But a media company just went under and that has frightened them. Our 2nd TV network is perpetually broke, and our 2nd newspaper conglomerate isn’t much better.

Their response isn’t to suggest the lockdown is hurting too much. It’s to say that the media need more government support. Because anything Jacinda does is always good. They simply cannot picture criticising her hard any time, and especially now.

According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics, 37,900 people worked as reporters, editors, photographers, or film and video editors in the newspaper industry in 2018. That is down 14% from 2015 and 47% from 2004. Median wages for editors in 2018 were about $49,000, while for reporters, the figure was about $35,000.

–https://www.journalism.org/fact-sheet/newspapers/

Given that journalists face ongoing layoffs, it makes pragmatic sense for them to become more obedient to the already prevalent leftist groupthink lest they lose their jobs.

Of course this doesn’t excuse their hypocrisy. Upton Sinclair was a socialist, i.e. wrong about a lot of things, but he got this right:

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

–Upton Sinclair

Someone should send this to Fox News.
(They can replay it every 15-20 minutes, you know—just in case some people might forget! Or want to forget…. )

“I can’t understand if these journalists are simply cold liars, or if they are so enamored with their own pretended virtue as to unconsciously modify their memories, in order to retroactively admire themselves in a morally heroic light.”

I think they are both. In this time when everyone should pull together the Democrat Leadership and the MSM do their best to sow discord and distrust in our government.

Contrast this to how the Germans feel about their government:

“BERLIN, March 27 (Xinhua) — Eighty-nine percent of Germans said the government has been doing a “good job” in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, according to a survey published by public broadcaster ZDF on Friday.

Only 8 percent believed that the German government did a bad job in the crisis, noted the survey which interviewed more than 1,400 voters.”

This high number in spite of the fact that Frau Merkel has been sleeping at the wheel for several months. Rarely making televised appearances to explain the situation. Only last week did she halt direct flights into Germany from China, Iran and Italy. The difference between how the
German and American press report how their leaders are handling the crisis is astounding.

It really is despicable how low they have stooped because of their hatred of Trump.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/does-nancy-pelosi-know-about-the-coronavirus-outbreak/
By Post Editorial BoardMarch 31, 2020

Someone ought to tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the coronavirus outbreak, because her laser focus on pushing her political agenda suggests she’s unaware of it.

The latest evidence: She wants to “retroactively” roll back Congress’ 2017 cap on tax deductions for state and local taxes (SALT), the New York Times reports.

She claims lifting the cap would address the economic fallout of COVID-19. She wants her “fix” to be part of Congress’ next rescue plan.

But her idea has nothing to do with boosting the economy and everything to do with helping Dems in blue states, like California, New York, New Jersey and Illinois. More than half the benefits of a repeal would go to folks making more than $1 million. Don’t Dems oppose tax breaks for the rich?
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These various moves show that Pelosi isn’t really taking the crisis seriously — she’s just looking for an excuse to get her partisan priorities passed.