Posted on 04/17/2021 5:41:56 PM PDT by grundle
The HBO star slammed 'blue states' for keeping schools closed despite minimal health risks to children
"Real Time" host Bill Maher had some tough words for liberals over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
In his closing monologue Friday night, Maher took aim at the media's "panic porn" during the pandemic, citing a Dartmouth study showing that "nearly 90 percent" of U.S. national media coverage was negative in comparison to other countries even as conditions were getting better.
Maher also called out politicians who "lie" to "save their own asses." know, the high-information, behind-the-science people?"
Maher then pointed to a Gallup survey that showed the vast majority of Democrats incorrectly overestimate the probability of being hospitalized from COVID, with 41 percent believing it's at least 50 percent while only 10 percent of Democrats correctly said that the probability is only 1-to-5 percent while 26 percent of Republicans said the same, stressing that Democrats were "wildly off on this key question."
"[Democrats] also have a greatly exaggerated view of the danger of COVID to and the mortality rate among children, all of which explains why today the states with the highest share of schools that are still closed are all blue states," Maher lamented. "So if the right-wing media bubble has to own things like climate change denial, shouldn't liberal media have to answer for 'How did your audience wind up believing such bunch of crap about COVID?'"
The HBO star blasted The Atlantic magazine for shaming the media's use of beach photos as a concern of furthering the spread of the virus "even though it's increasingly looking like the beach is the best place to avoid it."
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What Mahr doesn’t seem to understand is this was the democrat communist strategy from the start.
Did hell freeze?
Maybe, he feels that since Trump is out... it’s time to end the charade.
Maher has good moments...
BINGO! Where was he when it mattered, he publicly hoped the economy would crash so as to get Trump out. He got his wish. F Him!
Big Media is just plain lousy when it comes to anything involving Science
They got played on that “cold fusion” nonsense years ago, they’re still getting easily played on the climate-change contradictions, and they have done an exceptionally bad job with Covid
They’ve unnecessarily scared the public, pushed excessive lockdowns despite no evidence they work, and demonized anyone who tried to point out actual facts that contradicted their pre-created Narrative
Big Media - EPIC FAIL
Don’t worry folks. Occasionally Maher comes out of the Ganja haze to say something realistic. He’ll be back to flinging cow dung with zeal shortly.
Like a stopped clock Bill Maher gets it right every once in a while.
I see pigs flying outside my window.
...and that he is going to be against the dems ...cause he makes his money going against the establishment. He just is trying to save his job. Useless mercenary contrarian weathervane. Turn him OFF.
Where was he before the Election?
What the heck has gotten into Maher?
maher created and supported the liberal media. He is at fault for where we are as a society.
Ann Coulter
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