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@NC5PhilWilliams @997wtn @FOXNashville @JohnCooper4Nash @DonaldJTrumpJr @TuckerCarlson Phil, the fact u & @Tennessean think this is a "nonstory" serves only to fuel distrust further
@Fox17Ferrier wrote a balanced story & asked questions that folks had
OTHERs ::ahem, not tagged:: went off half-cocked & full-on partisan. This was neither helpful nor informative
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@NC5PhilWilliams @997wtn @FOXNashville @JohnCooper4Nash @DonaldJTrumpJr @TuckerCarlson @Tennessean @Fox17Ferrier When the story broke, my anger wasnt at Coop, it was at Tennessean & you. #FreedomOfThePress only works when Media is not willing to bastardize #1A for narratives. The FACT is, local media sells the govt approved narrative. Coop supposedly reported the LOW #s on July 2nd - BUT
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@NC5PhilWilliams @997wtn @FOXNashville @JohnCooper4Nash @DonaldJTrumpJr @TuckerCarlson @Tennessean @Fox17Ferrier Y'all chose to not really make that part of the public dialog. The @Tennessean's "health reporter" thinks he's the Lord & Master of information, standing guard over what the public can know (via his own tweets). @davidplazas pushed that "bars & entertainment" narrative hard.
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@NC5PhilWilliams @997wtn @FOXNashville @JohnCooper4Nash @DonaldJTrumpJr @TuckerCarlson @Tennessean @Fox17Ferrier @davidplazas MEANWHILE, the local NPR reporter "while trying to argue Nashville didn't hire foreign speaking translators" revealed that the June surge was "New Americans" - again, no one really made that public knowledge or dialog either. Certainly not the Mayor or the local media
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@NC5PhilWilliams @997wtn @FOXNashville @JohnCooper4Nash @DonaldJTrumpJr @TuckerCarlson @Tennessean @Fox17Ferrier @davidplazas So folks ask CM - "why didn't we just quarantine those "New Americans" vs shutting down an entire Metropolitan City. The response - We did.
Really? Where's the info on that?
Humm, doesn't that violate of RBG's SCOTUS Ruling & Cares Act Rules? Is that a liability for taxpayers?
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@NC5PhilWilliams @997wtn @FOXNashville @JohnCooper4Nash @DonaldJTrumpJr @TuckerCarlson @Tennessean @Fox17Ferrier @davidplazas Bottom line Phil.... The story is, our news is not "informing the public" and context or not, the fact remains, questions remain, and it all affects trust.