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The media is trying to make it seem much grimmer than it actually is since it's an election year. I don't really know why, but they push the virus dialogue ever
by jb775 6y ago
The media is trying to make it seem much grimmer than it actually is since it's an election year. I don't really know why, but they push the virus dialogue every election season. This election year it's the coronavirus, last election (2016) was the Zika virus, the 2012 election was the Ebola virus.
I'm aware it sounds crazy, but food for thought.
- areyousure 6y agohttps://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=ebola https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=e... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_Unite... 2014
- berdario 6y agoThe Zika and Ebola outbreaks were not pandemics.
- ryathal 6y agoThe media in the U.S. was doing their absolute best to make them seem like they were. Truth isn't really relevant when spreading fear.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> they push the pandemic dialogue every election season. This election year it's the coronavirus, last election (2016) was the Zika virus, the 2012 election was the Ebola virus. Neither Zika not Ebola outbreaks were, nor were pushed by the media as, pandemics (also, the 2012 Ebola outbreaks, depsite being in a Presidential election year, received minor news coverage consistent with their magnitude; the major media coverage of a recent set of Ebola outbreaks was of the 2014 set, which were not in a Presidential election year.) The media is reporting a pandemic in 2020 because one exists, just as they did with the flu pandemic in 2009, which you will note was not an (US federal, even midterm) election year.
- dTal 6y ago....from the "American conspiracy theory which falls apart as soon as you realize other countries exist" department.