Posted on 03/19/2020 1:45:44 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Self-awareness is apparently in short supply these days among CNN media hall monitors.
For the past week, the media have focused incessantly on what President Trump and other Republicans call the Wuhan coronavirus. Teeth have been thoroughly gnashed over the connecting of the current pandemic to China, whos government lied and helped propagate the spread of the disease, killing thousands along the way. Even as the Chinese have waged an information war against the U.S. to shift blame, the mainstream media have been right there to serve as pawns, repeating nonsensical charges and focusing on irrelevant arguments.
Today, Chanel Rion of OANN decided to ask about the medias obsession with woke virus naming vs. actually reporting important information to public. That made the usual suspects very, very upset.
I like the sniping by Stelter, as if CNN isnt currently languishing below Food Network shows, trailing every other major news network in ratings. Maybe thats an insult he shouldnt be leveling, but again, self-awareness seems to be an unknown quantity here.
Not to be outdone, Olivier Darcy decided to post this as if hes some high school kid trying to bully people.
Ah, yes, because the media pearl clutching over calling it the Chinese virus is totally helpful in halting the spread of the Wuhan flu or something. I mean, come on, theres noway Darcy is actually this dense. He has to just be trolling at this point. Also, how much a jerk do you have to be to not just say Rions name? Instead shes the OAN personality, like shes got the plague or something.
Heres what the media dont get to do. They dont get to spend days freaking out over what the virus is called and then lecture others on focusing on relevant coverage. The question by Davidson was perfectly reasonable given the obsession the media have been showing the last week. Stelter and Darcy know that, but they choosing to instead set their self-awareness on fire and preen.
Umm... German measles.
OMG! LOL! GREAT CATCH! I’m gonna go self isolate right now. Doh!
Martha Macallum took down a lib last night on her show for the same reason.
"Ru no deprict vrirus by proper name. Ru racist
crapitalist round eyes craw it Crovid-Ninetreen!
Rankee ribrals say so too. No come from weapon rab
- it YOUR frault, Orange Man. We go eat bats, dogs,
crats and rike it!"
Her slimness belies the size of the pair she must have. Interesting background.
Thanks. She has quite the resume.
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