@canidmajor My husband tunes into both quite a bit, and I’m in the house. I was the original one in the house who watched Morning Joe on MSNBC, and I used to think it was great, so partly it’s habit, but I stopped watching Morning Joe every morning 5 years ago.
I try to look at the New York Times and Washington Post for better reporting, but don’t do it as consistently as I should.
I am on Facebook more than I should be and see what people are saying, and my father includes me in his discussion group emails with his friends, and I’m in discussion groups and lectures where I live. I see how the cable networks have unbelievable reach. Fox, MSNBC, and CNN. People repeat the same things I hear on those stations.
As I have said before, I care because I think MSNBC and CNN think they are helping when sometimes I think they are hurting the situation. They are too much in their bubble now, especially MSNBC.
My dad thinks it doesn’t mater if MSNBC goes too far, because most people who listen to them don’t know things are edited and just believe what they say. Most of what they say is true.
@Yellowdog There are people unable to take care of themselves, not even stand up without a walker, in nursing homes, and barely had a sniffle from covid. You just never know who is going to get very sick and who won’t. In Florida we did massive nursing home testing and my governor used to say he was amazed how varied it was. I don’t want to mislead anyone, the hospitalization rate among seniors is very high, the statistics suck if you are over 65; the risk is incredible. Trump is being irresponsible making it sound like covid is nothing. “Don’t be afraid“ is the language of the alt-right groups.
I actually agree that I don’t want people to be paranoid, but I do want people to be cautious and take it seriously. I just see his words as a dog whistle.