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>The speculation about Omicron did not air on the optimistic side of things. Instead, worst case scenarios played out in stories. Scary quotes about a "Frankens
by QuarterReptile 5y ago
>The speculation about Omicron did not air on the optimistic side of things. Instead, worst case scenarios played out in stories. Scary quotes about a "Frankenstein" escape variant were plugged into headlines, chyrons, and push alerts.
>Already, bad faith actors [emphasis mine] are using this latest episode of media overreach to suggest the press cannot be trusted on anything. For instance, I was watching Laura Ingraham's show on Fox the other night and she was railing against the media's coverage of Omicron. "COVID FEARMONGERS FORCED TO FACE REALITY,"
We got so close to some real introspection. Keep working at it, CNN.
- peteradio 5y agoIt's the viewers that need the introspection, CNN is just selling what they want to hear. I speak as someone who has natural tendencies to be easily mislead by media hype and generally takes the rage bait.