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CNN's reporters are getting jeered at for wearing masks in the Myrtle Beach area.
This is not a good trend and appears to be more prevalent in the red states (surprise surprise).
Trump can't take all the blame for this. The MSM is making a thing out of Trump's lack of wearing a mask and there may be some partisan/anti-MSM blowback going on.
I live in this red state and don't need this action. Please stop it CNN.
hlthe2b
(101,534 posts)are stirring up the crazies. Right....
Not on MY planet.
elleng
(129,772 posts)msongs
(67,128 posts)Shermann
(7,313 posts)That's fine. That is newsworthy and an appropriate PSA.
However they are embarrassing Trump over his lack of mask wearing hour after hour after hour. They came up with one grainy photo of Trump with a mask and it went straight to the front page. After a certain point you cross the line between raising valid criticisms and tabloid journalism. In my opinion they crossed it.
You can make a parallel between this and Reagan's AIDS debacle I suppose, but it is a bit of a stretch and I'm not really buying into it.
dmr
(28,312 posts)problem for people's inappropriate behavior.
They've been misbehaving long, and I mean long, before CNN started poo pooing Donald and his lack of consideration toward other people.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)They're just the problem exacerbator, needlessly raising tensions. I've literally learned nothing from their mask reporting today that I didn't already know yesterday and the day before.
The Biden Army really shouldn't be circling the wagons around crappy news that happens to align with our objectives. That's what the right does. We shouldn't do that because we don't need to do that. It only serves to weaken our platform.
underpants
(182,064 posts)We went for free for about 10 years courtesy of my brother in law. Wed been pretty much locked in with a baby when that started.
Myrtle Beach - NORTH Myrtle no less - was an eye opener. I thought there seemed to be a lot of people from Holister wherever that is. Tattoos dont age well. Wall to wall pop ups. They outlawed those a few years ago.
I miss the beach but not Myrtle Beach.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I found the area to be decent, though a little behind the times, the good eating places closed on Sundays. People that we dealt with were pleasant enough. Seafood dishes were pretty good, if one ignored stuff that they should never have tried to do, like New England clam chowder (you only get that done right when visiting New England itself).
underpants
(182,064 posts)Most of it was bland chains. We did the Calabash thing which I hated. I have to say I was shocked at the lack of Starbucks or even coffee places.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I found a good grill place on the main highway through there at the time. It did really good grilled chicken and seafood, but closed on Sunday. I found a small place near the marshland, looked like the woman that owned it had just started up, there was a couple beside me for dinner on a Sunday, that place was good, but slow.
Anyone who go there and want good dining really need to do their homework up front before leaving home. Fine dining was weak when I was there and looked that way when you visited four years later. Maybe in the last 10 years it has gotten more available.
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Shermann
(7,313 posts)Trump pays no attention. The Democrats already think Trump is a fool and pay no attention either. The story is actually quite boring. The Republicans pay little attention, just enough to get annoyed and jeer at mask-wearing neighbors like me. So that's the only effect gained from this.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,086 posts)Squinch
(50,666 posts)Not sure what the preferred course of action would be here.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,086 posts)of course misleading.
Better would be "Rump crazies are stirred up by the sight of a mask wearing adult"
Ms. Toad
(33,896 posts)Add to the risk to avoid ruffling feathers? Wearing a mask is the safe, smart, considerate thing to do - not a political statement. I think you are confused about who is making masks political.
Squinch
(50,666 posts)advocate not wearing a mask.
Maybe read the context.
Ms. Toad
(33,896 posts)who suggests in numerous places in the thread to be endorsing not wearing masks because wearing them riles up the crazies.
Glad to hear I was incorrect.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)It's the embarrassment of Trump that may be contributing.
The reporter is just catching the brunt of it. When I saw the reporting in Myrtle Beach, it concerned me.
