COVID-19 Response: An issue that shouldn't be at all political....yet here we are

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Originally Posted by GasMan

Fox has been gearing up for lawsuits. It was only a matter of time before someone with a reasonable case for standing puts this to the test. It’ll lose when someone tries it.

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When you say "it'll" do you mean the case will be a loser or Fox will lose?

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Originally Posted by nastynice

I wouldn't be surprised if they didnt wanna bulldoze it either.

But this is America, that's a clear path to a lawsuit

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It's not though. They could claim ignorance of it as protection.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

The NYT ran the article with the family blaming Hannity. That article should have never been published. The quotes they used about Hannity happened after the cruise already started.


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And you and the guy tweeting about it misrepresented the story. I'm going to assume that's not why you directed us to the twitter thread rather than the article.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

The NYT ran the article with the family blaming Hannity. That article should have never been published. The quotes they used about Hannity happened after the cruise already started.


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Except none of it blames him. Lol. You’re making that up, lying, or being duped by typical dumb talking points you found on Twitter. Which is it? Either way your statement of NYT blaming Hannity is false. Address that.

If anything it blames Trump’s narrative, accurately. One proven to be wrong that you still defend.

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Originally Posted by Scoots

It's not though. They could claim ignorance of it as protection.

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Easy to say. Different when a lawyer sends you a letter.

I'm just saying. I ain't tryina side against young Scoots.

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Originally Posted by browski234

Except none of it blames him. Lol. You’re making that up, lying, or being duped by typical dumb talking points you found on Twitter. Which is it? Either way your statement of NYT blaming Hannity is false. Address that.

If anything it blames Trump’s narrative, accurately. One proven to be wrong that you still defend.

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He is very upset about lies and bias in the media.

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Originally Posted by Scoots

When you say "it'll" do you mean the case will be a loser or Fox will lose?

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A case against Fox will lose. It won’t stop someone from filing it and maybe even be granted standing.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

The NYT ran the article with the family blaming Hannity. That article should have never been published. The quotes they used about Hannity happened after the cruise already started.


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Is it your claim that Hannity didn’t have usable quotes prior to the cruise? If so I think you could call it a misrepresentation if not it’s a mistake. Like I said I’m a little unsure about this type of story but I also think your complaint sounds like a reach


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Originally Posted by browski234

Except none of it blames him. Lol. You’re making that up, lying, or being duped by typical dumb talking points you found on Twitter. Which is it? Either way your statement of NYT blaming Hannity is false. Address that.

If anything it blames Trump’s narrative, accurately. One proven to be wrong that you still defend.

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Why mention Hannity at all in the story?


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Originally Posted by Scoots

The grocery stores here and Costco have lines out front all spaced out, but there is still far more than 50 people in the store so there is no way to keep people apart really.

It surprised me a little that the liquor stores and booze distributors were considered essential.

I got screwed today while out walking the dog, walked 1/2 mile to a gate I've used dozens of times before, including a few weeks ago, but today it was closed, had to walk an extra mile to get back home because of that gate being closed which I don't really get since both sides of the fence are open and available to the public, but someone decided that that gate needed to be locked. (fences and rivers all around, thus the extra mile of walking).

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I’m not sure if anybody’s brought this up but closing down liquor stores would cause absolute pandemonium.

Imagine how many people are dependent on alcohol in this country and how many people use it as a coping mechanism. Close down liquor stores for a day and some people could go into withdrawal and possibly die as a result of not getting their fix. Or some guy might just be all chemically imbalanced due to his lack of alcohol that he does some stupid **** to get his fix.

Drugs are essential. Whether that’s tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, or marijuana, people quite literally need their fix or it will ruin them.

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Originally Posted by Zmaster52

I’m not sure if anybody’s brought this up but closing down liquor stores would cause absolute pandemonium.

Imagine how many people are dependent on alcohol in this country and how many people use it as a coping mechanism. Close down liquor stores for a day and some people could go into withdrawal and possibly die as a result of not getting their fix. Or some guy might just be all chemically imbalanced due to his lack of alcohol that he does some stupid **** to get his fix.

Drugs are essential. Whether that’s tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, or marijuana, people quite literally need their fix or it will ruin them.

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Yeah, as much as I don't do any of that stuff, you've got an extremely valid point. And now is not the time to force people to part with it by force.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why mention Hannity at all in the story?


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The story is about a family that feels the a narrative allegedly pushed by Fox News contributed to a decision that might have cost them their father. Hannity is a big guy at fox and is said to have pushed that narrative. If you are going to run the story it seems reasonable to mention him.

Btw I don’t watch Fox News so I don’t have a gauge on how close to reality this story or this family member’s feeling are in relationship to what fox put out there.


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Good to see people start to hold state run media accountable. Hopefully there’s a run on lawsuits against Fox and other corona denier news and pundits.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why mention Hannity at all in the story?


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Why bother with wanting others to understand if you’re not going to try to be honest with yourself or the facts?

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why mention Hannity at all in the story?


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Why say they blamed Hannity when they didn’t?

Stop deflecting you coward lol.

Hannity is mentioned as an example of the media pushing the false narrative (Trump’s) that the virus is fake and not a big deal. It’s totally fair game and appropriate to mention Hannity since he strongly said the same thing. He’s very relevant, no matter how desperately you don’t want him to be.

Why lie about this?