(10-05-2020, 08:46 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(10-05-2020, 08:28 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Anyone can report on anything, but they can't call themselves a news agency if they are trying to make a profit. Don't think it would keep leftists from eventually overtaking those positions, but at least there's a standard. I honestly don't really have an answer for the media, dude. I don't know how you solve this problem. It's a real problem, though.

I have to think the bad old days of W. R. Hearst were worse than what we see today.
Back then, the media was probably more dishonest and more partisan.
The difference was, while each media outlet had different politicians they loved and hated, the politicians didn't feel beholden to their favorite media outlet. They could go against the narrative if they thought their narrative was wrong. 
The Democratic party is still that way to some extent because a Democrat can play Tronk and Viacom and Turner and ABC off each other.  The Republicans can buck Fox News' journalists, but they can't buck Fox News' punidts.
But both parties need to figure out a way to be more independent of the media machines that broadcast them.

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(10-05-2020, 08:43 PM)p_rushing Wrote: It's like they don't understand that once you get the virus you can't get it again and can't spread it either once you recover.

Does the CDC guidance say you're not contagious anymore if your symptoms have abated? I thought it said you had to wait like 10 days or something.  We had a guy at work get it and we made him stay home for 2 weeks even though he was better after the first week.