Media Bias

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

I honestly dont have a problem on the surface with people saying the China Flu or Wuhan Flu. By all known accounts ... it did originate from there.

My underlying problem is guys like Trump who seemed to coin it early on .. as if the nickname would absolve him from any responsibility and give the "America first" people a target to lay blame and direct anger.

Trumps MO was to try and nickname any incoming controversy so his herd would just repeat that and shut down any actual discussion or accountability.

Yeah it started in China and China sucks ... "shutting down flights from China bought you time .. but what did you do with that time to prepare?"

This.

When Trump started calling it the China Virus, he did so to deflect blame from himself for his admin's response and to focus all the attention back to China for starting it. Which does exactly fuck all to stop the virus.

Gotta wonder how many other first world countries politicized mask-wearing and safety measures. Conservatives don't have a problem with mask-wearing when it's doctors and nurses in the OR though. But why would they wear masks if the masks don't do anything?