CEO and editor of The GroundTruth Project and Report for America. They will discuss how cable news and social media are amplifying narratives of discord as unbiased local news organizations disappear, the impact of these shifts on our discourse and institutions, and how to repair the damage.
The conversation will be moderated by Fredric D. Rutberg, president and publisher of The Berkshire Eagle.