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I think the point was partly the media didn't seem to care much about BLM protesters not wearing masks. There may have been some lip-service footnotes is all.
by mellosouls 6y ago
I think the point was partly the media didn't seem to care much about BLM protesters not wearing masks. There may have been some lip-service footnotes is all.
Compared to - say - how much they cared when it was Trump supporters rallying etc.
Then all of a sudden it's a big concern.
To be fair, that's probably as much of an issue about media bias as it is about scientifically responsible reporting - but the mixed/contradictory messaging all adds in to the armoury of those who would challenge the mainstream medical view.
- maxerickson 6y agoThe other thing is that protesters actually mostly wore masks. It's kind of something to slam the media for not reporting something that didn't happen. The thing protesters didn't do was social distancing.
- mellosouls 6y agoThat's fair, though my comment was more about the double standards generally on that issue - masks/distancing whatever (I just used the example given); the point remains that there was a definite light touch from the media wrt covid safety for the "good" guys vs the "bad" guys.