Coronavirus Information...who do you trust?

[Dill]

(09-01-2020, 01:16 AM)Von Cichlid Wrote: 1.  It would have been absurdly difficult bordering on impossible for him to handle [the pandemic] well with a media and opposition that looks for every opportunity to crucify him any chance they get.  The media had just gotten through gleefully reporting on an impeachment farce that wasted resources and that was totally just for show.  There is no way they would have given the support needed for a unified response one month after that nonsense.

Disagree, Von.  The executive power is Trump's no matter what "the media" do.

Trump dismantled the CDC before the pandemic--the first of many bad pandemic-related judgments. He has sent mixed messages about masks and social distancing. He bumbled on before the nation about possibly researching the introduction of bleach and UV rays into the human body to fight the virus. He withdrew us from WHO, blamed China for everything, humiliated his own doctors, touted quick cures against advice of the medical community, competed with states in buying up PPE supplies, and repeatedly balked on national pandemic policy. He is totally fine with rallies of unmasked people (one prominent backer, Herman Cain, died after attending one). Trump has complained that testing produces more cases, makes the numbers look bad,  so he wants to slow it down, while doctors say that testing is needed to combat the virus. He constantly states untruths about the national prognosis (It will die out in April, "go away" etc.).

All this shows astonishing ignorance and incompetence, and has to be reported. I do not understand what "support needed for unified response" in the media is supposed to look like without consistent and competent leadership from the top. What unified response can be drawn from Trump's pronouncements so far? Should the MSM side with Trump against the medical community when it comes to opening schools?


Are you are asking the media to put aside their responsibility to inform the nation what Trump actually says and does, in order to support him Fox News style, while you are not asking Trump to clean up his act at all?