Remarks. She has just arrived in North Carolina. Going to outliner economic agenda at a Campaign Event and just moments. As we wait to hear from her, republicans are hammering her proposals released this morning is unrealistic and socialist. Hi, everybody at home. Im Gillian Turner in washington. Trace, it is great To Be With You today. Trace gillian, great To Be With You. Trace gallagher in Los Angeles. John and sandra have the day off. This is america reports. Harris is expected to lay out proposals aimed at cutting taxes and prices in her first formal Policy Speech with a major focus on socalled corporate Price Gouging that she blames for Making Groceries and food too expensive. But critics say it is all a Smoke Screen to distract from the bidenharris administrations handling of the economy. Prices have crime nearly 20 the last 3. 5 years with the cost of everyday goods going up. Doug collins and Matt Bennett will join us in moments with more on all of this. Gillian we begin with Fo
To help estimate a number. Many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. In 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th Amendment which gave africanamericans the right to vote. The white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. We came here to exclude the negro. Nothing short will answer. The mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. One was a poll tax. You had to bring the equivalent of 58 in Todays Money to vote. The other was a literacy test. Registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. White people always seemed to get the simple questions. Black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap . And they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar . These practices became common across
The media show. Hello. Welcome to The Media Show. In a moment, were going to talk about Channel 4. Its new headquarters in Leeds Havejust opened, and the Governments Consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. Well hear the case for privatisation from a former Channel 5 ceo, and if youre wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly you watch, well, well unpack that, too. First, though, lets talk to Jack Thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter whos worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. And at this years edinburgh tv festival, he gave the mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, Jack Thorne was blunt, telling the Audience Tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. Jack, welcome to The Media Show. I wonder if you could explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusion about the state of the tv industry. Primarily because its true. And
The impact of extreme heat, we ask why Nigerias Oil Industry is making the effects of Climate Change even worse. And surfing china style. Well reveal why catching a wave there has never been so popular. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and two oclock in the morning in geneva, where at an emergency aid conference, more than A Billion dollars has been pledged to help afghanistan. The country is facing a major humanitarian crisis, with the impact of Fighting And Drought made worse by instability following the Talibans Takeover last month. The Un Secretary general, antonio guterres, said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal would come from. The people of afghanistan need a lifeline. After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. Now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. It is about what we ow
So there is a real problem in terms of disabled people being employed within the industry. The second thing, and related to that is the stories that are told about disability are few and far between. That i can only think of a handful of shows in my lifetime and it is very hard to get those disabled stories told. Ive been trying for years to tell disabled stories on conventional drama budgets, and every time ive been able to tell a disabled story on tv, its been with a reduced budget because thats the only way of doing it. And we need to be elevated and we need to be put into the mainstream, and the reason why, and this was i think the reason why this speech belonged this year, is that i think that what covid showed beyond anything else is the ableism is rife in our country and the fact that disabled people were shut out of conversations and ignored in the statistics as to how many deaths were put into different columns, how many disabled deaths, those with underlying Health Conditions