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babylonsister

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Wed Sep 22, 2021, 01:48 PM Sep 2021

Eric Boehlert: Media ignore a monster story -- the brainwashing of Covid zombies [View all]

Media ignore a monster story — the brainwashing of Covid zombies
Trump voters gone mad
Eric Boehlert
6 hr ago

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Millions of conservative Americans are being brainwashed about the pandemic, and thousands are killing themselves in the process. Yet the media downplay the huge story, framing it simply as “vaccine hesitancy.”

The number of Americans who are dying every 36 hours from Covid now surpasses the total number of U.S. soldiers who were killed during 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan. It’s an entirely preventable crisis, yet it rages because we have people like the red state restaurant owner who is kicking out patrons if they refuse to take off their masks. It’s pure nihilism.

The mindless behavior is hard to describe, and the rest of the world must be looking on in slack-jawed astonishment as Trump voters lead a mad movement powered by Fox News. The network is doing what no other outlet has done in the history of television news — it’s deliberately getting people killed during a public health crisis by feeding eagerly gullible red state viewers a mountain of lies.

From PizzaGate, to QAnon, to the current anti-vaccine and anti-mask hysteria, the GOP has been brainwashed. It’s no secret — lots of victims openly admit it. Still, the press shies away, nervous about offending conservatives by portraying them as mindless zombies being easily duped about a miraculously safe and effective vaccine. (It’s the same reason news outlets refused to call Trump a “liar.”)

Instead of calling out the Covid zombies, the press coddles them, especially white, Southern ones, depicting them as merely “vaccine hesitant,” “vaccine-reluctant,” or “vaccine skeptics.”

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Fox News should be charged with homicide because of all their misinformation. Botany Sep 2021 #1
Misinformation...is really outright lies. Fox News should be charged. SammyWinstonJack Sep 2021 #8
It's DISinformation - even worse. Tommymac Sep 2021 #33
Charles Manson BidenRocks Sep 2021 #14
Agreed. It's really fucked up the country and the world watches in disbelief as to WTF has happened Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #20
"Secret" information is one lure, tribalism is another lostnfound Sep 2021 #2
This 'secret" information is seductive Turbineguy Sep 2021 #21
I get the point and I agree with the author, but I'm bothered by the resulting conclusion; alwaysinasnit Sep 2021 #3
Who concluded that? nt babylonsister Sep 2021 #5
My conclusion, I guess. If someone is brainwashed, I don't think it happens overnight. alwaysinasnit Sep 2021 #6
You are kinder than I am. With the amount babylonsister Sep 2021 #7
Please don't mistake me, I will never be able to forgive their utter selfishness, contempt alwaysinasnit Sep 2021 #9
We're well beyond "hesitancy." n/t Harker Sep 2021 #4
yeah eric, and it starts with rw radio, which you often ignore to attack fox and facebook certainot Sep 2021 #10
Fuck every last one of those zombies Orrex Sep 2021 #11
Families of COVID victims should sue Fox the way people sued tobacco companies AdamGG Sep 2021 #12
Hell yeah! nt BidenRocks Sep 2021 #15
+1. dalton99a Sep 2021 #16
Be a "Vaccine Rebel" and join the "Vaccine Resistance!" As the Trump Slurper pile of corpses grows. NBachers Sep 2021 #13
"Trump slurper pile of corpses", good one. traitorsgalore Sep 2021 #27
It's as if "vaccine hesitancy" just . . . happened gratuitous Sep 2021 #17
Voter Suppression? joetubes Sep 2021 #18
We have the press that we deserve. By allowing everything to be published without regard to truth Mr. Ected Sep 2021 #19
Night of the Living Brain Dead edbermac Sep 2021 #22
Yes and no BaronChocula Sep 2021 #23
" It's pure nihilism." DallasNE Sep 2021 #24
And when those Covid zombies are state legislators ladym55 Sep 2021 #25
74 mil+ voted for Trump. Fox News averages about 2-3 million viewers each night Kaleva Sep 2021 #26
It's not just faux, it's OAN, breitbart, babylonsister Sep 2021 #29
About 10% of the adult population in the US watchs the news each night Kaleva Sep 2021 #30
The GOP is waging biological warfare against the United States. Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #28
Just in time for Halloween 🎃 live love laugh Sep 2021 #31
That's the exact right word: Covid zombies ananda Sep 2021 #32
Seems to me if some yokel is authoritatively dispensing "medical advice"... lambchopp59 Sep 2021 #34
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