[chrisk]

You may not have “meant to”, but you did.  Last time this came up a poster blamed all the ills of Western Civilization on Fox, but graciously said that it may be ok for conservatives to have thoughts.  Then the thread got shut down.

I’m not a Carlson fan.  He’s an agitator. Laughing all the way to the bank. We have many of them on the 24/7 “news” networks. That includes CNN. 

BUT The messaging on masks has been all over the damn place. And when the so-called leading expert comes out and says - in February - that we don’t need masks – and then later says he essentially was lying because he wanted to make sure hospital workers had masks, it’s not all that freaking surprising that some people question what is up and what is down. As for me I’ll wear a mask. Because from a risk benefit analysis it’s a no brainer in my opinion. Having said that, I kind of get why some people question it. But that’s just me.

Guess it’s time to invoke the Terry Rule.

Your points are well taken.  I think it is perfectly fair to criticize those who were slow to advocate for masks, and that includes me.  If you dig through early posts here, you will find me saying that while I supported masks and I thought they should work, there was not (at the time) an abundance of conclusive data to support their use.  I also noted pretty early on that the chief benefits of a regular mask (ie, not a properly fitted N95 mask) was to decrease the risk of inadvertent transmission to others, not to prevent one from catching COVID-19 from someone else.

Anyway, I agree the messaging about masks has not been great, and as I pointed out, Tucker deserves credit for calling out those who stated that they wouldn't work in order to preserve them for healthcare workers at a time of PPE shortages, when they should have been transparent about it.

But it's pretty damned cynical to go from a position of criticizing the experts when they are wrong, to criticizing them for the opposite reason when their position has changed.

BC

Agree.  His job is to agitate.  Same as Ingraham, Hannity, Lemon, Cuomo, Cooper Maddox, O’Donnell etc etc etc...

There is a direct connection between Carlson and the President's speechwriter as shown by an analysis of Carlson's diabtribes and the President's speeches. I'm not sure which way the channel flows (which way or bi-directional) but the similarities in wording are uncanny.

[chrisk]

You may not have “meant to”, but you did.  Last time this came up a poster blamed all the ills of Western Civilization on Fox, but graciously said that it may be ok for conservatives to have thoughts.  Then the thread got shut down.

I’m not a Carlson fan.  He’s an agitator. Laughing all the way to the bank. We have many of them on the 24/7 “news” networks. That includes CNN. 

BUT The messaging on masks has been all over the damn place. And when the so-called leading expert comes out and says - in February - that we don’t need masks – and then later says he essentially was lying because he wanted to make sure hospital workers had masks, it’s not all that freaking surprising that some people question what is up and what is down. As for me I’ll wear a mask. Because from a risk benefit analysis it’s a no brainer in my opinion. Having said that, I kind of get why some people question it. But that’s just me.

Guess it’s time to invoke the Terry Rule.

Your points are well taken.  I think it is perfectly fair to criticize those who were slow to advocate for masks, and that includes me.  If you dig through early posts here, you will find me saying that while I supported masks and I thought they should work, there was not (at the time) an abundance of conclusive data to support their use.  I also noted pretty early on that the chief benefits of a regular mask (ie, not a properly fitted N95 mask) was to decrease the risk of inadvertent transmission to others, not to prevent one from catching COVID-19 from someone else.

Anyway, I agree the messaging about masks has not been great, and as I pointed out, Tucker deserves credit for calling out those who stated that they wouldn't work in order to preserve them for healthcare workers at a time of PPE shortages, when they should have been transparent about it.

But it's pretty damned cynical to go from a position of criticizing the experts when they are wrong, to criticizing them for the opposite reason when their position has changed.

BC

Agree.  His job is to agitate.  Same as Ingraham, Hannity, Lemon, Cuomo, Cooper Maddox, O’Donnell etc etc etc...

There is a direct connection between Carlson and the President's speechwriter as shown by an analysis of Carlson's diabtribes and the President's speeches. I'm not sure which way the channel flows (which way or bi-directional) but the similarities in wording are uncanny.