There's anger behind the internet's reactions to the death of ...
Dec 10, 2024 · NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about the reactions Americans have had to the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
What the Murder of the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Means to …
Dec 7, 2024 · Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan; some Americans cheered. What does that tell us? Jia Tolentino reports.
New Yorker: A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You're …
Dec 7, 2024 · As you know, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare, fifty-year-old Brian Thompson, was murdered on the street in midtown Manhattan, on Wednesday morning, twenty minutes before sunrise.
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
Dec 8, 2024 · As Jia Tolentino points out in The New Yorker, we're laughing because the man who suffered a premature death was responsible for inflicting premature deaths on hundreds if not thousands in order to get more money. She writes: As you know, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare, fifty-year-old Brian Thompson, was murdered on the street in midtown…
An Astonishing Level of Dehumanization - The Atlantic
Dec 31, 2024 · T HEN THERE ARE people like Jia Tolentino, a staff writer at The New Yorker, who says she holds “anti-capitalist views” and believes “the American health-care system is profoundly immoral.”
Jia Tolentino on the sometimes celebratory reaction to the d...
Dec 7, 2024 · Jia Tolentino on the sometimes celebratory reaction to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and what it says about business & violence in America. “A denied health-insurance claim can instantly bend the trajectory of a life toward bankruptcy and misery and death.”
Deaths due to Willful Systemic Failings are Violent, Too
The C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare, fifty-year-old Brian Thompson, was murdered on the street in midtown Manhattan … The public reaction has been wild, lawless. The jokes came streaming in on every social-media platform, in the comments underneath every news article.
What’s Behind the Lionization of Luigi Mangione? - PBS
Dec 18, 2024 · United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in New York earlier this month. After a six-day manhunt a suspect, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was taken into custody and was charged with...
Gen Z'ers response to murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO goes
Dec 21, 2024 · A TikToker has opened up about why 'Gen Z will be especially numb' to the shooting of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was shot and killed in New York on December 4 and a 26-year-old named Luigi Mangione has since been arrested and charged on suspicion of the shooting.
The Killing of Brian Thompson and the Human Cost of Healthcare with Jia ...
Dec 18, 2024 · According to Jia Tolentino, Brian Thompson's death sparked contrasting reactions. While official responses were somber, social media users mocked the situation, reflecting public disdain for health insurers like the one Thompson led.
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