April 15, 2020 By Jonathan F. Keiler
The President, Congress, state governors and
epidemiologists may argue about coronavirus policies, but the people driving
matters are without constitutional authority or expertise of any kind -- the
mainstream media and its social media accelerant. No matter what the
President and his experts want to do, or even his congressional and
gubernatorial rivals, the media largely dictates the extent of public
cooperation or panic, which is true power.
From the get-go, at least in the West, and especially in
the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has been more a media event than
anything else. Coronavirus is a serious international public health
concern, but the weight of evidence currently suggests that it is also not an unusually dangerous one.
Moreover, it might have been a manageable public health
concern had national and international authorities more quickly focused
restrictions on China, in particular by limiting international travel.
President Trump attempted to do this initially, which led widespread media
claims that this would hinder efforts to fight the Chinese
outbreak. Now, mainstream media outlets blame Trump for failing to adequately impose the
ban........ the media—internationally and in the United
States—quickly derailed the any hope of isolating China.............
But it’s important to recognize that while government at both the federal and state levels instituted this new authoritarianism, it did not instigate the takeover. That was mostly the media....... Will the American people put up with it? Some analysts question how much restriction on their economic well-being and liberties the American people can take.............the media and Democrats can do it again. Diseases (most far worse than coronavirus) arise regularly. It’s just that previously they were not promoted as public crises. Now they will be.............To Read More
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