Monday, March 23, 2020

The Media is a Public Health Crisis

The media only knows how to do one thing and that's take a crisis and make it even worse.

The Wuhan Flu shows that the media is the country's real public health crisis.

The media's usual nasty habit of accusing President Trump of lying is a lot more dangerous than usual during an outbreak in which it's important for the public to believe what the President of the United States is telling them about safe and unsafe behaviors.

The media presumably believes that the general public will understand the distinction between accusing President Trump of lying about the Wuhan Flu, take Vanity Fair's "Every Time Trump Opens His Mouth, Nine Lies Fly Out: Coronavirus Edition", and taking his health advice for staying safe from the Wuhan Flu.

When the media tells the public not to trust President Trump, it's also telling the public not to trust his public safety advisories or anything coming from the White House team fighting the Wuhan Flu.

National unity during a crisis would have the White House and the media communicating the same message.

Instead the media is tainting the pool, attacking the credibility of President Trump, forcing him to retaliate, and sending mixed messages at a time when people need clear and simple health advice.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/03/media-public-health-crisis-daniel-greenfield/

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