I don't really see why this article matters that much. Don't get me wrong, with hindsight we can see that it was bad advice, but I think people overplay the eff

I don't really see why this article matters that much. Don't get me wrong, with hindsight we can see that it was bad advice, but I think people overplay the effect the media can have. The only way that cruise ship travel was going to be meaningfully reduced in mid-February was if Carnival cancelled cruises and gave refunds. Maybe the government should have forced their hand, I don't know. But people spent thousands on those cruises and even if CNN had posted an article on Feb 13th entitled "Don't get on a cruise ship right now" I don't think it would have made a huge difference given people's financial investment and the advice from the government that everything was absolutely fine.