@YARNLADY I always had a problem with Trump not requiring masks at his rallies and people mingling, but I thought complaints about him not wearing a mask while speaking was going too far. Cable news would show clips of him being asked by reporters “why aren’t you wearing a mask?“ and he would say, “you’re over six feet away,” and he was right in that particular moment.
I just have a problem with cable news going too far constantly, I think people don’t get a clear message about safety if everything is always twisted to make Trump look bad. If you just report the truth he already looks bad.
I think if media outlets really cared they would explain why Trump is tested often and although it’s safer with a mask, having the person speaking remove their mask is a reasonable risk.
I’ve said it before I think MSNBC and CNN put me at more risk in Florida, because they portrayed DeSantis as anti-mask when he has been wearing a mask since April! Advising masks, he advised against indoor dinners of ten people at a table even though ten or less was within the guidelines. He missed the birth of his child because they weren’t allowing visitors in the hospital at all, but as Governor he could have gone in. He opened restaurants initially 25% when he could have done 50%. He recommended doing everything that you can outside rather than inside.
The “news” portrays Florida as a total free for all, and while I do wish we had a mask order in the state, it doesn’t help that people come down here thinking covid isn’t real and the governor thinks the same—he doesn’t. We still have mask orders in at least 4 counties that I know of even though the “news” is reporting counties can’t supersede the governor.
So, back to Trump, I would prefer the reporting be more accurate about which of his behaviors are high risk and which aren’t. Just hating on him doesn’t help the public. It’s like crying wolf. I also wonder what the Trump haters in media would be saying if Biden was sick and Trump wasn’t? Would they be saying Trump should be quarantining? Or, would they say he was ten feet away at the debate it’s enough.