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May 22, 2020 9:18 pm  #1


Our broken journalism system

I could write about this subject (our broken journalism/media system) all week, 24/7, and site every case, too.  But it's better to rub their faces in their own stupid mistakes, as FL Gov. Ron DeSantis has every right to do, but has been nice about the whole thing considering how the dems would have reacted had the shoe been on the other foot.  Dems LOOOOVVVVEEE to praise themselves, but when a republican does something good - - crickets.

QUOTES ARE FROM ARTICLE AT LINK BELOW:

" . . . DeSantis discouraged hospitals from sending coronavirus patients back to nursing homes, pressuring them to continue caring for patients throughout the mandatory 14-day quarantine.The result has been a steady downward decline in confirmed cases and deaths, with a total of 2,096 confirmed deaths as of Wednesday. In contrast, New York has had 23,083 deaths — or more than 10 times as many. Keep in mind that Florida has not only a larger population than New York but more than a million additional residents over 65.

Even though Cuomo has been treated with adoring coverage despite presiding over one of the worst outbreaks in the world, DeSantis has been treated with nothing but ire.When he began to reopen his state slowly, his decision was again met with criticism from those who warned that the governor was moving too quickly. But, again, the anticipated disaster has yet to materialize. As of right now, Florida’s reopening has proceeded without a major rise in cases.

Yet few of the health officials or media reporters who predicted disaster, which they attributed to DeSantis’s “stupidity,” have recanted or admitted that maybe, just maybe, DeSantis was right all along."

AND THIS:

"It is completely fair to demand a recantation given the seriousness of the allegations leveled against DeSantis. The governor was told he had “blood on his hands,” and his response to the virus was slammed as “inadequate, ill-conceived, poorly executed, and cowardly.” One writer even went so far as to accuse DeSantis of actively “killing” Floridians.

Why? Because DeSantis was reluctant to approach the shutdown with a top-down, one-size-fits-all strategy; because he raised concerns about forcing churches to close; and because he followed the actual data instead of drafting panic-driven policy."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/its-time-for-media-to-say-were-sorry-to-ron-desantis

The right ideas are always the ideas which are mocked the loudest and most often, it seems, especially in America.  WHY IS THAT?


A government which robs Peter to
pay Paul can always depend on
the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw
 

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