MSM blows up Baldwin’s fatal blunder, silent on global pattern of workplace death (Full show)

Alec Baldwin accidentally discharged a prop firearm on the set of a forthcoming movie on Thursday, killing one member of the production team and wounding another. While the bizarre incident has piqued mainstream media interest, it is part of a broader pattern of death and injury on the job. Thousands of US workers died from job-related injury or accidents in 2019. Millions of workers die each year due to such issues, something neglected in the mainstream’s predictably sensationalist coverage of the story. Filmmaker and author Sean Stone shares his insights. But first, RT America’s Faran Fronczak takes a look at the tremendously popular dystopian survival drama “Squid Game.” She points out that household debt for the average American exceeds $90,000, and begets a sense of desperation that contributes to the show’s fandom, given its conceit of “literally putting your life on the line” in hopes of winning billions of dollars in prize money. RT America’s John Huddy reports on the new depths to wh