Posted on 05/18/2020 5:12:39 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
The governors of Georgia and Colorado have at least one thing in common. They both took steps to reopen their states' economies in late April amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But for some reason, the media's coverage of Gov. Brian Kemp (R., Ga.) has been slightly different from the media's coverage of Gov. Jared Polis (D., Colo.).
Kemp, for example, has been accused of experimenting with "human sacrifice." So reads the headline of an April 29 article published in the Atlantic, which accuses Kemp of turning Georgia residents into "unwilling canaries in an invisible coal mine, sent to find out just how many individuals need to lose their job or their life for a state to work through a plague."
In a brief aside, the article acknowledges that some other states, including Colorado, "have already put similar plans in motion." Polis, for some reason, is not identified as an accomplice in Kemp's murder scheme.
When Kemp announced his plan to gradually reopen some Georgia businesses, former National Journal editor Ron Fournier echoed the sentiment of many media pundits when he wrote on Twitter: "Mark this day. Because two and three weeks from now, the Georgia death toll is blood on his hands. And as Georgians move around the country, they’ll spread more death and economic destruction." Fournier hasn't tweeted about Colorado in years.
The media have only managed to confuse themselves in attempting to portray the reopening of state economies as a partisan issue. "Republicans are reopening. Why is Democratic Gov. Polis doing the same in Colorado?" reads the headline from one NBC News article published in early May.
While Republican governors are reopening despite critics who "warn they're moving too fast," Polis is a political maverick displaying courageous leadership in trying times. "Jared is a unique individual, and to say that he is a cookie-cutter, standard public official or politician just isn't the case," one Democratic strategist told NBC. "He's always blazed his own trail. And he's confident as to where he's going."
Vox Dot Com has an explainer about one governor's "controversial reopening plan," but not the other's. CNN published articles on one governor's "hugely high-stakes coronavirus gamble," and another about how his state's "business owners are conflicted" about the plan to reopen. The other governor's name is mentioned at the very bottom of a separate CNN article on states "taking their first steps toward a new normal." You already know which governor is which.
The Getty Images photo catalogue reflects the media's heightened interest in Georgia's efforts to reopen the economy compared to Colorado's. It has more than 100 images depicting the gradual reopening of Georgia's economy, most of them part of a collection titled, "Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America."
A search for "Jared Polis" yields 40 results related to the coronavirus, the majority of which were taken during the governor's meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
Colorado (population 5.8 million) reported 318 new cases on May 13. Georgia (population 10.6 million) reported 579, an almost identical figure on a per capita basis. Georgia, meanwhile, is well ahead of Colorado in terms of coronavirus testing. Both states are projected to have almost no coronavirus infections by August, according to the most recent projections from the vaunted Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which were last updated on May 12, more than two weeks after both states began to reopen.
That all seems pretty similar. Wonder why the coverage has been so different?
Dumb Idea? It’s a nefarious plot to get you to spend more money
Yep. Why do you think the eggs and milk are almost always in the back of a grocery store?
As far as I know, Georgia is far more open than is Colorado. Restaurants in Colorado are only open for delivery and carry-out. In Colorado, Very few office towers are open for entry(front main entrance doors locked). Hellen, Ga. is a nice little town that was re-designed to look like a Swiss Village. Surrounded by hills and valleys, Hellen is a very beautiful place to visit. Red Rocks in Morrison, Co. has appeared to have cancelled or postponed all of its summer concerts. At this time, Colorado is not open for tourism.
Colorado is not open for tourism.
The media fools and sheeple have won in Colorado.
Who is propagating the myth that Colorado is open? Ask the restaurant owners whose licenses were pulled, the couple arrested for daring to walk in the king’s forest, or any of us barred from 75% of our normal activities (please don’t recreate more than 10 miles from your home for instance)
Recall Polis now....
I don’t think we’ve heard the last of that. Trump plays a long game.
Not to mention Colorado has also placed ridiculous, laughable, regulations on businesses they do allow to open.
Atlanta is starting to open up. Saturday the zoo opened. Today the botanical garden opens. LA Fitness will open on Friday.
We have not heard anything from Fauci this weekend and have not seen him since the Trump presser where he showed up in that giant mask.
I think that was a bit of snarky virtue signaling to his media buddies that he’s been gagged. Trump seemed pretty PO-ed at him in the Bartiromo interview.
bttt, Cuomo has blood on his hands and the media celebrates that.
I ignore those dumb arrows.
I am not a sheep being led to slaughter.
What? You don’t think journalists are pinheads? - Are they smarter than you hillbillies and you know it?
Been down there many times...isn’t all what you described normal every day congestion? Lol
“WHOA! what’s that?”
So this is what this whole virus scam has been about...getting people to buy Doggie treats! :)
Do you have any strange marks at your house entrance way...indicating you have been targeted for the next wave?
“I ignore those dumb arrows.”
I don’t ignore them..i purposely walk the “wrong way” and then give a silent hail the USC!
And I’ve done that too.
Best way to get me to not do something is to make it mandatory or tell me that *everyone* is doing it.
That is one of my all time favorite y-tube vids.
Makes me laugh no matter how many time i watch it.
Likely, however to be honest I believed some of the hype. Elderly with some pre-conditions. However, I haven’t been sick in years, so likely have a strong immune system (decided to stop living in fear). I was shocked how open it truly was. I am not joking about the bridge, miles long and not one parking space. No masks, no social distancing. No second wave.
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