^^A lot of people aren't hearing anything about this. Most of the country stopped consuming MSM long ago and we thought it was funny but now we are seeing the price of not having a presence of credible journalists in this country. Now that we have actual wolves, no one believes the cries for wolves.

We need more regulations. There should be a set of standards required before you can call yourself news.

-No entertainment or comedy
-No personality shows or anchor-commentary
-Political fairness doctrine
-Minimum number of daily stories
-Dedicated % of stories that do not involve the US
-Dedicated third party to handle ad deals in blind

I could go on and on.

11/15/2020 1:11:59 PM

OK, so there are no legitimate journalists in the US? There are certainly problematic conflicts of interest.

Yeah, it's pretty hilarious when people willfully ignore factual information from career scientists.

[Edited on November 15, 2020 at 1:18 PM. Reason : Especially when hundreds of thousands of people die. LOL!]

11/15/2020 1:17:34 PM

Its akin to ACAB. I know there are many well-intended and honest journalists out there but as long as they work for outlets sham outlets, those journalists are ineffective. The ones who work for honest outlets, have their entire outlets supressed by search engines and are only being heard through places like twitter. The real journalists have no bigger platform than the average conspiracy theorist on youtube.

11/15/2020 3:02:53 PM

Please point us to some of these good journalists who only operate on Twitter.

Also, Abacab.

11/15/2020 6:45:23 PM

I can't point to them thats the point. They are hypothetical just like good cops.



[Edited on November 15, 2020 at 6:54 PM. Reason : surely they must exist but they have almost no chance to function in the current system]

11/15/2020 6:53:12 PM

So do you ever post anything that isn't a troll post?

Just curious whether you do this for kicks to get a rise out of people, or whether you actually believe the stuff you post.

11/15/2020 7:10:05 PM

What is a troll post to you because it seems like you're defining it as anything that challenges your perception which, of course, would mean you'll also think this is a troll post.

[Edited on November 15, 2020 at 9:11 PM. Reason : a]

11/15/2020 9:10:58 PM

^Nah, bro, you're accused of trolling because of the lies you keep telling.

11/15/2020 9:30:20 PM

^^I define it as taking increasingly fringe stances that you don't actually agree with and arguing about them for the purposes entertainment on the internet. You don't seem to have any coherent philosophy on anything. You're just constantly disagreeable for no reason.

11/15/2020 9:43:15 PM

Just because you think there are good cops doesn't mean ACAB is a lie, even if you are correct and ACAB is incorrect. A lie is when you know something is false and still say it. Intent. Ad-hominem attacks against people with a different perspective from yours doesn't do the truth any justice.

Quote :

"You don't seem to have any coherent philosophy on anything. You're just constantly disagreeable for no reason."

this is a cabbage lie. Where have we discussed philosophy? You come to a conclusion that me being outside of this site's overton window makes me inconsistent. You come to a conclusion that because I disagree with people on here that I am disagreeable. Yet I come on here specifically to escape the echo chamber I live in. The logic you are using is narrow and you probably just read people saying I support trump and internalized me supporting trump then wondered why it makes no sense.

[Edited on November 15, 2020 at 9:52 PM. Reason : k]

11/15/2020 9:43:17 PM

Please kindly give me some threads you have no interest in posting in so that I can seek refuge there.

11/15/2020 9:50:52 PM

I'm only in 2 threads right now. You'll pretty much only find me in threads about politics or science and COVID is both.

11/15/2020 9:55:48 PM

This is the thread of the year.

11/19/2020 8:29:46 AM

Right on, shoot!

11/19/2020 6:47:54 PM

Great Britain Strain

12/26/2020 8:39:27 PM

^ [old]

the hottest thing on the market now is the South African Strain

12/27/2020 1:53:31 PM

Countries with >= 20,000 deaths:

#   Country	Deaths		1 Death every X ppl

    World	1,983,783	 3,951

1   USA		  392,899	   845
2   Brazil	  205,964	 1,036
3   India	  151,726	 9,143
4   Mexico	  135,682	   956
5   UK		   84,767	   803
6   Italy	   80,326	   752
7   France	   69,031	   947
8   Russia	   63,370	 2,303
9   Iran	   56,457	 1,498
10  Spain	   52,878	   884
11  Colombia	   47,124	 1,086
12  Argentina	   44,848	 1,013
13  Germany	   44,404	 1,890
14  Peru	   38,399	   865
15  S. Africa	   35,140	 1,699
16  Poland	   32,074	 1,179
17  Indonesia	   24,951	11,024
18  Turkey	   23,325	 3,637
19  Ukraine	   20,214	 2,157
20  Belgium	   20,194	   575

Italy      17,669
Spain      14,673
USA        14,240
France     10,869
UK          7,097
Iran        3,993
China       3,333
Netherlands 2,248
Belgium     2,240
Germany     2,192

1/13/2021 5:10:33 PM

This pandemic is once in a lifetime. Can be compared with Spanish Flu for sure. //Chinese Virus

1/13/2021 5:48:50 PM

it is almost the first birthday of this thread

1/14/2021 8:44:52 PM

You're welcome

1/14/2021 10:08:37 PM

It's fine, it's just a bad cold

1/15/2021 12:51:29 AM

good night...sweet prince

1/15/2021 3:18:33 AM

South African strain found in SC. Hope the vaccine works against it!

1/28/2021 3:56:18 PM

TIL busta is 48

1/28/2021 5:44:21 PM

The best is yet to come!!!

https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1358825096115290113

Explosion in cases and deaths coming in 2-3 weeks.

******************

https://twitter.com/JHSPH_CHS/status/1357812406500667393

Quote :

"The US has surpassed 450,000 cumulative COVID-19 deaths: 1 death to 50k - 55 days 50k to 100k - 33 days 100k to 150k - 63 days 150k to 200k - 55 days 200k to 250k - 58 days 250k to 300k - 25 days 300k to 350k - 20 days 350k to 400k - 16 days 400k to 450k - 16 days"

Impossible to stop this runaway freight train now (except through vaccination, but that will take another year minimum).

2/8/2021 4:18:57 PM

Yes, it won't be over completely until 2024.

2/8/2021 5:35:05 PM

https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/02/1918-pandemic-provides-warning-about-covid-19s-future/172078/

Quote :

"Even if we start to see a decrease in COVID cases, a study of the 1918 influenza pandemic suggests a spike could occur in late 2021 or early 2022."

2/24/2021 9:20:36 AM

And the death train rolls on. . .

2/24/2021 11:45:31 AM

https://youtu.be/IB44ZZda2G0

3/9/2021 5:36:17 PM

^Words of wisdom from the youth. Just as true now as they were then!

3/9/2021 8:10:16 PM

It's really messing up with my spring break

3/9/2021 8:53:55 PM

Now Brazil is getting 4,000+ deaths/day, like the US was at its worst, and Brazil's horrible POS leader, Trump's friend, doesn't give a damn.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/brazil-reports-record-4-000-daily-covid-19-deaths-1.5377523
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/02/brazil-tragedy-bolsonaro-defeat-covid-deaths-president


Oh, and AstraZeneca done fucked up with their vaccine. Causal link between vaccine and deadly blood clots in those with low platelets all but confirmed. Now they are saying young people shouldn't get that vaccine for that reason.

4/8/2021 1:06:07 PM

Backlash after China Weibo post mocks India Covid crisis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56963996

shoot, I am disappoint. . .

5/2/2021 12:31:15 PM

Quote :

"A social media post from an account linked to the Chinese Communist Party has sparked controversy for appearing to mock India over its coronavirus crisis."

CCP did it.

5/3/2021 11:23:14 AM