MSNBC has sunk to a new low, as has the Washington Post.
This weekend, MSNBC did a story on “AM Joy” regarding a Washington Post article written by Phillip Bump.
Joy Reid, the host of the show, had another Washington Post writer, Jennifer Rubin, on to discuss the piece, with the conclusion that more Republicans than Democrats will die from the coronavirus.
Idiocy Reigns Supreme
When you talk about stories that are done to pacify a specific audience, this is what we are talking about.
While discussing the column with Reid, Rubin stated, “[T]here is a particular cruelty, irony that it is their core viewers, the Republican older viewers, who are the most at risk.
“And when you think about it, which party immediately canceled all of their rallies? Which party immediately started having their political figures really portray and use their lives as an example? It was the Democrats. So typically, there will be less Democrat deaths because there will be less mass gatherings.
“There will be less opportunities for people to congregate and share this horrible disease. So, it is really a very short-sided strategy.
“But I think now the name of the game is how do they get back on planet earth. And part of the way that I think that they are doing it is down the memory hole.
“He jumped right on this right away because of all this planning that we’re doing so well, which is head-spinning for the rest of us who watched him for weeks say this is a hoax. But this is how they do it at Fox News.
“And, so, they will contort themselves to get in line and get in sync. And, you know, we’re always saying but, but, but, pointing to the past. And they don’t. They simply move with the flow.
“Every day is a new day. Every day is a new storyline, and they will stick with it. I think the problem will be what happens unfortunately if we start to follow that Italian model where we have mass casualties, and our lives are not disrupted for a week or two, but we’re talking months.
“And that is going to be some serious stuff. And I don’t know if their brainwashing is so strong as to carry on and make excuses for Trump during that. But this will be some serious stuff.”
Have you ever heard of anything so ridiculous?
I don’t know a single Trump supporter that is not taking this virus seriously, especially the older crowd.
The criticism has fallen on the media for misreporting and sensationalizing worst-case scenario numbers rather than offering the full picture.
We all know this virus is serious, but we also know the majority of the responsibility lies on us to prevent the spreading of the disease.
I would also note, it is probably not conservatives out there panic buying.
In fact, many people I know are offering to do the shopping for their elderly neighbors so they don’t have to expose themselves to the idiocy that is happening in grocery stores right now.
So, both MSNBC and WaPo may want to consider just who is at more of a risk right now.
Source: Breitbart & Washington Post
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