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Hey, I know this is going to come as a huge surprise, but the people in conservative media going to extreme lengths to defend Trump on COVID-19 weren& #39;t so generous when it came to Obama and Ebola in 2014. My latest: https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/after-riding-ebola-fears-victory-2014-right-wing-media-are-playing-politics">https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavir...
When Obama-era CDC director Tom Frieden rejected calls for travel bans and said it& #39;d cause unnecessary harm to the economy, watch what Laura Ingraham said.
"Is this a health care expert or is this someone who is in the Obama spin room trying to minimize the economic damage?"
"Is this a health care expert or is this someone who is in the Obama spin room trying to minimize the economic damage?"
Ingraham in 2014: Who cares about the economy? Lives are at stake!!!
Ingraham in 2020: Sorry we gotta sacrifice grandma for the good of the Dow.
Ingraham in 2020: Sorry we gotta sacrifice grandma for the good of the Dow.
This video comparing the reaction to Ebola and COVID-19 is from March, but holds up
Here& #39;s some of the 2014 Ebola coverage greatest hits: https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham/foxs-cdc-smear-campaign-calls-directors-resignation-compares-him-saddams">https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ing...
Previously, Ingraham had accused Obama of trying to infect Americans with Ebola because of... uh... redistribution of wealth? https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham/ingraham-suggests-obama-willing-expose-american-troops-ebola-atone-colonialism">https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ing...
Conservative media personalities got really upset that the Obama administration& #39;s Ebola plan was to address it at the source instead of just sitting back and waiting to see if it came here. https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/conservatives-find-way-attack-obama-fighting-ebola">https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hann...
I forgot that CNN invited the guy who wrote "Outbreak" on as an expert on Ebola https://www.mediamatters.org/cnn/cnn-turns-outbreak-fiction-writer-ebola-coverage">https://www.mediamatters.org/cnn/cnn-t...
CNN didn& #39;t do a great job on Ebola, generally...
Me watching all the Fox Ebola coverage from 2014 while writing this piece:
