The News with Rick Sanchez - October 30, 2018 (20:00 ET)
Published 31 Oct, 2018 01:30‘What war in Yemen?’
Despite the inexorable role of US and UK arms-dealers in the Saudi-led coalition’s brutal campaign in Yemen, the apathy of establishment media toward the plight of the Yemenis has created a lack of serious public awareness of the conflict and especially of the extent of US and UK involvement.
The Internet: weapon of the national security state?
‘Gab,’ an alternative social network notable for its tolerance of racist content was kicked off its server following the massacre of 11 worshippers at Tree of Life Synagogue by a Gab user. RT social media specialist Michele Greenstein argues that surveillance and social control are integral and intentional aspects of the internet and have been so since its inception.
#FINALMENTE | The corruption of Twitter
RT America’s Rick Sanchez describes his prescient decision to use Twitter to connect with viewers before the platform’s real potential was widely understood by his CNN colleagues or other media figures. He laments that the explosive popularity and growth of social media has led to its corporatization and “loss of innocence” but is optimistic that honest communication remains possible.