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The only thing we weren't prepared for is the media (Original Post) malaise Mar 2020 OP
yes funny handmade34 Mar 2020 #1
They had half the country believing the that the truth was "fake news" GusBob Mar 2020 #2
Yep malaise Mar 2020 #4
Yep. dalton99a Mar 2020 #3
As if they weren't going to report disease and death due to his incompetence? Raven123 Mar 2020 #5
I've seen Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #6
That was a common refrain from the hawks during the Vietnam "police action." Yonnie3 Mar 2020 #7
Dear donnie, if you can't stand the heat, get the fuck out of the kitchen spanone Mar 2020 #8

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
2. They had half the country believing the that the truth was "fake news"
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:25 PM
Mar 2020

And listening to Fox news call the truth a hoax

They are responsible for that

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
6. I've seen
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:34 PM
Mar 2020

I've seen people on facebook comment that the news media shouldn't be reporting the death count, that they're only reporting them to make the president look bad.

Yonnie3

(17,431 posts)
7. That was a common refrain from the hawks during the Vietnam "police action."
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:00 PM
Mar 2020

Later on the dead counts were put forth as if they were scores in a ball game.

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