Costs Maher, clad in his traditional fit and tie however hosting HBO’s Actual Time from his expansive backyard rather of the studio, ripped media protection of COVID-19 as “panic pornography,” alerting it might get President Donald Trump re-elected.
” News sources have to rein it in,” he stated in the show’s closing monologue. “Everybody understands that coronavirus is no walk in the park … ’cause you actually can’t walk in the park. At some point the everyday drumbeat of anxiety and fear veers into panic pornography.”
After showing a parade of doomsday headings from outlets both highbrow and low, he ranted, “you don’t need to put hot sauce on a jalopeño!” His logic on why this all assists Trump took something of a pretzel shape, however it came down to this: Candidates running for a president on a positive style traditionally fare best. If the result, even in the near term, winds up being more favorable than lots of media accounts have made it out to be, Trump can paint himself as the up-with-people patriot, compared to Democratic Joe Biden.
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Maher piled up numerous examples, noting that syndicated strip Inside Edition reported that the then-tally of 76,000 deaths was making some draw “comparisons to the armageddon.” For all but front-line healthcare employees, Maher argued, “This is not the armageddon.”
The New York City Times, he continued, has actually also resorted to utilizing the word “armageddon,” even when describing favorable trends in the virus statistic. The Gray Lady also took a drubbing from Maher for its banner heading after record unemployment declares highlighted the financial wreckage by leading with an all-caps quote at the top of the front page: “It’s Frightening.”
“An event planner in North Hollywood. No offense to the occasion planners of the world– it’s amazing what you can do with pine cones and a couple of cans of silver spray paint.
After appearing all set to follow Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil in invoking U.S. deaths by flu, vehicle accidents and other causes compared to the devastation of COVID-19, Maher then came out as anti-death– “and I do not care who understands it!” he cracked.
” Providing the proper viewpoint isn’t a cover-up of the fact. It is the reality,” he said, on a more serious note. “We need the news to cool down and treat us like adults. Trump calls it phony news. Don’t make him right.”
