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Old 03-30-2020, 06:55 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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I actually realize that that is a stupid question.

The mainstream print media is blaring all over the front pages of their papers and the broadcast media is leading their newscasts with the headlines that the The US is the top country in the world for coronaviruses!!

Why are they not reporting that the US is number 30 in Coronavirus cases/million of population and number 20 in number of deaths per 1 million while most of the nations above us in these grim statistics are first world European nations?

Also significant is the fact that over the past four days the number of cases in the US is flattening substantially.

Why do I have to find this incredibly significant news on my own???

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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Old 03-30-2020, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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Because the media is trying to manipulate people, that's why.

Turn that crap off. Seriously. Cancel your TV subscription and pick up a book.
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Old 03-30-2020, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Cape Cod
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Didn't Hillary Clinton congratulate Trump the other day by saying that the US is finally number one in something, the Corona virus death toll?



Way to play politics with peoples lives Hills but then again you are used to doing that.



I'm sure that the media is going to carry this virus as front page news right up until November.
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Because the media is trying to manipulate people, that's why.

Turn that crap off. Seriously. Cancel your TV subscription and pick up a book.

^^^^The Media is 95% or more DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED. Turn them OFF. If they aren't out and out lying, they are manipulating the facts and omitting facts to smear Trump. They are failing as his approval is soaring.
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:13 AM
 
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Why?....it's all click bait
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:13 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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Didn't Hillary Clinton congratulate Trump the other day by saying that the US is finally number one in something, the Corona virus death toll?
I saw that tweet and thought it was from a parody account.

And then I saw that it wasn't.

My jaw dropped.
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:16 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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Didn't Hillary Clinton congratulate Trump the other day by saying that the US is finally number one in something, the Corona virus death toll?



Way to play politics with peoples lives Hills but then again you are used to doing that.



I'm sure that the media is going to carry this virus as front page news right up until November.
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I saw that tweet and thought it was from a parody account.

And then I saw that it wasn't.

My jaw dropped.

That showed just what an evil witch she truly is.
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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Because the media is trying to manipulate people, that's why.

Turn that crap off. Seriously. Cancel your TV subscription and pick up a book.
Yep. Go straight to the source (i.e. watch the full video, read the full transcript, etc., yourself) as you can't trust the media to accurately report a damn thing.
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:29 AM
 
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I actually realize that that is a stupid question.

The mainstream print media is blaring all over the front pages of their papers and the broadcast media is leading their newscasts with the headlines that the The US is the top country in the world for coronaviruses!!

Why are they not reporting that the US is number 30 in Coronavirus cases/million of population and number 20 in number of deaths per 1 million while most of the nations above us in these grim statistics are first world European nations?

Also significant is the fact that over the past four days the number of cases in the US is flattening substantially.

Why do I have to find this incredibly significant news on my own???

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
You know, they have a political agenda, but they are so damn dumb that they believe we are too. Amplify the truth.
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Old 03-30-2020, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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It is meaningless. Cases per 1000 or 100,000 would certainly be more informative.
They were using per-capita numbers when they were talking about how many are being tested, to frame it so the numbers looked low compared to other countries and therefore orange man bad.

Now they're ignoring per-capita stats and comparing raw numbers, to frame it so the numbers look high compared to other countries and therefore orange man bad.

I really don't understand how people can still not see how the media manipulates them. We've been pointing out instance after instance for several years now, and people still blindly cheer for their "team," without any regard whatsoever for the actual, reality-based facts.
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