Media coverage of coronavirus

Media coverage of coronovirus describes the role American news companies play informing the public during a National Emergency. The overall theme being crafted is that Trump doesn't know what he is doing. Trump protecting the nation is risky. Trump is making mistake after mistake. Trump is going against the wishes of medical professionals. Trump is endangering lives. Which is in stark contrast to how Obama was portrayed when Swine Flu was spreading worldwide. The media created the Obama persona, he was president cool factor, he's always calm and competent.

Zero cases in the USA

January 2020 the Democrats were pushing phony impeachment proceeding against the president. At the same time, Trump cuts off all travel from China and forms a task force to monitor coronavirus spread. The media decided this was a chance to call Trump racist, xenophobe, for restricting travel. The media is on record dismissing and discounting the seriousness of the situation.

Task Force

Trump created the task force and put Vice-President Pence in charge. The media decided this would not work. They claim that Pence has no knowledge of healthcare and the choice endangers the public.

Trump tells the nation not to worry

Daily briefing to media shows Trump has concerns but dismisses the gravity of the situation as to not alarm the public. At the time, China and the World Health Organization were providing false information claiming the virus doesn't have a human-to-human connection among other issues. Over the next several weeks the times become more critical. Alarm bells were going off in Italy. Experts are warning of the most serious and dire circumstances. Armed with this data, Trump does a u-turn into crisis mode. He will cut travel to Europe and declare national emergency at home. The media decided to jump on board with alarming the public and claim that Trump lied, he said we would be fine.

Chy-na

All the media companies had a meltdown with the language used by Trump to describe the coronavirus as the China virus. The CCP claims it's racist, the media agrees and proceeds to bash Trump time after time with the same question. The media tries to portray Chinese-Americans as victims getting a negative backlash over Trumps choice of words. The media is on record calling the virus a Chinese virus but that didn't matter for this attack angle.

Biden spreads misinformation

Joe Biden in campaign mode says that Trump called coronavirus a hoax. Trump did not call it a hoax but that didn't stop the media from repeating. Multiple fact checks later and Trump himself denied calling it a hoax, but Biden never apologized and the media never retracted their error.

Shortages

It becomes obvious rather quickly in this pandemic that a shortage of critical gear is life threatening. Respirators, ventilators, and other PPE as well as testing kits are in short supply. The media demands Trump explain himself why he let this happen. It turns out the Obama administration had depleted national stockpiles of respirators in 2010 and never replaced them. Ventilators being scarce, Trump orders publicly-traded companies from the private sector to use their idled plants to build ventilators. The media then decided that Trump was at fault for the lack of test kits. The media blamed Trump and created fake news stories to smear him. The test kits available at the time had a 48% failure rate. Trump did not interfere in the procurement of test kits as alleged by the media.

Daily briefings

Part of task force briefings has Dr. Anthony Fauci describing the current situation and measures taken while taking questions from the media. The media decided to pit Fauci versus Trump. Everyday the media tries to drive a wedge between the two. The media wants to write stories of how Trump is interfering, Trump is bumbling around, Trump is the problem.

Successful briefing ratings

Television ratings for daily briefings are at the top of the charts. The president's handling of the pandemic is given high marks and increased coverage improves Trump's approval numbers. The media's 90% constant negative coverage is threatened. A drum beat of complaining leads to calls for networks to stop broadcasting and cutting away. CNN cuts away whenever they feel like the public should not hear. A PBS affiliate even cancelled all coverage in its entirety due to Trump derangement syndrome.

Disinfectant

At a recent briefing, the media started deliberately spreading fake news by taking Trump's words out of context and then finding experts to dismiss his advice. New information about sunlight, heat, and disinfectant killing the virus "...So it would be interesting to check that," said Trump. The media are twisting it by saying Trump proposes injecting people with disinfectant to cure coronavirus and placing that information as front page news.

Panic

National and local news broadcasters always sensationalize stories in times of crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. CBS had been using emergency scenes from Italian hospitals and claiming they were from NYC hospitals. Many stories show that hospitals are empty and lines of patients never really materialized.

Hydroxychloroquine

Trump is advised of the known promises of Hydroxychloroquine and its use on patients saving lives. Trump touts the benefits and the media instantly decides he is wrong. Trump is accused of endangering the population with his promotion of unproven drugs not approved by the FDA for treatment. The FDA acted rather quickly and approved its use but Democrat Governors, with encouragement from the media, deciding to restrict its use. The media has never admitted they were wrong and millions of doses are making their way to patients. The media also spread fake news that Trump was profiting off the drug.

Revisionist history

Several months into the global pandemic and the media wants to paint the picture that Trump screwed up by not acting fast enough. The media discounted the seriousness back in January. Trump had his travel bans, Trump had his task force. Democrats were telling the people to ignore Trump's warnings and encouraged continuing on with life as normal. The media gave a platform to various Democrat misinformation. Then once the virus exploded worldwide, the media claims Trump was to busy with re-election or golfing to care. He wasn't doing more when it was needed.

CARES Act

Trump calls for help for the population through congressional approved stimulus package of $1,200 per taxpayer. Democrats have used the coronavirus as a tool to get long sought after pork projects funded. The media provided non-coverage of the money being allocated for non-emergency issues such as funding the Kennedy Center and PBS broadcasting. The House adjourns for session without an agreement on funding small-business. The media decides they will let Democrats get away without fulfilling their responsibilities.

Re-opening America

Trump created a task force on opening American businesses back up and put WWE owner Vince McMahon in charge. The media is already questioning everything about the task force. The media sees re-opening America as ill-timed and the wrong move.