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Two months since the riots, and still no “National Conversation” by Michael Tracey (July 26, 2020). Excerpt:
We
are now approaching the two-month mark since the riots that erupted
across the United States in late May and early June. There is a
reasonable argument to be made that these riots were unprecedented in
U.S. history — or at the very least, since the 1960s. Yet if one
surveyed the national media today, you’d barely even know anything
happened. Nor would you likely be aware that those who bore the brunt of
the destruction — largely minorities whose sensibilities don’t fit into
any neatly-delineated ideological category — are still acutely
suffering from the fallout.
Yes,
civil unrest has of course occurred before. But the riots of 2020
exhibited features which belie any easy historical parallel. For one
thing, consider their enormous geographic scope. While the most extreme
riots in cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and particularly
Minneapolis did receive considerable attention — however fleeting,
incomplete, and unnecessarily inflected with knee-jerk partisanship —
there were also smaller-scale riots in surprisingly far-flung places
that you hardly would’ve known about unless you lived in the area,
happened to visit, or intentionally sought out what remains of the
bare-bones local media coverage. To take just a small sampling: Atlantic
City, NJ, Fort Wayne, IN, Green Bay, WI, and Olympia, WA all underwent
significant riots, at least per the normal expectations of life in these
relatively low-key cities. Did you hear anything about them? Because I
hadn’t, and I’m abnormally attuned to daily media coverage. Only because
I personally visited did I learn of the damage.
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For the vast most part, WE THE PEOPLE can only be informed as much as the Enemedia want us to be informed. How can WE THE PEOPLE really remain informed? By seeking out alternative media!
