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Spocko's avatar

Great analysis Eric! I did a piece about how the majority of the people can respond to the problem of the focus on the small reopen protests. First at Hullabaloo and then at Crooks and Liars.

One idea comes from how the health care professionals pulled focus when they did counter protests at the anti-lock down protests.

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Another is to show that the anti-lock down protesters are superspreaders. (Which data from Michigan April 15th protest shows)

A third way is to gave a voice/visual to the majority of the people at home.

The media needs to show what the reopening will mean personally in loss of life.

Photos of the dead. Video of the family of the dead. Interviews with the doctors.

Then public health care professionals attacking the reOpen people as killers.

As you know, the "both sides" of the story are given equal coverage when it's really more like 100,000 to one.

I believe the one way to address that is to prepare for the message of the other side -- discredit it scientifically and minimize it's size. Then to note that the people who are behind this 'reopen' have outsize power with the media-- because of they work the refs.

(But you know all this stuff, I'm just talking to the activists who need to develop strategies to cope with the way the press works today.)

LLAP

Spocko

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Kitty's avatar

It makes me so angry to see these obnoxious, ignorant and uneducated fools waving flags and

Screaming for their “ freedoms.” They are mostly bought and paid for.

It makes me angrier to see the press leading with this story. They are not newsworthy enough to merit the airtime provided. In a worldwide crisis with so much at stake why wouldn’t news organizations use some sense in covering this? I’m not suggesting not giving it some mention but it doesn’t have to be the lead story. The media sadly helped 45 get elected, now they continue to make decisions that are at odds with our health and security. Thanks for your take on all this. Sometimes it feels hopeless.

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