Coverage of Elizabeth's death is not journalism and it is not meant to be

It is institutional power protecting itself

Queen Elizabeth II Mural at London Gatwick Airport 1

Time to pause and take breath and consider again the significance of the way in which the media (and other institutions) are reacting to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. We owe it to ourselves to wonder aloud about what we are seeing because this is one of those rare moments where the nervous system an…