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> March in NY was "which of these bad options kills the least people" time. They seem to have calculated wrong. But via the magic of the media to bend people'

> March in NY was "which of these bad options kills the least people" time. They seem to have calculated wrong. But via the magic of the media to bend people's perception of reality, have been reputationally rewarded for it. These decisions and their portrayal in the media is what passes for expertise in medicine, science, politics, journalism, and authority in 2020, and people seem to genuinely wonder why we have so many conspiracy theorists.

ceejayoz 6y ago
> They seem to have calculated wrong. But via the magic of the media to bend people's perception of reality, have been reputationally rewarded for it. The magic of media, or the relatively favorable comparison to the federal response at the time, which was largely "lalala can't hear you"? Folks are more inclined to accept "we tried stuff, and some of it wound up being unnecessary in hindsight" than denial.
- mistermann 6y ago
  I'm referring to Cuomo's decision on sending covid infected people into nursing homes, and the apparently counter-intuitive public opinion of his performance. However... > the federal response at the time, which was largely "lalala can't hear you"? ...is actually a good example of how how media coverage can shape even intelligent people's perception of reality - Trump's response was indeed characterized as resembling "lalala can't hear you", which you'd think would immediately fail the sniff test truth filter of any reasonable person...but perhaps the human mind doesn't work quite how we think it does.
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-president-donald-trump-changing-statements-on-coronavirus/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-president-donald-trump... Feb 26: "And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done." Mar 6: "Anybody that wants a test can get a test. ... The tests are all perfect, like the letter was perfect, the transcription was perfect, right?" Mar 13: "We have 40 people right now. Forty. Compare that with other countries that have many, many times that amount. And one of the reasons we have 40 and others have — and, again, that number is going up, just so you understand. And a number of cases, which are very small, relatively speaking — it's going up. But we've done a great job because we acted quickly. We acted early. And there's nothing we could have done that was better than closing our borders to highly infected areas." Mar 24: "I think Easter Sunday — you'll have packed churches all over our country." Mar 24: "We begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel." What about these quotes imply "we're taking this seriously"? He's still mocking folks for wearing masks and is holding public rallies where people aren't wearing masks or distancing to this day.
    - mistermann 6y ago
      This is an interesting detour from the topic. It's this sort of thing that I think believe deserves more study in case it lies at the root of several of the important issues facing humanity. I'll leave it at that lest I get warned for "starting" a flamewar.

ceejayoz 6y ago

> They seem to have calculated wrong. But via the magic of the media to bend people's perception of reality, have been reputationally rewarded for it. The magic of media, or the relatively favorable comparison to the federal response at the time, which was largely "lalala can't hear you"? Folks are more inclined to accept "we tried stuff, and some of it wound up being unnecessary in hindsight" than denial.

mistermann 6y ago
I'm referring to Cuomo's decision on sending covid infected people into nursing homes, and the apparently counter-intuitive public opinion of his performance. However... > the federal response at the time, which was largely "lalala can't hear you"? ...is actually a good example of how how media coverage can shape even intelligent people's perception of reality - Trump's response was indeed characterized as resembling "lalala can't hear you", which you'd think would immediately fail the sniff test truth filter of any reasonable person...but perhaps the human mind doesn't work quite how we think it does.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-president-donald-trump-changing-statements-on-coronavirus/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-president-donald-trump... Feb 26: "And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done." Mar 6: "Anybody that wants a test can get a test. ... The tests are all perfect, like the letter was perfect, the transcription was perfect, right?" Mar 13: "We have 40 people right now. Forty. Compare that with other countries that have many, many times that amount. And one of the reasons we have 40 and others have — and, again, that number is going up, just so you understand. And a number of cases, which are very small, relatively speaking — it's going up. But we've done a great job because we acted quickly. We acted early. And there's nothing we could have done that was better than closing our borders to highly infected areas." Mar 24: "I think Easter Sunday — you'll have packed churches all over our country." Mar 24: "We begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel." What about these quotes imply "we're taking this seriously"? He's still mocking folks for wearing masks and is holding public rallies where people aren't wearing masks or distancing to this day.
  - mistermann 6y ago
    This is an interesting detour from the topic. It's this sort of thing that I think believe deserves more study in case it lies at the root of several of the important issues facing humanity. I'll leave it at that lest I get warned for "starting" a flamewar.