Post by the Scribe on Apr 18, 2020 12:19:56 GMT
What's interesting is how this pandemic aligns with Y2K (in my opinion). Because of all the warnings things were done to prevent Y2K from happening and nothing did. Here and now Trump and conservative media made the pandemic a partisan thing until it could no longer be ignored. Fear forced Trump and his administration to act once the Fed began their crisis intervention. The social distancing, shut down of businesses, etc. prevented a bad situation from becoming worse. It cut the devastating predictive numbers. So what does the right wing conservative media do? They claim the modeling was false. The numbers were wrong, overblown. It was a plot to get Trump. They say the left is trying to keep the economy in the dumpster until November. blah blah blah. Now they want to end the shutdown before it makes sense. And if there is a resurgence in the coronavirus because of it who they gonna blame?
Model Behavior
Listen: www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media
As the coronavirus continues to devastate communities across the globe, the Trump administration and right-wing propagandists work to recast the White House response and redirect the blame. This week, On The Media considers partisan revisionist history in the White House briefing room and beyond. Plus, a peek inside the thorny world of infectious disease modeling.
1. McKay Coppins [@mckaycoppins], staff writer at The Atlantic, on the latest pivots in the Trump administration's ever-evolving "disinformation architecture." Listen.
2. David Siders [@davidsiders], national political correspondent at Politico, on how coronavirus models became a partisan point of contention. Listen.
3. Joshua Epstein, director of New York University's Agent-Based Modeling Lab, on how to best interpret and apply infectious disease modeling. Listen.
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The Hammer of Los - John Zorn Jeopardy (Think Music In the Style of Handel) - Malcolm Hamilton Jesusland - Ben Folds Stay Away - Randy Newman
Model Behavior
Listen: www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media
As the coronavirus continues to devastate communities across the globe, the Trump administration and right-wing propagandists work to recast the White House response and redirect the blame. This week, On The Media considers partisan revisionist history in the White House briefing room and beyond. Plus, a peek inside the thorny world of infectious disease modeling.
1. McKay Coppins [@mckaycoppins], staff writer at The Atlantic, on the latest pivots in the Trump administration's ever-evolving "disinformation architecture." Listen.
2. David Siders [@davidsiders], national political correspondent at Politico, on how coronavirus models became a partisan point of contention. Listen.
3. Joshua Epstein, director of New York University's Agent-Based Modeling Lab, on how to best interpret and apply infectious disease modeling. Listen.
Music from the show:The Glass House - Marjane's Inspiration - Daniel Bergeaud
The Hammer of Los - John Zorn Jeopardy (Think Music In the Style of Handel) - Malcolm Hamilton Jesusland - Ben Folds Stay Away - Randy Newman