Ken Burns Says U.S. Has 3 Viruses: COVID-19, White Supremacy And Misinformation

NPR ^ | January 19, 2021 | Rachel Martin

[Morpheus2009]

Filmmaker Ken Burns has spent his career documenting American history, and he always considered three major crises in the nation's past: the Civil War, the Depression and World War II.

Then came the unprecedented "perfect storm" of 2020 — and Burns thinks we may be living through America's fourth great crisis, and perhaps the worst one yet.

"We're beset by three viruses, are we not?" he explains. There's "a year-old COVID-19 virus, but also a 402-year-old virus of white supremacy, of racial injustice. ... And we've got an age-old human virus of misinformation, of paranoia, of conspiracies."

[Morpheus2009]

Also remember we have political figures who made money off this situation while criminalizing other people’s jobs. The government and politicians helped make conspiracy theories more believable, especially with their widespread hypocrisy.

[real saxophonist]

And bad haircuts.

[Mariner]

He’s a brilliant artist.

Just about everything else about him sucks.

Seems to be a nearly universal axiom.

[Vaquero]

He’s got the galaxy quest alien haircut. His monotone drone is great for insomnia

[thesharkboy]

That title is hilariously self-referential.

[SmokingJoe]

The US has four problems for starters, massive ballot fraud, BLM/ANTIFA black supremacy, LaRaZa Latino supremacy and fake news/far left/Dem Party disinformation. propaganda and dirty tricks

[Lurkinanloomin]

NPR is a main source of disinformation, also known as propaganda.

[basalt]

these punks sure get wealthy using a system that white supremacy built....what color are your neighbors ken??...phony...

[CMB_polarization]

He’s grown too big for his soapbox.

[jmaroneps37]

And leftists pigs like you little fella. You should have quit after The Civil War.

[AppyPappy]

NPR - But you can believe us

[steve8714]

Oh well, if Ken Burns said it, it must be true.
Plus, it’s NPR.

[MercyFlush]

Liberals are also a pathogenic virus.

[BRL]

It is really awesome to be superior to others. Some people can make it to their grave never believing otherwise. I think Ken will die in his arrogance

[heavy metal]

he conveniently left out hypocrisy and double standards...

[I got the rope]

lol

[Huskrrrr]

All lives matter = white supremacy.

[Yo-Yo]

Ken was right about the numbers, but not the names.

The three viruses are: NPR, PBS, and CPB.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

He looks like he and Buttigieg trade off playing "catcher" and picture.

What "white supremacy" is it of which this little man speaks?

[Navy Patriot]

Ken Burns Says U.S. Has 3 Viruses: COVID-19, White Supremacy And Misinformation

Sure sounds like Burns has Autoimmune Encephalitis, to me.