From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Well, airline service ever be great again.

Hello again, I'm Aronaldi, and this is To the Point.

The back of the bus has turned into the back of the plane with discrimination based on class, social status, and money.

When airlines sell more seats than a plane will hold, they're allowed to force one paid passenger to give up a seat to another.

Video of a doctor dragged screaming down the aisle of a United Airlines plane is evidence of an increasingly common practice and first class isn't

immune. With just four main carriers left because of consolidation, passenger service is a

casualty of the drive for profit and America's increased wealth inequality. Later on today's

talking point, fake news, medical conspiracies, and your health.

First, here's the news.

Check out KCRW's all-news channel, News 24.

Programming from KCRW, NPRW, NPR, the BBC, and more.

24 hours a day. Check out KCRW. NPR, the BBC, and more, 24 hours a day.

Check out KCRW.com slash News24 or listen on KCRW's app.

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

Hello again, We're on. I'm back with To the Point. Recent video of a passenger forcibly removed from a United Airlines plane is a worst-case example of what's happened since consolidation into just four U.S.-based carriers.

Management seems to be tone-diff to the decline in service and even abuse

of passengers. We'll spend most of our program talking about that. On our talking point later,

traditional health quackery has been given a new life by America's increased political polarization.

We'll talk with a health reporter who watched hours of the far-right

conspiracy channel Info Wars to see how it's happening. First, this news update, Turkey's

parliamentary system is at stake in a critical referendum scheduled for Sunday. The measure is

...