Furlough Estimates

AAPalmTree said:
Furloughs will be lower if people act right.View attachment 52998
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I find it best not make assumptions based on memes. 30 seconds of image search produced this...

www.factcheck.org

Photo of Lebanese Reporter Used to Criticize U.S. Media - FactCheck.org

A picture of a reporter in protective medical gear has fueled claims on social media accounts dedicated to American politics that the media “hypes” the COVID-19 pandemic. The photo actually shows a team in Lebanon reporting on a local factory that makes protective suits.
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TL;DR it's from Lebanon and was a story about protective suits made there. But hey, DEEP STATE and all.
 
bike21 said:
I find it best not make assumptions based on memes. 30 seconds of image search produced this...

www.factcheck.org

Photo of Lebanese Reporter Used to Criticize U.S. Media - FactCheck.org

A picture of a reporter in protective medical gear has fueled claims on social media accounts dedicated to American politics that the media “hypes” the COVID-19 pandemic. The photo actually shows a team in Lebanon reporting on a local factory that makes protective suits.
www.factcheck.org www.factcheck.org

TL;DR it's from Lebanon and was a story about protective suits made there. But hey, DEEP STATE and all.
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How about this one?
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bike21 said:
Sooo just moving straight on from the other one you posted?
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You’re 100% right about the first one. I saw it and posted it.

Do you think the media was accurately reporting on the second?

I’m not a fox guy or a cnn guy. I’m more of a the truth is probably in the middle somewhere. It just bothers me that that poor reporting may cost you and I a job.
 
AAPalmTree said:
You’re 100% right about the first one. I saw it and posted it.

Do you think the media was accurately reporting on the second?

I’m not a fox guy or a cnn guy. I’m more of a the truth is probably in the middle somewhere. It just bothers me that that poor reporting may cost you and I a job.
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As my chemistry teacher used to say when self-reporting grades on a test "appreciate the honesty".

The second was not Anderson's best moment, I remember that and they attempted to explain it away. Yes, there was a metric crap ton of water but the perspective was forced. As a photo geek there is a standard to be met with photojournalism (including video) and they stretched it there a bit.

I'm also not a fan of the 24 hour news cycle and don't watch any of the networks. I'm a firm believer in a free press and quite critical of anything not immediately in the top and center of the media bias chart. Sensationalism is as old as newspapers themselves just gotta read through the BS.
 
AAPalmTree said:
You’re 100% right about the first one. I saw it and posted it.

Do you think the media was accurately reporting on the second?

I’m not a fox guy or a cnn guy. I’m more of a the truth is probably in the middle somewhere. It just bothers me that that poor reporting may cost you and I a job.
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Ah yes, it’s poor reporting that has been killing 2000 people a day in the US for the last week or so.
 
Had to double check we are still talking furloughs here.
Read that Feb-Mar newhires currently in training got furloughed at Republic.
Anyone from there? What's the official word on the MIA AA flying?
 
AAPalmTree said:
How about this one?View attachment 53011
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An intentionally miscaptioned photo from a story 10 years prior to Florence, specifically about the danger of uneven terrain beneath flood water in residential areas.

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Is This Anderson Cooper Standing in a Ditch While Reporting Hurricane Florence?

It's not uncommon for reporters to call upon dramatic skills in the course of conveying the perils of extreme weather phenomena.
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Are you doing a bit, or do you have any other malignant conspiracy crap we can debunk for you?
 
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Roger Roger said:
Ah yes, it’s poor reporting that has been killing 2000 people a day in the US for the last week or so.
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I got news for you... it ain’t the rona either. Look at how many die of pneumonia/respiratory issues every year in the
US. Look at the first quarter of 2020. Why are those numbers drastically down?
My take... we are waaaay overreacting to covid. The media is helping. It is a extremely contagious disease that’s very dangerous to the elderly/compromised. I believe, like someone posted above, the media is 24/7, which means they have to sell, which immediately makes it not so much “news” anymore.
 
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AAPalmTree said:
I got news for you... it ain’t the rona either. Look at how many die of pneumonia/respiratory issues every year in the
US. Look at the first quarter of 2020. Why are those numbers drastically down?
My take... we are waaaay overreacting to covid. The media is helping. It is a extremely contagious disease that’s very dangerous to the elderly/compromised. I believe, like someone posted above, the media is 24/7, which means they have to sell, which immediately makes it not so much “news” anymore.
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Do you actually know anyone on the front lines of dealing with this?
 
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