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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:34 PM Apr 2021

George Takei for the win


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George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
Another study found that 90 percent of stories about famine and war are also negative, which coincidentally represent the other two Horsemen of the Apocalypse besides Pestilence and Death, which Covid-19 pretty much already had covered.

Rep. Jon Hardister
@JonHardister
A study at Dartmouth finds that media coverage on #COVID19 has been nearly 90 percent negative, much more negative than scientific data justifies. Media should focus on straight, objective reporting, not hyperbolic negativity. We can do better than this.
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George Takei for the win (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP
Kicketty Kickin' Faux pas Apr 2021 #1
I don't understand the complaint. Does COVID-19 feel misrepresented in the media? Aristus Apr 2021 #2
Can't you see that the virus has hired a lobbyist that got to Rep. Hardister? TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #3
That moron Bill Maher brought this up on his show SoonerPride Apr 2021 #5
I saw his show and thought of him as soon as I read this post. BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #17
Same. I thought of him immediately too. SoonerPride Apr 2021 #21
I stopped watching him. It's not worth it to me wnylib Apr 2021 #25
Fuck you Jon Ferrets are Cool Apr 2021 #4
Thanks for posting..and the comments in the twitter thread are hilarious Tanuki Apr 2021 #6
I thought so too. BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #18
The right actually has called negative war coverage liberal bias before. athenasatanjesus Apr 2021 #7
So I'm willing to listen, what's the positive side of pestilence and death? I'll wait. Biophilic Apr 2021 #8
Can't help but wonder... MissMillie Apr 2021 #9
Thank you George Takei Hekate Apr 2021 #10
When new treatments and vaccines are approved, there's positive COVID news IronLionZion Apr 2021 #11
omg, the most brilliant response ever... bluboid Apr 2021 #12
The study the Repub cites suggests a fairness doctrine and good public media is needed in the USA muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #13
What a douche nozzle. SergeStorms Apr 2021 #14
MAGAts seem to love C-19 world wide wally Apr 2021 #15
I have been thinking about DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #16
Right. Where's the pro-Covid coverage? Yay, Pestilence! tclambert Apr 2021 #19
I do believe this is one of the dumbest remarks I've ever read. llmart Apr 2021 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author tymorial Apr 2021 #22
I'm waiting for "Covid19, The Musical" to open on a bright Broadway stage. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2021 #23
The desire to screw someone and still keep a smile on your face, never wanes czarjak Apr 2021 #24
First.... BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #26
The Dartmouth analysis points out US media is more negative than other English language media muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #27
Yes. The Fairness Doctrine seems almost quaint and nostalgic now, doesn't it? BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #29
These RW boneheads must lay awake at night to come up with BS C Moon Apr 2021 #28

Aristus

(66,075 posts)
2. I don't understand the complaint. Does COVID-19 feel misrepresented in the media?
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:36 PM
Apr 2021

Does the virus need advocates for less-negative coverage?

TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
3. Can't you see that the virus has hired a lobbyist that got to Rep. Hardister?
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:46 PM
Apr 2021

Your representative may be next on the visit list.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
5. That moron Bill Maher brought this up on his show
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:49 PM
Apr 2021

“The coverage of covid has been too negative.”

Well since we have 575,000 dead and half the country thinks it’s a hoax i would say it hasn’t been negative enough.

And exactly what POSITIVE stories had there been up until Biden took office and tried to get things on track?

Like zero good news in a year by my book.

But whatevs.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
17. I saw his show and thought of him as soon as I read this post.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:46 PM
Apr 2021

I know that when I watch him he will piss me off at least 30% of the time. He even said he is a Libertarian. I have to remind myself of this. The both sides-ism is pretty tiresome.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
25. I stopped watching him. It's not worth it to me
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 12:32 PM
Apr 2021

just for the few times that he is genuinely funny. He was good at ripping the former guy, but evrryone was since the former guy practically wrote the script for comedians.

