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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 148 points 1 year ago

O RLY?

NBC

MSN

Colorado Sun

Sky News

Fox News has a Coronavirus Category with 5 new stories this month

If you're going to be an alarmist asshole you might as well avoid adding a bunch of lies to your headlines in addition to it.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 28 points 1 year ago

“it’s totally silent if i plug my ears and totally dark if i close my eyes”!

thank you for your service. this is the type of post i wish would get downvoted to the floor. if we can’t get basic googleable facts right in !news@lemmy.world how can we have any hope for accuracy in reporting on climate catastrophe and genocide? hawt damb

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

although i agree with the post title being a bit incorrect, and your comment of "alarmist asshole" not really called for, its not front page news and that's because people are over COVID and could care less while people who are at risk from severe infection are getting it and dying still. People are just going to get super sick and say "yeah its a flu covid is over so it cant be that"

[-] prof_wafflez@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

It’s unfortunate for those who are immunocompromised and cannot get vaccinated (even though they should have already been taking preventative steps against viral infection before COVID) but at this point if you are not vaccinated… well, that’s your problem. COVID is endemic now. Time to move on as there are other issues to worry about.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

But that's not the issue, the public is being misinformed from their own cognitive dissonance. They think that since the news is not reporting it anymore or that everyone else is not wearing masks, that it must be over so following rules to prevent the spread of COVID (and, in my perspective, general viruses) that don't interrupt daily life, like washing hands thoroughly, wearing a mask at places that have large gatherings like the subway during rush hour or the bus, or grocery shopping. During COVID there were mostly people who followed this and some who ate the rabbit of tiktok, but now that the full propaganda machine from russia/china is in full swing, nobody trusts anything their government in the west says unless its a hot button issue like immigrants or expensive goods.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

AKA many in the West only believe their governments when they say what they want to hear.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The American Republican Party and CDC would like to have a word with you about that.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

i misread your comment. i agree

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Haha, I wondered!

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Given how silo'ed everyone's media consumption is now a days I find it entirely too plausible that someone could avoid any new COVID news.

[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I only get my news here!

... is that bad?

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

This is honestly the seocnt time I'm hearing about this. Though it may be out there, it's not front-page news for sure.

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