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Topic History of: The reason I keep going on about CoronaVirus hype
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The Lurker |
JK2006 wrote:
If you were a real person, not hiding behind an alias, I would not do that.
I am very much a real person just as real as the other screen names on this forum that aren't one of yours. Online as well as in the music and literary worlds you are very fond of the use of multiple aliases yourself. |
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JK2006 |
Some fair points Lurker; I'm pleased to see you're no longer annoyed. You are right; what Media is doing now is exactly what I have done for my entire career, mostly about music; with great success. Persuading millions to buy Leap Up And Down Wave Your Knickers In The Air is an even greater achievement than coping with this trivial virus! Indeed I'd say that track was worse than CoronaVirus.
That's why I'm in a position to spot this. You're also right; calling it a "trivial virus" is exactly the same tactic. If it works, why change?
I exaggerate my points. They attract more attention that way.
Ditto blaming you personally for Covid19 deaths.
If you were a real person, not hiding behind an alias, I would not do that. But you cannot slander an imaginary person. Just like dead people. Just ask Jimmy Savile. |
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The Lurker |
You are right that the media can (and do) exaggerate situations and as we all know from previous times they will intrude into people’s personal life and not only bend the rules but will on occasions break them. The freedom of free speech is a one which is cherished and is practised on this board. As you say you know the media better than most but rather than practice what you preach you use the exact same tactics you are complaining about. You exaggerate situations by selective choices of numbers and quoting obscure sources to support an argument. In the music business artist promotion has always been done on the basis of hype and taking any small positive fact and amplifying it to the extreme. The Corona virus is not a small fact.
You are entitled to your opinion but I think you are wrong that for this crisis it is the media controlling the politicians and the medical experts. The media are reporting on something truly remarkable and unique that is happening around the world. The job of the media is to report and in every country that’s what they are doing. There are lots of things that parts of the media are doing I don’t like but that is always the case. The media is not a single entity representing a single source. The media is capable of being fragmented and reporting different opinions and in this situation you will find different views but just like the medical experts around the world there is no conspiracy. This crisis has developed within a matter of a few months and I agree the reason it is reported so extensively is that it is (in media terms) a good story. It is a global event.
“millions in refugee camps & other vulnerable areas (the poor) will die as a direct result of you, Lurker, avoiding the truth” – It’s a shame you have to make the discussion personal and try and blame me for millions of deaths. Such an ironic tactic and statement coming from someone who is standing on top of a soapbox complaining about exaggerations. |
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Confirmation Bias |
In Nembro, northern Italy, the death rate from all causes, when compared with the same period last year, is 158 to 35 - that’s an increase of over four times.
www.corriere.it/politica/20_marzo_26/the...130.shtml?refresh_ce |
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JK2006 |
OK Lurker; some fair points.
I know the media better than many. They will exaggerate and inflate any story to make it better, more commercial. They have no sense of responsibility as to consequences.
By inflating this trivial virus they have skewed thinking into the wrong route.
It is NOT a danger to 99% who get it.
By forcing governments to concentrate on "stopping the spread" to the majority, they are stopping concentration on the 1% in real danger.
So the elderly & vulnerable (like me) will die.
Prison inmates. homeless, disabled, unhealthy will die.
But worst of all - just you watch - millions in refugee camps & other vulnerable areas (the poor) will die as a direct result of you, Lurker, avoiding the truth.
That's what appalls me. |
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