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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA question for the talking heads: is it really too much to ask that when someone you are
interviewing says something that is EITHER a bald-faced LIE or an example of their amazing IGNORANCE you simply immediately ask them which it is?
"Are you lying to us or are you THAT ignorant?"
Rep. Miller-Meeks' recent statement that we've known for a year that "children don't spread covid" is just one example of when that question would have been cheered by thousands of viewers.
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A question for the talking heads: is it really too much to ask that when someone you are (Original Post)
Atticus
Aug 2021
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I've been saying this for years. When not corrected, the lies are propagated.
The Wielding Truth
Aug 2021
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The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)1. I've been saying this for years. When not corrected, the lies are propagated.
Towlie
(5,332 posts)2. Sounds good except that then they wouldn't come on the show.
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dickthegrouch
(3,188 posts)5. That's perfectly acceptable
They cant spread the lies then either.
progressoid
(50,011 posts)3. Iowa newspaper gives her a "D" for her statement.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/105110846
- The Gazette is Iowas independent, employee-owned source for local, state, and national news coverage.
But her claims about children not transmitting the virus are inaccurate. Kids can and do pass the virus, although at much lower rates than adults. If Miller-Meeks had qualified her statement even a little, saying children usually dont transmit the virus, shed be correct. But she didnt. And she uses the claim as a reason for saying children dont need to wear masks in school a conclusion that contradicts new CDC recommendations.
Her statement that elementary age students rarely die or are seriously ill is true, which saves her overall grade from an F. Instead, we give her a D.
- The Gazette is Iowas independent, employee-owned source for local, state, and national news coverage.
underpants
(182,992 posts)4. I'd like to actually see this