People need to stop being sucked into media driven fear - Ebola

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The news media is no longer interested in reporting news. They are now in the business of finding stories that push ratings high and then running those stories into the ground.
Ebola is not even in the top ten of things that are most likely to kill you in Africa where there is a real outbreak going on.

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I wish the left would apply this logic to guns.....

No one is fearful, hysterical or panicked. It's interesting. Get over it.

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I wish the left would apply this logic to guns.....

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You're right, more people die from accidental gun death than Ebola

Well ebola is pretty fricking new, it seems to be doing a number in
Africa.

Also it seems to much easier to prevent than Heart Disease, Cancer, Respitory Diseas, Stroke, Diebetes Renal Failure., etc...

We didn't have a whole ocean keeping up safe from every other one on that list (except drowning to be fair)

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Not really. There are several posters on here and the OT who are getting themselves aroused by spreading half truths and fear.

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This.

Then you have people shutting down schools, among other idiotic responses.

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Nicotine too

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Not what kills you in cigarettes, just saying

Really? The top 10 news stories had 7 on Ebola on usa today's website.

This is nothing new. The media makes money by increasing readership and viewers. The way to do that is to sensationalize. They do it for hurricanes, cancer, viruses and sex scandals.

I've been saying this for years. It's not a liberal conspiracy in the media. This Ebola scare proves it. Theyre not trying to advocate liberal policies. They're trying to get your attention.

The only difference now is conservatives are so hungry to bash obama, now the media is their friend.

What happened to yesterday's scare Cons ate up? Virus in schools.

And the day before? 500,000 kids on the border

Now, no more crisis. We have a new shiny object.