https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/17/bill-...anic-porn/
EXCERPTS: . . . The U.S. media, Maher said, has consistently painted a more negative picture of the pandemic than other outlets around the world. While the coverage in other countries has mixed the positive news in with the negative, he noted that American media coverage has remained nearly 90% negative.
[...] Bill Maher then noted that, according to a Gallup survey on coronavirus, Democrats have been “wildly off” on the question asking how likely it was for someone who had COVID-19 to require hospitalization. Just 10% of Democrats gave the correct answer — 1 to 5% — while 41% of Democrats believed more than 50% of those infected would need to be hospitalized.
According to that same survey, Maher said that Democrats greatly exaggerated views of how dangerous COVID-19 was to children — which he said could be the reason that the majority of schools that have remained closed are in blue states. “So if the right-wing media bubble has to own things like climate change denial, shouldn’t liberal media have to answer for ‘How did your audience wind up believing such bunch of crap about COVID?'” Maher asked.
Maher even praised Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, adding, “And maybe that’s why he protected his most vulnerable population, the elderly, way better than did the governor of New York. [...] I don’t want politics mixed in with my medical decisions!” Maher concluded. “If you lie to people, even for a very good cause, you lose their trust.” (MORE - details)
RELATED (April 12, 2021): How the media's hypocrisy undermines critical thinking in the age of COVID
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EXCERPTS: . . . The U.S. media, Maher said, has consistently painted a more negative picture of the pandemic than other outlets around the world. While the coverage in other countries has mixed the positive news in with the negative, he noted that American media coverage has remained nearly 90% negative.
[...] Bill Maher then noted that, according to a Gallup survey on coronavirus, Democrats have been “wildly off” on the question asking how likely it was for someone who had COVID-19 to require hospitalization. Just 10% of Democrats gave the correct answer — 1 to 5% — while 41% of Democrats believed more than 50% of those infected would need to be hospitalized.
According to that same survey, Maher said that Democrats greatly exaggerated views of how dangerous COVID-19 was to children — which he said could be the reason that the majority of schools that have remained closed are in blue states. “So if the right-wing media bubble has to own things like climate change denial, shouldn’t liberal media have to answer for ‘How did your audience wind up believing such bunch of crap about COVID?'” Maher asked.
Maher even praised Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, adding, “And maybe that’s why he protected his most vulnerable population, the elderly, way better than did the governor of New York. [...] I don’t want politics mixed in with my medical decisions!” Maher concluded. “If you lie to people, even for a very good cause, you lose their trust.” (MORE - details)
RELATED (April 12, 2021): How the media's hypocrisy undermines critical thinking in the age of COVID
applicable segment from "Real Time with Bill Maher"