Posted on 01/25/2022 4:41:10 PM PST by Be Careful
A Danish newspaper has apologized to its readers for not questioning the government’s data and narratives more throughout the first two years of the pandemic.
The Ekstra Bladet, founded in 1904, said it should have done more due diligence in examining the government’s data and conclusions before reporting them:
“For ALMOST two years, we - the press and the population - have been almost hypnotically preoccupied with the authorities' daily coronatal,” wrote Bladet journalist Brian Weichardt. “THE CONSTANT mental alertness has worn out tremendously on all of us. That is why we - the press - must also take stock of our own efforts. And we have failed.”
In the mea culpa, which went viral on Twitter earlier this month, Weichardt suggested the newspaper should have asked more questions about how public health officials were tabulating data.............."The apology is an important reminder that the traditional role of journalism has been “an independent monitor of power,” not a mouthpiece for power."
(Excerpt) Read more at fee.org ...
In the United States, media have tended to view the utterances of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s top medical advisor, as a kind of gospel. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace could have been speaking for many when she called herself “a Fauci groupie.”
The MSM is complicit in covering for their CCP Komrad.
The NIH head has been featured on more magazine covers than can be easily counted, saw his life the topic of a Disney biopic, and (as of June of last year) had done no fewer than 400 media events—even though his role is not a public relations one.
No matter how much Fauci and the CDC were caught lying and betraying, the MSM was always there to destroy anyone who pointed out the deceit.
Most media have been shy (ransomnote: no - complicit, genocidal, treasonous but not shy. They can't spend their days trying to break the will of free people and crush them and still pose as 'shy) to question or criticize Fauci, despite his pandemic flip-flops, and are content to take his words on faith. Some journalists even appear to have published articles pushing back on narratives problematic to Fauci’s public messaging at his request.
An apology from NYT, ABC, CNN will be forthcoming shortly. /Sarc
that was directed at the news paper, they are the zombie scum for droning the message without thinking about the data.
agreed!
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