But Maher preens too much and pauses so expectantly that he reminds me of a child performing for parental approval. His ego spills out all over.

MissMillie

(38,452 posts)
9. Can't help but wonder...
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 05:43 PM
Apr 2021

how Rep. Hardister would spin half a million deaths, millions of lost jobs, people losing their homes...

George Takei is a treasure

IronLionZion

(45,255 posts)
11. When new treatments and vaccines are approved, there's positive COVID news
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 05:58 PM
Apr 2021

and when numbers improve in some regions, there will be positive coverage, like fewer deaths or fewer new cases.

bluboid

(559 posts)
12. omg, the most brilliant response ever...
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:01 PM
Apr 2021

thank you, George!
& thank you, DU, for creating a forum for truth.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
13. The study the Repub cites suggests a fairness doctrine and good public media is needed in the USA
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:04 PM
Apr 2021

to have less negative coverage, which I suspect would appal him:

We analyze the tone of COVID-19 related English-language news articles written since January
1, 2020. Eighty seven percent of stories by U.S. major media outlets are negative in tone versus
fifty percent for non-U.S. major sources and sixty four percent for scientific journals. The
negativity of the U.S. major media is notable even in areas with positive developments including
school re-openings and vaccine trials. Media negativity is unresponsive to changing trends in new
COVID-19 cases or the political leanings of the audience. As evidenced by most viewed and most
shared major media readers in the U.S. and U.K. strongly prefer negative stories about COVID-
19, and negative stories in general. But the U.S. major media is more willing to satisfy this demand
for negativity in both COVID and pre-COVID years. We suggest that this American
exceptionalism stems from the lack of fair and balanced media laws and a lack of a large public
option in the U.S. media. The causal impacts of this negative COVID coverage are less obvious;
counties in the U.S. that rely more heavily on the major media are as likely to re-open schools as
other similar counties.

https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/4/2318/files/2021/03/Why-Is-All-Covid-News-Bad-News-3_22_21.pdf

SergeStorms

(18,882 posts)
14. What a douche nozzle.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:14 PM
Apr 2021

I challenge Hardister to come up with something positive about 600,000 dead from this fucking virus. 🤬

world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
15. MAGAts seem to love C-19
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:14 PM
Apr 2021

They are doing everything humanly possible to promote it. No vaccines. No masks. No social distancing. Rah Rah, Covid!

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
19. Right. Where's the pro-Covid coverage? Yay, Pestilence!
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 06:55 PM
Apr 2021

Wait, 10% of the media coverage was positive? Who out there is siding with Covid?

llmart

(15,499 posts)
20. I do believe this is one of the dumbest remarks I've ever read.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 07:13 PM
Apr 2021

Does this guy even grasp how stupid his comment is?

So sorry the media isn't hiring cheerleaders to have a token board where every time someone dies she can flip the number over and everyone can jump up and down and go "Yeah" Rah, rah Covid.

What the ever living fuck. I've heard it all now.

Response to soothsayer (Original post)

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,282 posts)
23. I'm waiting for "Covid19, The Musical" to open on a bright Broadway stage.
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 10:03 AM
Apr 2021

That'll cheer everyone who's been feeling down about a half million deaths in this country.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
26. First....
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 02:23 PM
Apr 2021

Kudos to Mr Takei, as always.

Second. Perhaps this oh-so-perceptive Rep could offer up some positives? Even a dispassionate report of the most plain facts is going to seem pretty negative, just by its very nature.

Perhaps there is a neutral take on awful death in huge numbers, and billions and billions of dollars flushed away, but I don't see it. It's all-round bad news, isn't it?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
27. The Dartmouth analysis points out US media is more negative than other English language media
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 02:34 PM
Apr 2021

and than academic articles. But it suggests that publicly-owned media and fairness doctrines are what keep other countries' media more aligned with academia, which I think a Republican won't want.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
28. These RW boneheads must lay awake at night to come up with BS
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 02:58 PM
Apr 2021

to feed their mentally inept followers.
This one gets an award for stupidity from me.

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