Posted on 04/19/2020 7:40:11 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Want to know how you can tell when the lockdown became a new great depression? It’s when the media starts experiencing large layoffs. Glenn Reynolds has a roundup of media layoffs currently under way that makes for the feel good story of the week for sure.
The New York Times reports that “Roughly 33,000 workers at news companies in the U.S. have been laid off, been furloughed or had their pay reduced. Some publications that rely on ads have shut down.” And it seldom gets better than this:
NPR Warns of Major Cuts Due to Coronavirus
NPR will be instituting severe cost-cutting measures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Wednesday internal memo, with a budget deficit looming as high as $25 million through fiscal 2021. . .
I suppose this will just free up a lot of media people to volunteer full time for Democrats, though of course they’re doing that already, so how could we tell?
The mendacity and mediocrity of our major news media have seldom been on display more clearly than during the COVID-19 crisis. While the media pretend to be “objective” and are now clearly on the side of the Democrats’ narrative that Trump was negligent and slow in responding to the virus, there is plenty of evidence of the media downplaying the threat of the virus and criticizing Trump’s early moves, especially his China travel ban, which the media decried as “xenophobic.” And then there is the media’s lack of interest in the Tara Reade allegation about Joe Biden, which is so blatant that even Alexandria Ocasio Cortez gets it.
But who are you going to believe—me, or your lying eyes? A few samples:
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
>>While the media pretend to be “objective” and are now clearly on the side of the Democrats’ narrative that Trump was negligent and slow in responding to the virus
this narrative is false and doesn’t explain the rest of the world
And we had some FReepers gladly lapping up all the Coronavirus Fake News bull sh*t! This was one if the most disturbing elements of this entire hoax!
I know how NPR could cut ALL its costs...
THAT THE LYING MASS MEDIA is suffering almost makes this Lockdown of America worth it! almost
Don’t Forget our
Deceiving,
Fear Mongering T.V.
.
Televised Virus
Currently
Featuring
ChiCom Cooties!
Talk about garbage. This is what President said...........
President Donald Trump said that he’s given up on the Drudge Report in a tweet Saturday.
“I gave up on Drudge (a really nice guy) long ago, as have many others. People are dropping off like flies!” the president tweeted.
Hell yeah, Mr. President!
Unplug your
Damn T.V.
If you are looking for a way to be banned from Twitter with some style, simply tweet that the laid off journos should “learn to code”.
The NEW phrase is: “Learn to Coal Mine”
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