Tanuki
(14,887 posts)and called the media terrible, nasty people who lie, fake their stories, are the enemy of the people, etc.etc. since well before he was eleacted. He has whipped his cult into a frenzy, and will keep it up at least until a journalist is seriously injured or killed by one of his lunatic followers. You are blaming the victim and not the perpetrator. This is a volatile situation, but it was not caused by accurate reporting of Trump's unwillingness to comply with some of the most basic guidelines promulgated by his administration's own health experts and which are necessary to even partially mitigate the effects of the pandemic.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)However, you seem to be conceding that this is at least mildly retaliatory reporting.
Which is never the pinnacle of reporting, right?
Tanuki
(14,887 posts)not "retaliatory." I am not conceding that at all.
Squinch
(50,666 posts)woodsprite
(11,828 posts)Ridiculed, threatened, etc. because we intend to wear masks and fill CDC guidelines on our vacation. I see it already on the comments on the OBX, Camp Hatteras, and Ocracoke FB pages.
So far, we plan on keeping our camping reservations at Hatteras, but things can change in 3 wks or so. We camp in our fully equipped RV so there is no reason to use the bathhouse, and we intend on just using the beach at our campground (a2min walk over the dune from our camper) or the one at the lighthouse where they have really nice new bathrooms, so no portapotties. We also pack a portable shower and biodegradable soap with us to wash the sand off with before heading back to camp. So far John Hopkins data is not showing any infections on the barrier islands. Our aim is to keep it that way, but still enjoy the beach and support the local economy.
Truthfully, no matter how busy Hatteras is, its nothing like Rehoboth, DE. Wouldnt head there if you paid me a million dollars.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)SC is a red state to begin with. I'm pretty sure the demographic that would flock to the beach at this very moment is skewed to the right even more.
So if you are heading there, it's probably best to leave the mask and Biden cap at home.
I'm the messenger here, not the bad guy.
CNN is the best game in town but good grief.
Squinch
(50,666 posts)Shermann
(7,313 posts)I guess Michael Moore's observation was "dumb" too?
It's the same concept that is happening here, except now there is even more of a partisan twist.
Squinch
(50,666 posts)This sounds like someone... who could it be???
PS. Have you seen Michael Moore's latest? Not that bright.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Seems like a bad trade. Some dicks feelings vs your familys safety.
Fuck em.
Of course i wouldnt be hitting the beach to begin with, but fuck em anyway.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)...unless you have the N95 masks that actually work.
I prefer to fight the good fight with my vote. If you want to run out there and fight it with your fists, good on you.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Too.
Im not gonna be intimidated by selfish pricks...not when voting, and certainly not if going to the beach.
Ms. Toad
(33,896 posts)While it provides better protection for others, it provides some protection for the wearer as well. It is asinine to suggest that because the protection is not perfect, you should not wear it, contribute to the spread of the virus, and forfeit the protection it does offer to avoid offending idiots who believe masks are a political statement.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Those people will not stop me from doing the right thing.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)Supermarkets : yes
Red state beaches : no
Ms. Toad
(33,896 posts)If you go without a mask, you are contributing to the problem.
It's not choosing a battle. It is acting like a responsible human being.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)are doing the right thing and trying to save their miserable lives.
How about putting some blame on the Myrtle Beach assholes for just acting like assholes-- themselves.
And politicians egging them on?
Shermann
(7,313 posts)Did you read the OP?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)exposing them as idiots shouldn't stop simply because it might make a few more idiots crawl out from the woodwork.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Every time I visit Myrtle, I run into more northerners and Canadians than southerners.
It's a favorite destination for Charlotteans too, many of whom are liberals - it's a blue city.
johnp3907
(3,720 posts)Shermann
(7,313 posts)- Morpheus
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)The correct volume of eyerolls for this nonsense don't exist.
Grow up.
malaise
(267,455 posts)Well fuck the crazies - that is all
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)...but what I won't do is embrace lazy reporting that just happens to align with my political bias.
That's what the right does.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)And judging from the consistency of your responses in this thread, "that's what you do"
Shermann
(7,313 posts)I'm sort of having to jump from strawman to strawman though.
