[OutsiderFan]

Also IMO it's wrong to blame the media for reporting events. . . 

So, you think the media is only "reporting events" without any agenda?  Really?

If you believe that, then there is probably no point in further discussion.  But do yourself a favor:  when the next time you read an article about how many high profile individuals test positive for Covid 19, see if the same media "reporting events" talks about whether the people testing positive have symptoms, require hospitalization, or better yet, how those positive test might affect the actual hospital capacity in their community.  You can start with the reports on the Florida Marlins.

And if you don't want to take the suggestion because it's from me, then I commend to you BC's post, where he said positive testing, by itself, isn't particularly newsworthy.  What's newsworthy is positive test rate, hospital capacity, ICU usage, and deaths.  

But whatever, if you

This looks like a solution in search of a problem. 

And, it doesn’t make any sense either. It doesn’t matter how many Marlins are experiencing symptoms or if they end up in hospital per se. what does matter is each person is a possible spread vector for others, and there is no doubt that some people will get quite sick, some will require hospitalization, and some will die, show those players be links in transmission chains.

As far as media having agenda, it’s far more credible to point out specific reporting and call out the problem you see with the reporting - unless the source is a documented purveyor of news produced with low or no standards of professional journalism - than it is to use a catch all phrase like “the media” to besmirch reporting. Sure there may be advocacy journalism. Sure there may be lazy reporting. Sure there may be reporting that hammers on the same thing, but there is a difference between being biased and telling the truth.

I hate the Dodgers, but if there is a call made against them that replay shows should be overturned, I’m not going to deny this. So I can be very biased against something, but still take no exception to the truth. Journalism is designed to illicit questions and find truth. It may not be perfect, but if it leads in the direction of truth, it is doing its job.

[OutsiderFan]

Also IMO it's wrong to blame the media for reporting events. . . 

So, you think the media is only "reporting events" without any agenda?  Really?

If you believe that, then there is probably no point in further discussion.  But do yourself a favor:  when the next time you read an article about how many high profile individuals test positive for Covid 19, see if the same media "reporting events" talks about whether the people testing positive have symptoms, require hospitalization, or better yet, how those positive test might affect the actual hospital capacity in their community.  You can start with the reports on the Florida Marlins.

And if you don't want to take the suggestion because it's from me, then I commend to you BC's post, where he said positive testing, by itself, isn't particularly newsworthy.  What's newsworthy is positive test rate, hospital capacity, ICU usage, and deaths.  

But whatever, if you

This looks like a solution in search of a problem. 

And, it doesn’t make any sense either. It doesn’t matter how many Marlins are experiencing symptoms or if they end up in hospital per se. what does matter is each person is a possible spread vector for others, and there is no doubt that some people will get quite sick, some will require hospitalization, and some will die, show those players be links in transmission chains.

As far as media having agenda, it’s far more credible to point out specific reporting and call out the problem you see with the reporting - unless the source is a documented purveyor of news produced with low or no standards of professional journalism - than it is to use a catch all phrase like “the media” to besmirch reporting. Sure there may be advocacy journalism. Sure there may be lazy reporting. Sure there may be reporting that hammers on the same thing, but there is a difference between being biased and telling the truth.

I hate the Dodgers, but if there is a call made against them that replay shows should be overturned, I’m not going to deny this. So I can be very biased against something, but still take no exception to the truth. Journalism is designed to illicit questions and find truth. It may not be perfect, but if it leads in the direction of truth, it is doing its job.