re: #324 Joe Bacon 🌹

Eric remembers when the CCCP trashed Obama over Ebola…and they continue to give Trump a pass…

As the debacle spreads, I’ve been struck in recent weeks by the press coverage of coronavirus, and specifically Trump’s ineffectual response, compared to how the 2014 Ebola scare in the U.S. under President Barack Obama was covered by the same Beltway press corps. As you may recall, prompted by partisan hysteria voiced by Republicans, the press lost its collective mind covering Ebola and crucified Obama for months, hyping concerns that a deadly domestic outbreak was imminent. By contrast, the press has spent weeks sleepwalking through the Trump coronavirus coverage.

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Arguably the way the right fearmongered about the Ebola cost the Senate in 2014.