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No, the media tends to report the most sensationalized numbers, not the most accurate numbers. I rely on World Health Organization type stuff, not "the news".
by steveeq1 6y ago
No, the media tends to report the most sensationalized numbers, not the most accurate numbers. I rely on World Health Organization type stuff, not "the news".
- ubercow13 6y agoThe same WHO that Trump just defunded for spreading “all sorts of false information about misinformation and mortality”?
- steveeq1 6y agoyes, the same one.
- ubercow13 6y agoI think it is not so clear that they are any more reliable than other sources. The media in the UK seems to have been candid about the low risk to younger people, but that's not the point is it? The governmental responses at least in the UK and US changed as it became clear it was more serious than we (or they, at least) thought, not less [1]. And this became quite apparent when it started occurring on the ground in Italy. >We are going to get hyperinflation now, US dollars will become worthless soon Now that, is sensationalism. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/16764a22-69ca-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75 https://www.ft.com/content/16764a22-69ca-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcc...