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Originally Posted by bilcon
I remember the polio outbreak in the 1950's and the horrible effect it had families, and to some extent, the economy. I do not remember the politics, the blame game and the overzealous press (Monday morning quarterbacks) telling everyone what we should have done to avoid this pandemic. We will never learn from this experience. Several months from now life will go back to normal in this country, just like after 9/11, but the press will still be blaming, not reporting. I watch the news shows and wonder what out kids are learning from us. We want them to grow up to be responsible members of our society, while they are watching us attack each other like barbarians. For the first time in my life, I am glad I am old and won't be around to see the second round.
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Agree. In some ways, the primary source of our division is the hyper-partisan press. It's always gotcha, why didn't you do something different, why can't you promise us 100% security? Whine, moan, gripe, etc.
If we had the same press corps in WWII, we'd all be speaking German today.