Monday, June 1st, 2020
Editor’s Note – What’s Going on in the Background
Author: Stephan A. Schwartz
Source: Schwartzreport
Publication Date: 1 June 2020
Link: Editor’s Note – What’s Going on in the Background
Source: Schwartzreport
Publication Date: 1 June 2020
Link: Editor’s Note – What’s Going on in the Background
Stephan: American corporate media, owned by basically six companies -- did you know that -- has a very specific television structure, which is where most Americans get their news. Either that or off social media which is too superficial and chaotic to have any structure at all.
There is an A block story, a B block story, some interviews about the A and B block, a much smaller C block story, and a smaller yet, and sometimes they don't even get to it, D block. You can watch this happen anytime you turn on your television whether it is to a cable or broadcast channel. Right now in the news there are only two blocks. The A block is the civil rights demonstrations, the B block on the coronavirus, with a small emerging C block about police violence against demonstrators.
But that is not how the country actually operates, particularly in the era of Trump. Quite apart from those A, B, C, blocks is the activity that is shaping the future, and it is now horrific, I try to cover it for my readers, which is why SR often seems completely out of synch with what you see on television, and today, I am going to dedicate the entire issue to what I see happening behind the news, because it has such profound implications for our future.