If there’s a single issue, it’s that so much of the coverage has come from the political beat, when what we needed – and still need – is coverage from the health beat. Too bad so much of that has been hollowed out of various outlets.
Source: What went wrong with the media’s coronavirus coverage? – Vox
The biggest retailers have grown tothe point they can’t be killed, unlike their smaller competitors.
Source: The coronavirus transforms retail into survival of the biggest – Axios
Promise. Don’t deliver. Blame others for inability or unwillingness to deliver. Repeat.
Source: Trump leaves trail of unmet promises in coronavirus response | PBS NewsHour Weekend
All these experts, including Yellen, who insist “the economy has been strong” come off as oddly uninformed given it’s become clear the economy can only survive for like three days without constant growth.
Source: Janet Yellen on this ‘devastating’ economic crisis and the government’s response | PBS NewsHour
Yep.
Of course, Generation X-ers (those born between 1965 and 1980) are quick to point out that they’ve also suffered through the same financial crises as their younger colleagues, plus even more, including the dot-com bubble bursting at the turn of the century.
Source: What happened in every U.S. recession since the Great Depression
It says something that everything in this story elicits nothing more than a “yeah, that tracks” response.
Source: Peter Navarro Is the Worst Possible Person to Be in Charge of Pandemic Supplies – Mother Jones
It’s sad that the existing Voting Rights Act has been so damaged over the years that we need this kind of thinking, but here we are.
Damn. Rogers was a helluva songwriter and Parton is a helluva singer.
Every reporter needs to ask Trump et al for any facts substantiating their position, full stop.
There’s been lots of talk about underlying health conditions, but I’ve yet to see anyone address how in places like Chicago a great number of hospitals and other facilities in black-dominated areas have been closed in recent years.
Source: Black American coronavirus death rates: Trump administration hasn’t protected black lives – Vox
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