The July Unemployment Rate by State and total deaths per million with Covid:
12.5% NY (1,705 Deaths Per Mill)
12.8% CT (1,259)
11.3% MA (1,343)
10.9% NJ (1,822)
10.3% PA (624)
7.4% FL (609)
6.8% TX (516)
5.6% GA (610)
Basically, in Unemployment and in Deaths-Per-Million with Coronavirus, @NYGovCuomo’s New York is the second worst among the 50 states. Yet, in NY and nationally he is paraded around as someone who has done a great job this year.
Some people think that if not for coronavirus Trump would certainly win reelection.
Um, if not for coronavirus then other items would’ve been packaged as bad.
NY is a mess yet its leader is covered as great.
It’s not the incident (Covid-19) that matters; coverage matters more.
During Sandy, people were dumpsters diving for food days later (see video👇🏼) and stood in line hours for gas, but Obama was covered as doing GREAT.
During Katrina, FEMA was on the ground days in advance and the @USCG airlifted people that AM, but Bush was still packaged as bad.
Did you see this report at the time?
Did you see it on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS at all (prob not) or replayed endlessly? NO!
Was it replayed endlessly and pinned on Obama? NO!
Exactly.
Cuomo/Trump polling on Covid-19 is not a result of facts. It’s a result of news coverage.
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