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)... that letting him off the hook shit.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)He's the root cause of most of what is going on.
At the end of the day though, what matters most is the overall virus R-naught value. The more masks that are worn, the more it goes down.
Every time CNN takes a cheap shot at Trump's unmasked face, somewhere a conservative takes their mask off in protest.
We have to find a way to coexist with these people.
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)... and stupid, my expectations are too high.
Expose it quick fast and let come what may
Shermann
(7,313 posts)What a wonderful choice we get to make
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Are you simply unwilling to perceive additional possibilities, or is that merely a limitation inherent to you?
Baitball Blogger
(46,532 posts)all those sentiments that Hitler tapped into, were already there. He didn't create the prejudices and hatred. He just gave them permission to express it in the most heinous ways.
What we need is laws that will protect us.
a la izquierda
(11,782 posts)And idiots in pickup trucks where baa-ing at us. The young National Guard dude just shook his head.
This is in West Virginia, where our government has done a reasonably good job with the virus.
cry baby
(6,682 posts)Not blaming president putrescence is absurd! He is the leader of the resistance to his own policies.
Get real.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Why is the media to blame for reporting that Trump refuses to wear a mask (and then sometimes wears one)?
Shermann
(7,313 posts)Did you read the OP? Blaming strictly one side or the other is a false dichotomy.
So what's the point of mask-shaming if it has a paradoxical effect and results in fewer masks being worn? Isn't that self-defeating? Do we get to claim a moral victory with our last breaths before being hooked to ventilators? I'll pass.
Again, we need to find a way to coexist with these people. I don't know that singling out individuals (including presidents) for mask-shaming is the way forward.
jcgoldie
(11,566 posts)Never seen this shit before!
Shermann
(7,313 posts)Also I think "equivocation" is the word you're looking for.
jcgoldie
(11,566 posts)And blaming CNN because rednecks react like fools to people wearing PPE is completely stupid.... on the level of "she must have been asking for it look at what she's wearing!" Oh and "but I was even more critical of fox news" does not somehow make you "fair and balanced."
Shermann
(7,313 posts)That's interesting. How does that work exactly? Am I supposed to be defending CNN at all costs?
jcgoldie
(11,566 posts)Except trolling DU it seems.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)I don't attack CNN and FXN "equally". I've been hitting FXN much harder. Much much harder. I would say that I attack FXN proportionally to their shoddy coverage. It's balanced that way, but certainly not "equal".
I just don't see my occasional criticism of CNN as being "trolling" (despite it being panned).
Win some lose some I guess.
jcgoldie
(11,566 posts)Your argument that CNN is somehow even remotely to blame for ignorant people reacting stupidly to people wearing masks is what is disingenuous trolling here.
jcgoldie
(11,566 posts)Blame the media for Trump turning a public health issue into a political one? Yeah that makes perfect sense.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)Response to Shermann (Reply #53)
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SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Here you accuse CNN of being passive aggressive towards OAN...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213425723
And here critical of Jim Acosta https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213350332
Shermann
(7,313 posts)I'm a critic at heart but fair I think. Did you research my posts on Fox News? I'm even more critical of them.
The OANN thread was more of an amusing observation than anything.
I have been very critical of Jim Acosta of late and stand by my previous statements.
Thanks for reading my threads at least.
SMC22307
(8,088 posts)I'm glad to see DU chewing it up and spitting it out.
Shermann
(7,313 posts)...but many strawman arguments too.
Trump has a plausible excuse. The CDC only advises masks when social distancing can't be observed. He's pushing it but can make this claim. Also he gets tested frequently. Lets not forget that Fauci used this same justification when challenged in the same way. Now Fauci has moved on to wearing a mask more frequently while Trump hasn't. Personally I don't like Trump's messaging here but feel the media should move on to more pressing matters.
So everybody approves of CNN's presidential mask coverage then? It's all good?