President Joe Biden’s administration wants news outlets to “dial back” their “irresponsible” and “overheated” coverage of the Delta variant. They believe it is being done “for eyeballs” at the expense of the crucial vaccination effort, according to Mediaite .
Many outlets faced incredible backlash previously from viewers over their framing of COVID-19 cases, which is in decline as a percentage of vaccinated people; the susceptibility of vaccinated people to the Delta variant, which is infinitesimal; and, the rate vaccinated people could transmit the variant. VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE AS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND IF YOU FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT CONTEXT YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG. https://t.co/gBkDbJ21xX — Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) July 30, 2021 The pushback from the White House included an all-caps correction to the New York Times, which claimed vaccinated and unvaccinated people spread the Delta variant at the same rates.
On Friday, Ben Wakana, […]
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