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The tone of the article is clearly biased. There was a time when journalism was about facts and not feelings. This is "orange man bad" level

by s9w 6y ago

ssully 6y ago
Honestly, your comment does a better job of describing your original and follow up posts more then the article. Your original post pulled the following: "Still, President Trump consistently ignores that reality." This statement in the article is then followed up with facts on the current situation. It's pretty fine journalism.
- s9w 6y ago
  Really? That is absolutely not fine. The follow up is the trump quote "We've opened up factories". That has no direct connection to people unable finding masks. So the "ignores that reality" is completely unfounded. That formulation in itself is highly unprofessional, no matter what it is about. Contrasting his "ignoring" with "reality" is framing his actions as self-evidently wrong. And the word consistent implies that he is always wrong. That's at least three reasons why this sentence alone is nothing but propaganda.
  - objectivetruth 6y ago
    "We've opened up factories" implies "So we're fine," but even with these new production lines, we'll still be shy a billion or so masks the first year. That's a connection, in my opinion, justifying the "ignores that reality." The dozens of clips circulating from March through last week where he publicly says the virus will just "disappear" are, pretty obviously, a conscious ignorance of the reality. (Since, as we've seen, warm weather nor a few months of time have stopped the pandemic.) The only way you could even charitably say that he's not "consistently ignoring the reality" of the pandemic would be by pointing out the exceptions to those public comments -- his private, recorded comments to Woodward earlier this year where he acknowledged the deadly impact and aerosol nature of the virus. There are tons of articles about Trump's handling of the virus with perspectives you might appreciate more; perhaps you could submit some to HN for discussion. Here are some helpful suggestions: The Daily Caller, Breitbart, and PatriotNewsEagleFreedom1776.

The tone of the article is clearly biased. There was a time when journalism was about facts and not feelings. This is "orange man bad" level

by s9w 6y ago

The tone of the article is clearly biased. There was a time when journalism was about facts and not feelings. This is "orange man bad" level

ssully 6y ago

Honestly, your comment does a better job of describing your original and follow up posts more then the article. Your original post pulled the following: "Still, President Trump consistently ignores that reality." This statement in the article is then followed up with facts on the current situation. It's pretty fine journalism.

s9w 6y ago
Really? That is absolutely not fine. The follow up is the trump quote "We've opened up factories". That has no direct connection to people unable finding masks. So the "ignores that reality" is completely unfounded. That formulation in itself is highly unprofessional, no matter what it is about. Contrasting his "ignoring" with "reality" is framing his actions as self-evidently wrong. And the word consistent implies that he is always wrong. That's at least three reasons why this sentence alone is nothing but propaganda.
- objectivetruth 6y ago
  "We've opened up factories" implies "So we're fine," but even with these new production lines, we'll still be shy a billion or so masks the first year. That's a connection, in my opinion, justifying the "ignores that reality." The dozens of clips circulating from March through last week where he publicly says the virus will just "disappear" are, pretty obviously, a conscious ignorance of the reality. (Since, as we've seen, warm weather nor a few months of time have stopped the pandemic.) The only way you could even charitably say that he's not "consistently ignoring the reality" of the pandemic would be by pointing out the exceptions to those public comments -- his private, recorded comments to Woodward earlier this year where he acknowledged the deadly impact and aerosol nature of the virus. There are tons of articles about Trump's handling of the virus with perspectives you might appreciate more; perhaps you could submit some to HN for discussion. Here are some helpful suggestions: The Daily Caller, Breitbart, and PatriotNewsEagleFreedom1776.