What The Media Did To America Is Far Worse Than The Pandemic Ever Was

The best thing about Steve Krakauer’s new book on media dissection is the thoughtful commentary by prominent journalists. It’s unfortunate that the author, much like Anne Frank, still believes that the worst people are actually good. The book could be great if it wasn’t for this!

In “Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People,” Krakauer believes that corruption in the national press is mostly due to groupthink, geographical location (Washington and New York), ego.

I do not believe so. Nothing exposed the media — The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and on and on — for the deceitful, manipulative group of people it is than the pandemic. The media used a grave and urgent crisis that should have been the most critical since 9/11 to win an election. The cost: Half of the country was taught to accuse another of spreading death.

Kraukauer discusses much of the Covid nightmare. He also includes a section on the corporate press’s dishonesty in covering prominent commentators that suggested the use of the drug ivermectin instead of risking any of the new vaccines. Even though it has been around for centuries and is freely prescribed to all humans in every country of the first world, Joe Rogan, a podcaster, suggested that ivermectin could be used as an alternative to traditional vaccines. This was before it became a serious toxin only for veterinarians. It became a dangerous substance. “livestock drug,” CNN has it repeated over and over again.

The network’s “chief medical correspondent” Soon after, Sanjay Gupta appeared on Rogan’s podcast and made an infamous scene by refusing to confess that he and his coworkers had lied to their listeners not only about Covid but also about ivermectin. This was especially true for young people.

“When faced with the counter-consensus,” writes Krakauer, “Gupta initially had a thoughtful and respectful exchange of ideas. But back home in the corporate media consensus, he displayed the same lack of introspection so many in the press have these days—unwilling to engage in good faith, and unwilling to budge when it comes to having an ounce of humility.”

Krakauer is very generous with charity.

In an email exchange, I explained to him that it wasn’t a “lack of introspection” Oder “humility” Gupta and his fellow peers acted in the horrendous manner they did throughout 2020 because of this. Their common cause was to deny Donald Trump another term and, by extension showing his voters who really hold the power in this nation, it was their common cause. They do. It is so cute that voters think otherwise.

He said Gupta et. al. They believed the lies they spread about vaccines and masks. “The Science.”

“From Hunter Biden to COVID, I do think an element at play was simply stopping Trump from being re-elected,” Krakauer told me. “But I think COVID in particular is unique also, and was actually more insidious than just Trump related. They believed that there was one true COVID truth – The Science – and they galvanized behind this consensus. They avoided any nuance to their coverage, for fear that the complicated reality may be somehow interpreted the wrong way by the public.”

He claimed that the media “had no trust in the public to comply with their preferred method of dealing with this unique pandemic, and thus, in the service of the narrative, they had to oppose all possible pathways to rational COVID coverage.” This view argued that the media served the public’s best interests and was, like Anthony Fauci in his attempt to save lives by lying.

It’s hard not to laugh. I can’t believe any Covid-related death of infection has caused legitimate sorrow at CNN/MSNBC/The New York Times. The panic was not real. It was a fake campaign, which emphasized a simple message: Trump and his supporters are responsible for every death and infection.

A Republican who fell ill was not following The Science. A Democrat getting sick is because he didn’t follow The Science.

Remember the Texas Democrats who Flew maskless All over the country In 2021, to protest the state’s voting laws legislation? They were depicted in the media as heroes and champions of the oppressed, defiant heroes. Then, they tested positive for Covid.

Keep in mind how the media covered Republican Herman Cain’s death.

“Herman Cain, ex-presidential candidate who refused to wear mask, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis.”— Reuters

“Cain, who co-chaired Black Voices for Trump, was photographed maskless and not socially distancing at the event.”— The Washington Post

“He was photographed there inside the arena without a mask sitting with a group of other Trump campaign surrogates.”— ABC News

“A photo taken at the rally showed Cain, without a mask, sitting closely to other people who also were not wearing any face coverings.”— Associated Press

There was also my favorite moment from 2020 pandemic coverage. This incidentally also featured Gupta. Trump sent a tweet in October after being released from the hospital. “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.” CNN’s Jake Tapper made the comment “disrespectful” He told his audience “It’s OK to be afraid of Covid, and it’s OK that it’s dominating your life.”

Gupta answered, “Jake, this is so disrespectful. I’m not even sure I can think about this in some sort of cogent way … It’s incredibly disrespectful.” He said it was “not true” People shouldn’t live with fear. “What does that mean, ‘Don’t be afraid of it’? I mean, first of all, it’s a contagious disease that kills people, so what are you going to be afraid of if you’re not afraid of something like that? … It’s gross, it really is.”

You can send a benign, even hopeful message such as “do not be afraid” Give it a name “gross” And tell others “it’s okay to be afraid” We are more than partisanship and elitism when we’re in the midst of a medical emergency. It is manipulative and hateful.

Krakauer isn’t in agreement with this.

“I don’t think Sanjay Gupta opposed Trump’s comment about not letting COVID control your life because he hated Trump,” He stated. “I think he did so because he was distrustful of those who support Trump, those who listen to him. He believed the COVID extremist point of view, and Trump’s rationality made him panic because he thought others would buy into philosophy too, thus putting us all at risk.”

I wish I could give media the same amount of credit.