Should The Media Be Counting & Reporting Delta Cases Daily?

I think Trump got a raw deal by the media regarding Covid but I also wonder if Biden is getting a raw deal now. With many Covid cases either being non-symptomatic or low symptomatic for the vaccinated, should the media be doing nonstop reporting of Delta Covid cases of the vaccinated? It seems like it is all count, count, count, report and hype up every case. Is the whole Delta thing overblown, especially regarding people who are vaccinated? Should all of these non-symptomatic or low symptomatic cases be reported daily ad nauseam, kind of creating hysteria out of thin air? Is it fair to brand Biden with all of these cases which are either almost non existent or mild? Please keep this discussion away from the unvaccinated.

 

Keep reporting but emphasize the difference in the death rates and hospitalization of vaccinated and unvaccinated (not possible to keep away from comparing with unvaccinated)

 

How did Trump get a raw deal?
How is Biden getting a raw deal?

Personally, I don't believe ANY information should be excluded (except national secrets) from the public. I'd rather have too much information than not enough. I know that I have a bit more tolerance and patience for things so I can see how it would be overwhelming to some.

 

I’m perfectly fine with the media reporting delta deaths. I want the public thinking this is a serious health issue that is ongoing and will flare up again if we don’t properly treat it.

 

The media's job is to hype up the news for ratings. They are a business. Their business is to get the highest ratings possible in order to charge the highest possible for commercial advertisements so they can pay themselves as much money as possible. The media report with a bias and often untruthfulness to push their agenda, whether it be left or right (mostly left). They hyped up anti-Trump everything they could and now, under Biden, they are hyping up all of the Covid cases, even though stats show that most Covid cases now reported are the vaccinated with no to low to moderate symptoms. Why didn't they, over the years, hype up every case of the flu, with nightly news reporting there were 50,000 cases of the flu today in the US? Since most cases of Covid now are the vaccinated with no to few symptoms, why do we need a daily count of everyone who tested positive? However, I will say that this is Karma returning to Biden. Now he knows firsthand how the media overhyping things makes him look worse than it really is.

 

They do that because it works. We, the consumer, have a choice on what we watch, accept and tolerate. The simplest solution is turn it off. The plummeting of advertising dollars will get the message across.

 

The problem with media today is the opining. Reporting information, facts, informs everyone. But, there are a lot of people also giving "informed" opinions but they always seem one sided on each network.

 

We don't really have a choice. Most all of the media are the only game in town, just as in elections, the only game in town is either Democrats or Republicans. Those are our two choices, just as the media available are our only choices. In the primaries we only have choice of this Democrat or that Democrat or this Republican or that Republican, and then in the general election we only have a choice of Democrat or Republican. Same goes for the media. We have a choice between this leftist media or that leftist media, this righty media or that righty media. And that's not even the case if you cut the cord. If you cut the cord and watch antenna TV you only have choice of this lefty media, that lefty media, another lefty media, or the other lefty media.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

I don’t know about you but even I am hearing how every second news story is about the outbreaks

 

Sorry are you unaware that there is a whole right wing media empire or two out there?

 

Yes, but we could force it to change by not actively participating. What would happen if we all just stopped voting until they put up decent candidates or implement a new party? What would happen if we all just stopped watching television (public, majors, minors, cable) and listening to radio stations?

Personally, I don't watch television and haven't in about 25 years. I don't care to hear about death and destruction every day and anything *big* is going to cross my path anyway. I don't need anybody to spin the news for me and I am not partisan. The reality is they are throwing these curveballs so we keep fighting amongst ourselves while they make themselves richer by the minute. Why do we volunteer to let that happen? It's pointless and counterproductive.

 

What? Maybe you need to go back and read the OP.

 

What? Did you stay out too late last night? You need to go back and reread my posts. Put on glasses if you need to.

 

But you do get your news from the media or you don't get news at all and there really aren't any media who aren't looking out for number one. I'm a realist. While I strongly believe in voting, the cold hard truth is that my individual vote doesn't count. A few years ago leftists all over the county boycotted Chick Fil A with the result of their sales going through the roof and the chain moving up to either close to or being the third largest US fast food chain. A few years ago there was the million woman pro abortion rally in DC with the result of abortion rights losing ground instead of gaining ground. People vote Libertarian or third party but basically do nothing but throw their votes away. On Jan 6th we had a big pro Trump rally in DC to disrupt the electoral process with the end result being Biden is president. Do you really think ABC gives a damn if I don't watch their news? Do you think Fox News gives a damn if I don't watch their news?

 

The media companies don't care if you or I watch their news. However, their sponsors do.

There is no doubt that all social change is just the collective ideas of the most vocal. The movements against Chick-Fil-A and abortion rights happened because the loudest people made that happen.

I don't profess to know all the answers. All I know is what we all know - the current system leaves quite a bit to be desired.

 

Made me think if the term "the grass is greener". While you are correct and why there are more and more declared "Democratic Socialists", they may indeed find out that as bad as we have it now, the grass may not be greener on the other side of the hill. That's what Cubans and trying to tell us. To quote a movie title, maybe what we have now is "As Good As It Gets". Yes, that is hard to believe but maybe the grass is NOT greener on the other side of that hill.