{"id":612435,"date":"2021-08-05T08:50:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T12:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=612435"},"modified":"2021-08-05T08:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T12:50:35","slug":"media-talking-heads-clearly-didnt-get-the-wh-memo-to-dial-down-the-covid-fear-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-talking-heads-clearly-didnt-get-the-wh-memo-to-dial-down-the-covid-fear-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Talking Heads Clearly Didn\u2019t Get The WH Memo To Dial Down The COVID Fear Porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-talking-heads-clearly-didnt-get-the-wh-memo-to-dial-down-the-covid-fear-porn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=612435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1254149497-e1626805446809.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House COVID-19 response team member Ben Wakana chastised both The New York Times and The Washington Post for stoking fear with misleading headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Wakana criticized the NYT for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/30\/health\/covid-cdc-delta-masks.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story<\/a> citing an internal CDC memo as saying, \u201cThe Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be spread by vaccinated people as easily as the unvaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.5\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE AS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND IF YOU FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT CONTEXT YOU\u2019RE DOING IT WRONG. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gBkDbJ21xX\">https:\/\/t.co\/gBkDbJ21xX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benwakana46\/status\/1421182153224818694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wakana\u2019s argument with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2021\/07\/30\/provincetown-covid-outbreak-vaccinated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WaPo<\/a> was over a story about the outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where a large percentage of the people infected were vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompletely irresponsible,\u201d he tweeted. \u201c[Three] days ago the CDC made clear that vaccinated individuals represent a VERY SMALL amount of transmission occurring around the country. Virtually all hospitalizations and deaths continue to be among the unvaccinated. Unreal to not put that in context.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.425655976676\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Completely irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>3 days ago the CDC made clear that vaccinated individuals represent a VERY SMALL amount of transmission occurring around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually all hospitalizations and deaths continue to be among the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Unreal to not put that in context. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BbmSNvQlrb\">https:\/\/t.co\/BbmSNvQlrb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benwakana46\/status\/1421176263042027524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/01\/brian-stelter-media-vaccine-coverage-biden-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Stelter<\/a> appeared to be one of the few to take Wakana\u2019s message to heart, saying on Sunday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cReliable Sources\u201d that media should take responsibility for the \u201csensationalist\u201d headlines \u2014 or even draw a line to show that the scary headlines were only accurate for those who remained unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.4354838709677\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brian Stelter slams \u201csensationalist\u201d media headlines about COVID-19 infections among vaccinated people. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReliableSources?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReliableSources<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HQ9XHOxEdE\">https:\/\/t.co\/HQ9XHOxEdE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheWrap (@TheWrap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWrap\/status\/1421909068004876293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But still, multiple outlets and pundits have continued to peddle sensational headlines that stoked fear and reminded people that there was still the potential for the delta variant to spread or new variants to develop. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/31\/anthony-fauci-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-long-way-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Fauci Stokes Pandemic Fears Despite Plummeting Cases And Deaths)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.9236641221374\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">buried lede is that 125,682 cases out of 164.2 million fully vaccinated individuals means a rate of less than 0.08%.<\/p>\n<p>at this juncture, this is pure COVID fear porn. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2P2rUkKj2U\">https:\/\/t.co\/2P2rUkKj2U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lH60wlFYJd\">pic.twitter.com\/lH60wlFYJd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirajAHashmi\/status\/1421221585185300484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.255892255892\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As COVID-19 cases surged in the U.S. last weekend, Chicago\u2019s downtown was a sea of hundreds of thousands crowding together, mostly unmasked, for the outdoor music festival Lollapalooza.<\/p>\n<p>Many fear the fallout of the mass gathering. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tdvbZkepEy\">https:\/\/t.co\/tdvbZkepEy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY\/status\/1422920268423565316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.36036036036\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don Lemon goes all-out on the Covid fear porn, mocking and trashing the American people for not properly understanding what the real definition of \u201cfreedom\u201d means.<\/p>\n<p>This is what CNN thinks of you. They think the American people are braindead, idiotic rubes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yoD4WGGghk\">pic.twitter.com\/yoD4WGGghk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1420931661743656965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.7018633540373\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Like the Delta variant, Lambda is highly infectious and thought to be more resistant to vaccines. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xt8E787AlI\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xt8E787AlI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newsweek (@Newsweek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek\/status\/1422929285514412032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has also been a popular target because despite the rise in novel coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, he has refused to implement mask mandates or allow cities or public schools to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.2938388625592\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DeSantis will allow parents in Florida to defy school mask mandates, despite health officials saying younger people are COVID-19\u2019s \u201cnew target\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSd4L7U5rH\">https:\/\/t.co\/kSd4L7U5rH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1421475741313769478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.347457627119\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida reported a record number of COVID cases &amp; 30% of all cases nationally.<\/p>\n<p>So DeSantis decided to pick today to overrule local school boards &amp; outlaw mask mandates in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Slavitt \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc89 (@ASlavitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASlavitt\/status\/1421626052581855233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.52\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The CDC has added 16 more countries to their highest level of COVID-19 risk for travelers as the delta variant continues to fuel cases around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5qsG0WGOyb\">https:\/\/t.co\/5qsG0WGOyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX13News\/status\/1422818352569802756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.265625\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018It\u2019s not fair we force our children to be infected\u2019 \u2013 calls for under 12s to be given choice on vaccination <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7obHU5WBje\">https:\/\/t.co\/7obHU5WBje<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent_ie\/status\/1422924033146998787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And to say that the fear porn has been effective would be an understatement. Actress Jennifer Aniston said that she had gone so far as to cut people out of her life if they refused to get the vaccine or refused to disclose whether to not they had gotten it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.4406130268199\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jennifer Aniston says some people who refuse to get the Covid-19 vaccine are no longer in her \u201cweekly routine,\u201d adding that their reluctance to get the shot is based on \u201cfear or propaganda.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcHP42F8Fh\">https:\/\/t.co\/VcHP42F8Fh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1423006840242282499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the biggest tell was a recent poll that presented people with just two choices: the worst of the pandemic is in the past, or the worst of the pandemic is yet to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.0952380952381\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Well, the media panic campaign is working. (It\u2019s completely absurd to think the worst is ahead when 70 percent of adults are vaccinated.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TweXgX58N\">pic.twitter.com\/8TweXgX58N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rkylesmith\/status\/1422897635170586631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Harris poll published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/america-pandemic-polling-coronavirus-pessimism-8c1584dd-2aab-446b-825c-ab2aa8454c9e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Axios<\/a> showed that as of July, 54% of Americans believed the worst was yet to come and just 46% believed the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/01\/worker-coronavirus-fear-united-states-economy-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">worst<\/a> was in the past \u2014 in spite of the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/08\/02\/covid-vaccine-us-reaches-bidens-70percent-goal-for-adults-a-month-behind.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">70% of adults<\/a> in the U.S. had received at least one dose of one of the coronavirus vaccine by the end of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House COVID-19 response team member Ben Wakana chastised both The New York Times and The Washington Post for stoking fear with misleading headlines.Wakana criticized the NYT for a story &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}