Sure enough, another distraction.

[grumpyduck]

I just checked several online news outlets, and, sure enough, the riots have taken over the headlines, pushing Covid-19 deaths "below the fold." Even that thing's sparring with Twitter is "above the fold."

Life as usual...

[SoonerPride]

1. The pandemic and unemployement are almost pushed off the 1st page of DU too

[Brainfodder]

2. People's priorities have spoken?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. This is hardly a "distraction." It's a real thing and a desperately serious thing.

I live in Minneapolis and my city is on fire. It's not a distraction, FFS; just ask George Floyd. Oh, wait...

[grumpyduck]

7. Okay, good point.

It's not a distraction, but it is distracting the MSM, and therefore us, from the continuing deaths from the virus. I'd be perfectly happy if the MSM just gave equal coverage to both.

[LakeArenal]

4. Sending white dudes in riot gear to break windows in businesses seem to work well for dump.

[HotTeaBag]

5. I checked the idiot's Twitter feed around 8:30 (showered afterward so it's all good), and

to add to the fog he Tweeted:

"CHINA !!!"

Suuuuuper topical and relevant.

[BannonsLiver]

6. This is America and we have short attention spans

Remember Ahmaud Arbery? You hear much about him lately? Yeah, me neither. That’s how it will be with Floyd in a couple of weeks. We lack the will and attention span as a people to grapple with complex problems for more than a minute or two.

[grumpyduck]

8. I don't know that we have a short attention span.

I think it's more like we're conditioned to follow the MSM and talk about what they publish.

[GeorgeGist]

9. Who will win?

[Baclava]

10. 40M unemplored, 100,000 dead, off the front pages, of course he will fan the flames