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and our mainstream media if not covering this aspect of the investigation is not
reporting the arguable negligence of this plant what is going although with
our many of these days
walter cronkite spent four days in nineteen sixty-eight at a of west
virginia mine explosion
that killed dozens of minors four days reporting night after night after night
about the fifty problems at the from line
his actions wed congress to pass the sort of
federal regulations that require workplace safety
that's what the media stood for nineteen sixty eight
now it just seems to stand for all it showed a school picture of a mushroom
cloud and talk about death and destruction and not even bother to
report on a corporation that flaunting federal law
daniel nam what is going up a lot of the media dropping the ball and that's what
have you been explanation
before that i think that perhaps one of those explanations was offered by
veteran newscaster essentially said
that this is a case of c_s_i_s_ receptionist business documentary
the boston bombing marathon marathon bombing is the pursuit of criminal
suspects that's something that apparently is ten somewhere tantalizing
for people them one did
regulatory oversight
but david on top of that i would say that this falls within
more of the acceptable narrative in terms of
what what we consider a part of the american discussion in other words
talking about government failure regulate industry is still i think more
taboo
in the corporate media than talking about muslim terrace
and i think you're right and and the important thing is we can talk about
terrorism
the number of american to ridicule my caravan and keep it up in eleven
seventeen
the number of americans were killed in workplace accidents in two thousand
eleven
forty six hundred
and as you point out the email our priorities but we could have often
bombing was trying to chase down these are these two guys do you have to be
created *** and mayhem
and they deserve a lot of tension in the public health
but the media should be able to focus on multiple things at once
are supplied a should be able to consider multiple issues that one and
why the media has been unable to do anything other than a cursory discussion
of what happened in west texas of the state the violations of the way this
plant decided to approach regulation it's just is fun it's just unbelievable
now having said that their article of areas with immediate and a great job
genteel we're from the young turks is done a terrific job covering that script
a ceramic lemme think that affect managing
rachel metal finally do think that the other night
but somebody who is a been a leading the charge on every guy by the name of mike
l we've had on the show before the labor reporter staff writer for in these times
magaji we will talk with mike on the other side of this break more on the
west texas
explosion and the way that company that for two other plant flaunted federal
regulations and federal law and also why is the media not paying so much
attention why are there not more mike elk out there
we'll talk with mike and you're the sentence for a few listening and
watching he catches